6 am Ichiran Ramen BREAKFAST & Trying the ORIGINAL Takoyaki in Osaka Japan

[Music] man that's humid good morning it's about 5:30 a.m. here in Osaka Japan still a tiny bit Jed been waking up about 5:00 a.m. every single day so might as well go get some breakfast luckily the place I want to go to is open 24 hours a day here no not this [Music] [Music] this is what the Delon birdie area looks like about 6:00 in the morning I've never seen these streets without a crowd of people and every time I come to Japan at least once I got to get ich on Ramen that one's closed there's another one down the street right outside this shop that really popular here it is open 24 hours a day this is all their instant noodles wow they have their own [Music] Tina I still remember my first time filling this out yeah always 10 the most you can get without having going to pay for it texture [Applause] I [Music] gotus I have such a love for isir ramen maybe because this is one of the first ramens I've ever had when I first came to Japan maybe because this robit is is so [Music] customizable 10 times spicy perfect I know some people look down on ichan because it's a Raman Ching I'm telling you I'm still so excited to come here I love the thin noodles I love how much they soak up the spicy Super Rich Porky broth I love the egg I love how spicy this is but I also love how their spice has just a blast of Mami to it as [Music] well I love this Ramen since my first slurp I really feel like a trip to Japan is not complete unless I eat here at least once and I'm so happy they always have these locations that are open 24 hours [Music] Tea's not too shabby either so this is wone tea not too concentrated it literally says JY so it says it kills the richness when you drink it it's like richness a leing tea Ah that's always awesome that's like an the newus park ride you look forward to it you enjoy it it's over way too soon well ichon was incredible as always and today you're going to spend the day in Osaka the lunch play is going to go to probably one of the best lunch 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for four extra months of surf shark it's still early so I'm going to go for a run and then I'm going to show you this lunch box place [Music] oh my gosh a wagy vending machine I love [Music] Japan heading to my first location of the day and I'm going to a restaurant that's really popular for their beef boxes and I thought it was this one and I was getting excited cuz there's no line but alas it's actually over here and there's a huge line so this restaurant Akin niku kitan is actually a really upscale restaurant so you walk in you take off your shoes go upstairs and everyone sits in a private dining room at night I think you're spending upwards of 10,000 Yen here but lunchtime these lunch boxes go for as low as 1,000 yen and their most popular wagu lunch box it's about 1,900 2,000 Yen so around $12 which is an amazing deal for wagu the cheapest lunch set is sukiyaki wagu and it's only 1,000 y so about $7 for that lunch special that's amazing deal anyway the one I got is their most popular one so this is about 12 bucks I mean this is so nice you can have a private room doors closed so this is what's in a set menu right here you get a salad a side of pickles cucumbers there's stewed wagu and then this is the main box look at how beautiful that is wow this is actually a lot of wagu and a beautiful golden Sunset looking up an egg laying on top and obviously this is Japan you don't get to choose how your wagu is cooked pop the egg but that golden waterfall just flow through the meat so the beef is cooked pretty darn rare um you can ask him to cook it more but I don't want to mess with that there's instructions on how to eat this so they saying put the rice in meat in a bowl pour in the Dashi and enjoy it h myushi style so first bite just get some of the beef oh man this is really rare wow oh oh man there's slices of wagu underneath as well look at this underneath the grilled slices of wagu there's thin slices of fatty wagu oh my gosh so there's two layers of wagu this is a even better deal now wow look at this this is actually mostly wag there's not even a lot of rice in here let's try try the grill one [Music] first wow this thing is melting your mouth tender it's definitely pretty rare but you barely need to chew this oh my gosh that flavor is so good no wonder displays I waited an hour and a half for this bowl of beef rice wow this is good and then the thin sliced beef that one was definitely kiaku style a lot sweeter still tremendously delicious and the richness of the beef is of course just absolutely accentuated by that golden yolk absolutely melts in your mouth I didn't know what to expect for something for a Wu box that was you know under 2,000 y I thought maybe the beef wouldn't be as tender no I was wrong this thing tastes like a mother's laabi it is so gentle and tender the beef flavor is amazing and you taste that smokey sear on the outside I think this is worth the 90minut weight this is such a phenomenal experience for this price Point let me try the other stuff so this is stewed beef it looks like mhm that's good very very beefy I think it's sitting in some miso not bad not as tender as this though but not bad you really need the pickles and the salad to offset the richness of this beef bowl let's eat it hisab Bashi style so scoop some of the beef and the rice oh there's veg in here as well put it into the bowl add the Dashi so this is going to cook the beef a little [Music] bit Dashi is so good Dashi with this rice that's already been flavored by so much of the beefy juice in the egg yolk so good I feel like this is going to be more like a your last bite kind of thing almost kind of like a miso soup at the end of a meal but I like eating this just as is and I know it's really bloody looking but if you can I recommend just keeping it as is I feel like the degree that they cook this to is optimal tenderness such an amazing deal 2,000 Yen or if you just want the Sukiyaki beef which is delicious on its own 1,000 yen amazing deal amazing worth the [Music] weight I don't really spend a lot I'm in Osaka a lot of my local friends tell me this is one of the best food cities in all of Japan a lot of them like the food offerings here way more in Tokyo there's just so many of these markets just all around the city and you walk around there just a ton of different things to eat wow the size of that pra wow you can literally buy this giant Frozen king crab pack for takeaway what look at this a steamed oyster Buffet [Music] this place sells puffer fish puffer fish s let you just eat it right there there's oi there's tons of wagu wa this place is all about the lobster and look at that giant shrimp tempora you could easily spend a day eating in this market it seems to go on forever ever all right that's the place I'm looking for Burger Revolution so this is really interesting because it's 100% wagu And there's different types of wagu that goes into these Burgers so I wanted to go this burger place back in Kyoto but I missed it Burger Revolution is actually really really popular in Kyoto and they serve different types of wagu burgers here there's only two types of wagy they serve kurog and coob so I got a cob Burger it's a beautiful Burger very tall loaded up with lettuce tomatoes it's a solid Burger the Patty's nice and juicy it definitely tastes like a leaner cut of wagu it's definitely got a big beefy flavor this is definitely first of all not a five wagu it's juicy but not nearly as tender as you would expect but for 3,600 Yen I don't think it tastes as good as the wagy burger I had in Tokyo I mean it's tasty I don't think it's 3,600 again tasty maybe the Kyoto branch is better I don't know but I should have used that money on it esteemed oyster [Music] Buffet I'm at a takoyaki restaurant I've had a lot of Takaki in my time traveling Japan I don't think I've ever tried it like this before this is really interesting first of all the takuaki looks way different than other takoyakis I've seen it's because the soy sauce is actually inside the takoyaki itself I think this is a phenomenal deal 12 takoyaki I get five octopus Sashimi boa soup for 1,000 yen so about six bucks I get all this where you could just get the 12 tacoyaki for 700 Yen which is under $5 so what's interesting about this is they gave me this card and apparently it teaches you how to eat this hyaki six different ways so the outside is really toasty wow and these are Fresh Off The Grill w wow okay this is freaking delicious takoyaki already ate the squid part so inside you definitely taste the soy sauce you got that traditional gooey texture that takoyaki have and the outside is just wonderfully toasty M there's a lot of wami in this takoyaki also besides the soy sauce you can taste the Bonito in here as well so I think the Bonito is either inside the tacoyaki where it's mixed into the batter so as you can see you open the takoyaki up taking a bite off the up you can see the squid in here this is really really delicious and the different ways you can eat the takayaki number one you eat try it as is and number two they say to dip it in the vinegar soy sauce octopus aimi Aidan M it's very vinegary wow Snappy tender octopus is so good in this vinegar sauce so number three is um you add some chili peppers which they provide you right here so takuaki with some chili peppers it's definitely better with some heat the fourth way is to add Wasabi and that looks like fresh real Wasabi [Music] too I like that the takoyaki it's so rich inside that's really nice with some Ki from that Wasabi finally number six they give you the soup what we supposed to do is just drop the takayaki in the soup add the scallions and add the Wasabi and you're supposed to just eat it in the broth I'm just going to go ahead and add some chilies to my [Music] broth M that's a really interesting way to getat a hakay Yaki the batter soaked up a lot of that delicious soup and it's very light soup it has a delicious depth to the Taco Yaki I think that might be my favorite way to eat this that end the dipping into the vinegar sauce I never had this experience before I mean this store like I just randomly passed by and I saw a lot of locals in here I don't even think it shows up on Google this is such a phenomenal place I'll try to put the map location down below for you guys this is a really awesome and unique takoyaki experience and yeah if you skip the burger we can do this like three four times the only thing I don't like about this is I do miss that nice wer s sauce flavor on my takoyaki which this doesn't really have otherwise pretty uniquely delicious takoyaki oh I just saw I was looking around the store this place was on the Michelin gu from 2016 to 2018 so apparently this is the original style of takoyaki here in Osaka that is really interesting wow I'm so glad I found this place and this place has been around for almost a 100 years this must be the food guys making up to me for the burger one more meal before the restaurant is closed for break Mugo menuk oh no they're closed if you're in Osaka and this is actually open this is supposed to be some fire ring dinner is going to be something I haven't hatched since the first time I was in Osaka Kushi KATU and Kushi KATU can really be made from anything so see on the menu t T night there's prawn Korean style beef scir steak matake mushroom tuna smok radish wow this is a 15 course menu tonight first course Bonito kaco ginger dressing this is some tender tender Bonito oh that's just pure butter nice little crunch from the peppercorn too that's really good this this is freaking incredible it's actually really light and crispy the praw is deliciously sweet and you got part of the head where they they actually included the nice Ramy from the head and also the shrimp legs too beautifully crunchy tiny bit heavier Dan inur got a much bigger crunch the flavor is more intense as well splash of lemon juice a little salt Perfection on a stick next is Korean style beef stick wrapped in Little Sun dude oh that's incredible light and crunchy on the outside with a refreshing crunch from the vegetables the kushy kasu breading is incredibly crunchy that sakk is Juicy and tender as well wow and the next course is Pik and matake mushroom Hot Pot dish I love this restaurant this fish is phenomenal because some of this some mushroom too then afterwards you sip the broth the masatake mushroom is incredible it's like the best Mushroom in Japan it's super expensive the flavor is so earthy and delightful the broth is very intensely flavored Dash the seafood Mami is outrageous oh that might be my favorite that's so good okay the next dish is tuna and smoke radish WRA seaweed this is one of my most favorite restaurants in Japan it's so good that was incredible sea the most crunchy the tuna the most tender there's crunchy elements inside the wrap incredible incredible so this is T style fried chicken with curry flavors oh my gosh it's so amazing it's crunchy you definitely taste a curry it's chicken is as tender as can be I'm going to add a little more lemon juice look at that look at that chicken look how juicy that is that was the richest piece I definitely need some cabbage after [Music] that it's one of my favorite meals in Japan soart I just added more items to my dinner it's way more flavorful than tinora the crunch is more significant this is way different than the kusik KATU I had many many years ago the next dish botm Salon with Chino sauce parmesan [Music] cheese that fish was absolutely perfect parmesan cheese nutty earthy has a good addition I think a splash of citrus would have been even [Music] better next up e and G gonzola cheeseburger M that was like a flavor Rapier in your mouth first you bite down the bun is beautifully chewy the E again whole th crunch on the outside beautifully tender inside and that itself is already really good then you get hit by the orgona the creaminess the flavor of a cheese and as you chew that intermingles with the yel creating a balanced Umami flavor that just makes you so happy bried mackerel with herb breadcrumbs this looks so crunchy w w I might nibbly on these little skewers that's how good these breadcrumbs are inside tender juicy Savory flavor of the mackerel I think a little marinera type sauce on top not a single Bas or so far so the next dish is cold Ina UD noodles but F and O this is like the most perfect noodle pal cleanser the noodles are really smooth and thin it's soaked in some Dashi buum sauce it has some savoriness some some very floral mommy flavors to that dish so the next one is pork loin okom Yaki style and look at this they turned this skewer into an okl nyaki this is so pretty it incredible that breading is just containing just a flood gave of Porky juice and all that with that delicious was sauce that typically goes on the okonomiyaki and some seaweed that is a Transcendent piece of pork I wish they would make a giant okonomiyaki but make it with that pork that might just now be the top skewer for me tonight eggplants with mle sauce they are so Innovative here spicy meaty mopo sauce on top of perfectly fried juicy a plantet next is ibone of saga beef so it's a wump steak from a saga wagu and there's two different types of sauce one is wasabi sauce and one is mustard and they're saying to dip this in the um forer sauce oh my gosh I did not think Wu could taste even better until now that's is absolute marbled and fried Perfection the ultimate crunch meets The Ultimate in melting your mouth the contrast is so extreme and that cure is so delicious those borderline ridiculous the texture alone let just blow your mind that is just magic all right so right now the extra pieces I order start kicking taking in um Lamb with mustard sauce I mean you guys are seeing how juicy the stuff is right and the outside that is just birth shattering shitaki mushroom stuff with shrimp and this is the first time I'm able to utilize the ponoo sauce they tell you what sauce to dip it in yes yes yes this is amazing Snappy earthy delicious ucky mushroom with the most tender little shrimp fall stuff inside the shrimp is delicate and sweet the mushroom earthy meaty all incasing that perfectly fried shell this is Duck and pepper sauce you I love it when you eat a Kushi KATU made with ingredient that's really rich and fatty it feels like it might be over overly Rich because it's fried but all that breading does is Seal in all the moisture in the juice of the ingredients that duck was so magically juicy next dish you can eat give boiled rice soaked with a fish stock or beef Curry so I got beef Curry this beef Curry is so good I think they use A5 for this be Curry this Curry is ridiculous choose this final coar dessert this is homemade SB frenched hosed in a piece of melon [Music] how's good melon crunchy and actually really light they breed it and deep fried that frch toast as well so good sorb delicious this whole meal is so wonderful this is one of my favorite meals and of all the times I've been to Japan it's so good I feel like the food here way more refined than what I had last time everything is made with such carrot in attention to detail also um the tasty W under $50 so for a really nice restaurant like this that's an incredible deal now the portions are a little small that's why I'm going to put one more more after this but put this on your musty listic if you never tried a Kushi KATU or if you tried it but you you never tried Kushi KATU like this try it I'm telling you you're going to be very happy with this when in got to get okoma Yaki I got a Mand Yaki which is okoma yaki top with Yaki so then I got some sprouts and beef this is such a local place too this is surrounded by office workers I think that means it's going to be good I love how my tea came in a frost and mug now that's a nice [Music] tea I got an Oklahom yak and I got beef and Sprouts this is half an order of beef and Sprouts this is ginormous half an order Sprouts are good beef is good this is so nice Miaki is here they give you some mayonnaise um seaweed seasoning to dress it up with this is a good pled I love the crispy Yaki so on top this whole thing is trenched in oklay Yaki sauuce which is delicious I think this goes great with the sprouts and the beef the reason I love this dish there's a temper right in front of you this thing will never get cold you can sit here slowly you dinner enjoy your drink and that will wrap up another amazing food day here in Osaka as always all the plac I went to listed down below for you guys thank you all so much for watching until we eat again see you later