Osaka Adventure: Haunted Apartment, 551 Pork Buns & DIY Okonomiyaki!

Hey guys, so today we are in Osaka and I'm actually standing in line for the 551 Horai Nikuman. This is 551 Horai, really famous in Osaka for their pork buns. I actually used to come here all the time in my 20s when I lived here and I swear it's the best pork buns in Japan. Amazing to me is that this place is so famous now. When I lived here, it was pre-internet so you know it was just local people, never aligned. This is located in Namba, the middle of Namba. If you go that way, that's where Dotonbori is, that famous Dotonbori. If you go down this street, there's a famous cheesecake shop over there. This is a sweet and sour meatball. It's 10 for 4.20 So good. A pack of four. Let's dig in. So excited. Good? Good? So good. So good. Oh my god. I've not had this in so long. It's so juicy. So meaty. The best Nikuman in Japan. These are the meatballs. 10 meatballs. They're like sweet and sour. Try it. Please do. My favorite. I'm flying here for you. Okay. He flew in just for this. Good? Looks nice. So meaty. This sweet and sour sauce. It's excellent. Cheers. Bye bye meatball. I could eat the whole thing by myself. It's so good. I'm gonna get Lawrence is getting the azuki. I'm getting chocolate and my friend's getting matcha and then Satoshi's getting a fruit. So I just had to get the chocolate. This is dessert for us. It's the fruit. This one is azuki. Is it good? Refreshing. Refreshing? I didn't actually do the fruits. Okay. How's the azuki? After the bun and the meatball, this is what I need. That's what you need. Nice milk taste. Very nice milk taste. Yeah. Milk taste. Yeah. Wow. This one is the matcha, right? That my friend's having. I like the chocolate because it reminds me of um melted chocolate. Reminds me of that. And it's sweet. It's not overly sweet. What am I saying? I mean it kind of reminds me of like frozen cocoa. You know what I mean? It's delicious. Now we're just taking a walk along Ebisu Bashi Suji. This is uh the very busy shopping street in Osaka. Super super busy. Strawberry Mania on this corner here has really good strawberry desserts. A lot of souvenirs can be found at pharmacies like this. I don't really know the quality or anything like that because I don't usually buy them. You'll find lots of octopus souvenirs because of takoyaki. Osaka's known for takoyaki. And guess what guys? It's such a beautiful day today. It was raining a lot back in Tokyo but a couple of days have been here in Osaka. It's been great. Wow. Look at this. Look at this huge huge plate of spaghetti and cream puffs. Wow. And fried rice. Look at this curry here for 10 people. Wow. They actually serve these here. It'd be a great shop to visit with a group of people I think. Alright guys so we are in a station called Morinomiya. I used to live here and for some strange reason my friend from Hawaii wants to revisit my old apartment which was haunted. I'm not even sure if it still exists but let's check it out. So I lived about maybe like a 10 walk away from the station. I don't quite remember. It could be 7, 8, 9. I was from Hawaii so I wasn't used to walking a lot. But the view from my apartment building was this freeway and Osaka castle. That's all I remember. I think I've talked about this haunted apartment in a past video a long time ago. Maybe I would talk about it one of these days. I don't feel like talking about it now because we are visiting it right now. So many memories. When I first came here I was 17 years old. I lied about my age. I said I was 18 but I was going to be 18 in a couple of months so I just said I was 17 because you had to be 18 for this job. So I lied and I came to Japan but I have so many memories here. So many good and bad memories. I believe we're almost there. Is it still there? I'm literally getting goosebumps now coming closer to the apartment. Let's see. Oh I see it. I think it's the one way over there. No, I think it's that one over there. You know the the end with the balconies facing out? Because I remember the balconies were facing the freeway and you could see the castle as well. So that must be the building. Why am I breathing hard suddenly? Isn't it strange? I never thought I would be feeling this way. My friend wanted to come here which is why I'm here but anyways that brown building. That orange-ish beige building. I lived on the top floor I think. Anyway, I never thought I would be feeling this way. I'm literally getting goosebumps on my arm and I don't know. I'm a little bit scared. I have no reason to be scared though. Oh my goodness. We're just about there. I can't believe this building is still here. I lived here in the 80s. Like 1984. Oh my goodness. This is the building right here. The reason why they say it's haunted is because it was built over a hospital during the war. Anyway, this is the building right here. Oh my gosh. This must be a very ridiculous video for some of you. But anyway, my friend wanted to come here. Oh my god and that is the elevator hallway. Freaks me out still. Alright guys, so we are in a store right now. This is actually an electronic store but there is a huge souvenir area. Yeah, look. I never knew you could find like so many souvenirs in an electronic store. There's chopsticks that Lawrence loves. Oh, did you find chopsticks? Oh beautiful. I'm gonna get it seriously. You're gonna get it? Really? They sell matcha here too. Here's some KitKats. This is the Mont Blanc KitKat. This is actually quite nice. This is for Halloween. Apple pie KitKats. Milk tea KitKats. This is original with strawberry KitKat. Matcha KitKat. A whole bunch of green teas here. So this is a strawberry cheesecake. My friend's gonna get it. And this is a sake KitKat. I'm curious about that. I love this Lego. The triangle garden. Look at that. Yeah. Himeji Castle Lego. That's nice. This is my recommendation. Jagabi. Oh, it's so good. These are like french fries. Even Mario here at this souvenir shop. Alright guys, we are about to eat dinner at this very hot sauna. We're at a okonomiyaki place in Osaka. It's so hot. We are here. Oh my goodness. We're feeling like barbecue. Yeah, barbecue. Yeah. Time to make your okonomiyaki. How to make the okonomiyaki is on the wall. I'm mixing everything. Yep. This is beef tendon. Mix it up. This and I have this. So cook this first, right? Yes. Okay. This is squid, shrimp, and meat. So I'm going to cook this first. You want to see a cooking demonstration? I will give you a cooking demonstration. Did you do okonomiyaki when you were in Osaka? Nope. I did not. But you never thought. Nope. I'm completely mixed. Nicely. No leftover stuff. Okay. Okay. Then wait until it becomes thicker. Yeah. About 10 minutes? 5 minutes. 5 minutes. Okay. And then I think this side is done. Alright. This is my way. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm just going to put it right on top. Like this. Yep. I think this is good, right? Okay. He called me. I was worried. He called me, right? Yeah. Oh my god. That's perfect. Scared. Oh shit. I'm scared. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Not bad. Not bad. Not bad. That's true. That's true. So it is ready. So it is time to smother it with the sauce, okonomiyaki sauce. We can put more. We can put more. Like a lot more. A lot more. Okay. That's okay. That's good enough. Okay. That looks amazing. Let's bring some aonori on top. Yep. Sprinkle. This is aonori seaweed. More. More. More. More. More. More. That's good. Thank you very much. Okay. And maybe a little bit more. This is bonito flakes. Okay. That's good. That's good. Spread it evenly. This is a pasta sauce. We have two types of sauce. Okay. Time for sauce. Okay. Okay. And then Lawrence can go ahead and brush this one on. Oh brush on. Yeah. But you can put a lot on. Yeah. Yeah. Picasso. Lawrence cooking for the third time in his life. I'm kidding. More. More. Yeah. More. Don't hesitate. Yeah. I think that's good though. I think that's good. Yeah. No, it's good. This is the aonori seaweed. At least it's not sugar. So a lot more. I think that's good. Actually there's probably more sugar in here too. No, there isn't. And then there's what? No, there isn't. Perfect. Okay. Okay. Oh, you do? Yes. There we go. So we got a mixed okonomiyaki and a shrimp okonomiyaki. No, no, no. Beef tendon. A beef tendon okonomiyaki. So that's what we're eating first. No, I'm eating the seafood. Oh, the seafood. Yes. Mixed one. Oh, no, the mixed one. Sorry. Oh, yes. Right. It's hot. Careful. Is it good? Yeah. Good. How is it? It's okay? Okay. Okay. Good, good, good, good, good, good, good. I am cooking the yaki soba noodles. Yeah. So this one is pork and Satoshi's one is seafood. Yep. Shrimp. Shrimp. Yeah. If you put it to the side, you can put the noodles to the other side. Okay. Perfect. Hi, guys. We just finished eating okonomiyaki at Hatsuse. It was good. The good thing, pros and cons. So the pros is very reasonable prices, like half the price of everywhere else. However, and of course, you can make your own okonomiyaki. So that's a lot of fun. But the con is that it's very small and tight. So if you're maybe bigger than me, you might be a bit uncomfortable. I'm 5'9". So if you're bigger than me, definitely think about that. And then also it was very hot. It was quite hot. It felt like you're in a sauna. I was okay. But like my friend Lawrence and my friend Michael, like they were like dying. So anyway, if you don't mind heat and crap quarters, you might enjoy this place. Anyway, thanks so much for watching. I'll see you guys on my next video. Take care until then. Bye.