MORE Viral Tokyo Foods that Broke the Internet!

Today's Tokyo Eats aren't your average ones because these are the ones that are making waves on social media, in particular Japanese social media. So get ready to feast your eyes and your stomachs as we dive into part two of our quest to test out Tokyo's viral food spots. But make sure to stay until the end because I will be rating each viral food and seeing whether or not they are worth the hype. But before we go, don't forget to subscribe for more Japan adventures and to make sure that we can continue to give you guys even more incredible food recommendations for when you come visit Japan. So make sure you hit that subscribe button. I see you not doing it. Click it now. Okay, good. Alright, now that you've clicked that button, let's go explore those viral food sensations. Today I am in the neighborhood of Sangenjaya to try my first viral food right here at Park Store where they serve Parkside Donuts, which have been really popular on Japanese social media lately. It's located right in between Sangenjaya Station and Ikejiri Ohashi Station. Their Parkside Donuts are known to be super fluffy with a really rich filling and a wide variety of flavors. So let's go inside and see what the hype is all about. Oh, very cute. It looks kind of like a little American donut shop. Oh! We're gonna try all the popular ones. Mmm, looks so good. Alright, here are my donuts. They look so beautiful. I can see why people take a lot of photos and videos of them. They look so fluffy. And when I saw him making them, he mentioned that the dough is so soft that even if you just like poke the dough, it'll deflate. So it is a really, really fluffy dough and they clearly put a lot of effort into making it. And I love that you can see them making it. It's very nice to see how much effort they put in. Let's see how it tastes. They're known to be originally a cheesecake shop, so let's start with the cheesecake. I'm gonna take a bite. I'm just gonna go for it and then open it up and see what the inside looks like. Here we go. Mmm! That's really, really good, actually. Since I don't normally go for cheese cream flavors of things, I didn't have super, super high expectations for this one, but it really exceeded my expectations. And the dough of the donut is so fluffy. Coated with like granulated sugar. It's a really good donut. That's a yes for me. Let's try the other one. This is the one that I personally had my eye on. I love chocolate. It just looks incredible. So let's give this a try. Mmm! Wow. I know my face is covered in chocolate. There's nothing you can do about it. But my goodness, it is so chocolaty. There's so much wonderful cocoa powder and it's a little bit of like a darker chocolate. So you can taste the bitterness. It doesn't feel overly sweet. I'm gonna go for another bite. And ruin my face. Mmm! Okay, now that I've finished cleaning the chocolate off of my face, now it's time to do it all over again, but with green. The richness of the matcha is incredible. It really does taste like a rich matcha ice cream, but in like whipped cream form with a generous matcha coating on the outside, which gives that like authentic matcha flavor. All of them were so delicious. Oh, it's so hard to choose, but I still feel like the number one is the cheese one. I can understand why that's the number one most popular one. So all in all, if I were to say whether these donuts are worth the online hype or not, I am already gonna have to say, totally worth the hype. Really good donuts. It's definitely worth a try. Let's go check out our next viral spot. My next stop is here in bustling Ikebukuro, and it's right here at this place called Nippon Ichi, which can mean number one in Japan, but if you look at the kanji characters, it actually means Japan market. They've gone viral online recently for having a very, very hearty lunch menu item that is supposedly very cost effective. It looks super hearty to me, and I'm ready for something savory. So let's give this a try and see if it stacks up to what they say it is. Ooh, very cool. Izakaya vibes. I love the art on the wall. Today, I'm gonna be trying their viral menu, which is only available at lunchtime. So during the evenings, it's just a regular izakaya, but at lunchtime, they have a special menu. So today, I'm gonna try this viral menu, which is the demi omu hambagu don, don meaning rice bowl, and it has so much volume. And there's another brand new menu item that came out, which is now considered an ura menu, which is like a secret menu. So if you know it, you know it. And I'm just gonna order it, and then we'll see what it is. Ooh, here we go. This is the meal for today. Definitely too much for one person. But what I got here on the secret menu is the cheese in menchi katsu curry, which translates to minced meat cutlet curry with cheese inside. The curry is a beef tendon curry, and they spend a lot of time just stewing that curry, get all of that beef flavor in it. It's also got some veggies in there. Looks fantastic. All right, let's try our cutlet curry secret menu. Here we go. Mmm. I can see why that's popular. The outside is very crispy, lots of volume, and the cheese just kind of brings it all together and adds that cheesy creaminess. It's very satisfying. I could eat these on their own, but it does go very well with the curry too. But there's a lot more to eat, so let's move on to our next viral dish. Well, our actual viral dish. This one is the secret dish. Viral dish. Here we go. This one is quite interesting. There's a special way that you're supposed to eat it. Basically, there's two different types of hambagu, which is a Japanese-style hamburger without the bun. So I've just broken the egg yolk and made an egg waterfall that runs down this mountain. You actually want to separate the two. He said the best way to enjoy it is to take the top half and put it on this plate and then eat it separately and put a sauce on that one. And then you can kind of enjoy two different flavors in one dish. It looks beautiful. Okay, so now we have a truly Japanese-style hamburger steak. Mmm. The egg adds a really nice creaminess. It uses a kind of Japanese-style onion sauce, which is common with a Japanese-style hamburger steak. Yeah, I think this is a very nice, just on its own, just a very light meal is what this would be. But when you add this in, it's quite a lot of food. All right, let's dig into this incredibly filling bowl of demi-glace hamburger steak with a fluffy omelet. Mmm. Oh, yum. Yeah, that's really good. I love the combination of the meat and the egg. I always feel like that's a good combo. And of course, it all comes together with the rice, the bed of rice in the bottom. The combination with the other hamburger steak, separating it is a little bit of a hassle. So personally, I might need to reduce a couple points on that. But taste-wise, both very good. And if you want a lot of food, incredibly satisfying. So for that, I might actually say, I think I'd say that this dish is worth the hype because it tastes good. And also, it only costs 1,000 yen and you get this much food, a very, very affordable price at lunchtime. But keep in mind that the cutlet curry is priced a little bit differently at 1,800 yen. Because basically, it's not even on the menu right now. But the other ones that are listed on the lunch menu as rice bowls are 1,000 yen and 1,500 if you don't finish. Yeah, as long as you know that, you'll have a good time. My next viral food stop is in the Shibuya area, right next to Yoyogi Koen Station. And I'm here to try another sweet treat, but this time with a best-before date of just five hours. That is very short. And they're known for having some incredibly soft mochi. And also, they're daifuku, which are mochis filled with red bean paste and sometimes fruit. So I cannot wait to see if it is worth the hype and if it really is truly that soft. Oh my goodness. The artwork on the wall is so gorgeous. And what's more, the artist is painting it right now. I've never really seen a shop like this before. It's so beautiful. Very Japanese. Alright, so here are my selection of freshly made mochi today. They should be eaten within five hours because they're so fresh and they don't use any preservatives. So let's try the fried and grilled mochi, because she said it's a little bit uncommon and she recommends it. So let's start with this one. Man, it is super sticky. I love it. I was wondering if this was going to be a dessert or savory. It is definitely 100% savory. My gosh. It's salty. It's kind of addictive. I really like it. Okay, let's try the classic daifuku with the red bean. Ooh, just picking it up, it feels so pillowy. Oh, it feels, I mean, it feels like a memory foam pillow. If you've ever touched one. It really just bounces back too when you press it. It was so chewy and so fluffy and soft. And that's how you know it's extremely fresh. The sweetness comes from the sweet red bean paste that's on the inside. So good. And it's so stretchy. Before I make my final judgment, I just want to try the espresso daifuku. Let's give that a quick taste. It's a mix of the traditional and the modern without going too trendy. Yeah, that's really good. It's very, very delicate. And the texture is incredible. So now, is it worth the hype? I would say if you want something that's very traditional and totally natural, I think that that makes it worth the hype. I really like it. It's delicious. Tried some new things I hadn't had before. It just tastes so fresh and natural. Alright, let's go see what our next trendy viral food is. See you guys over there. After a long day of eating, my last stop of the day is right here in Ebisu. And it's called Stabler. They're known for having a very jam-packed sandwich that is full of meat. And you can see it right here. It's a special. It's called the Shimokitazawa meat sandwich. W. Whenever you see the W, that actually means double. And this has really made waves on social media, at least on Japanese social media. We might as well give this a try today and see if it really is worth the hype. And they have a convenient takeout menu, so I'm going to go give it a try. You can also sit down, but takeout today. Let's go. Good evening. Welcome. It's a very cute shop. Thank you. It's very American. Thank you. I'm a little curious. What does the name Stabler mean? The name of the shop is a movie that Suzuki, the owner of the shop, likes. It's called The Wild One. There's a character called Johnny Stabler who plays Harold Brand. That's the name we got from Johnny Stabler. Wow. So you're a movie fan. Yes, I am. And I love vintage. Thank you. I'd like to have one double and one egg sandwich. Here you go. Thank you. It looks delicious. Wow. There's quite a bit of volume in both. Are you the owner? Yes. This shop is very American and vintage. How did this shop start? At first, it was an apparel brand. Then we opened a restaurant together. Thank you. I'm looking forward to it. The sandwiches look so good. I am impressed with the amount of volume, both for the eggs and for the meat sandwich. But one thing to keep in mind is that these are the eat-in plates. So they only look like this when you eat inside. This is just special and normally you wouldn't be eating here. Okay, I'm going to start with the egg sandwich first. Looks really good. I love an egg sandwich, so I'm looking forward to this. Here we go. The eggs are really good, actually. It seems to have a creamy tartar sauce filling, which does go really well with the eggs. I like it. If you are an egg lover like I am, I think you will like this. This is good. All right, this looks very thick, very meaty, and very medium rare. I think a lot of people would be quite surprised at how red the beef looks. But in Japan, that is a very popular way to eat your beef. I really like the sauce and the seasonings in this, actually. This is very good. It has a lot of meat juices, some other kind of sauce in there that really just keeps it really juicy. Okay, I have to say, it did definitely exceed my expectations. But if I were to choose again, I would still probably go for the egg sandwich. But that's like my own personal choice. I think if you're a meat lover, I do think you would enjoy this sandwich. Maybe I'd go for the egg next time because this is quite a lot. Otherwise, I'm going to give it a yes. It is worth the hype. Everything today was really good. So I'm thinking about which one I liked the most today. They were all delicious. But I do think there is a winner somewhere in terms of one food that I would definitely recommend to a friend and that I would go to again. The winner today, the one that really just stood out the most, is probably going to have to be Parkside Donut from Park Store. This is the winner. Congratulations, Parkside Donut. Really, it was the first place that I went to today and they blew me away. Each restaurant put a lot of effort and care into making their product, making sure it tastes delicious. And I really appreciated that about all of them. So let me know in the comments down below which one you guys would like to try the most. I'd be curious to know if any of them really stood out to you as well. And don't forget to like, comment, share, and subscribe. And we'll see you very soon in another video. And let me know if you guys want to see more of these. Alright, thanks guys. See you guys next time. Bye! 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