I spent 24 hours eating only at Denny's in Tokyo, Japan. Yes, you heard that right! Denny's in Japan is a whole different ball game, with a menu that's as unique as it is surprising. So, if you've ever wondered what foods an American diner serves in Japan, you're in for a treat. Let's dive into this culinary adventure and see what Denny's Tokyo has to offer!
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hey guys this is Mike Chen just landed
here in Tokyo want to grab some dinners
it's a little late so a lot of places
are closed and just decided to walk
around and see what's open and never
been to Denny's
before Denny's in Japan looks really
fancy
whoa when you walk in there's like a
little convenience store
outside with Danny's baked goods little
toys
too so you sit down and they bring you
an iPad menu which is great because you
can see the dishes in English
recommendations Chef recommendation
course with an
alagado later avocado okay strawberry
Caesar salad so first page is all the
recommended this just the seasonal menu
look at this oh my gosh I can't believe
this is a Denny strawberry pancakes
strawberry Sundays a model strawberry
this is the king strawberry here in
Japan there's steaks bacon
spinach corn soup there's hurg steak
seran steak Japanese beef stew chicken
pork shabo Shabu wo there's Fried
Chicken basically every type of salad
under the
sun what there's chicken jum valaya
garlic rice with rose pork cheese Hood
rice oh my gosh there's so much stuff
here meat spaghetti there Cod roll pasta
grilled cheese oh my gosh they got
dundun noodles Chinese noodles Denny's
here in Japan has pretty much any dish
you want oh this is a drink bar dessert
menu this is the strawberry stuff oh
there's pancakes Chocolate Sundaes
French toast
chilled red bean soup matcha ice cream
oh my there's so much stuff that I want
to try so I got a chef recommendation
course and oh man I got to try something
else too grilled meat combo I want to
try their dunda noodles let's do garlic
rice or rolled pork have got salad raw
ham what raw ham salad my dinner tonight
a drink bar Chef's recommendation course
aado strawberry Caesar salad rye bread
garlic Rice with rast pork let's do it
this is really interesting this is the
drink bar so once you get a pass you can
have as much drinks as you want there's
a coffee ice coffee cappuccino all sorts
of different
teas sodas Iced
Teas take some W on
te this is what a Denny menu looks like
here in
Japan this thing goes on for
26 pages I don't remember how big
Denny's menu was back in the US I
remember it being pretty extensive but
this thing has everything from noodles
to Rice to steak to jambalaya and it's
so artistically designed my strawberry
Caesar salad just got here so right now
a strawberry season in Japan and these
are King strawberries
strawberry Caesar salad never had it
before I think it's wonderful
refreshingly sweet and tart with the
delightful crunch of the
lettuce with the strawberry and the
cheese it almost has a yogurty taste to
it I like it the strawberry is just
ridiculously fresh and juicy and sweet
and they also have little bits of freeze
dry strawberries in here as well for
nice little crunch this is so Innovative
my first entry has arrived garlic roast
pork fried rice so there's chunks of
what looks like grilled roast pork with
garlic chips on
top it smells so
garlicky that is a tender tender piece
of pork the crunchy bits of garlic the
rice has a little bit of mayo on it and
some
corn the rice is buttery it's frag it's
garlicky freaking rice is outrageous
it's fries so well look at this every
little grain is just glistening with
flavor goes perfect with that tender cut
of pork the pork is also very peppery as
well so everybody you take get that
juicy tender pork the creaminess from
the mayonnaise The Fragrant rice the
crunchy garlic this is a magnificent
plate of fried rice from Denny
this is really really
Smoky very tender two completely
different cuts of pork really adds so
much different flavor and texture to
this fried rice this is freaking amazing
fried rice guys I'm a fried rice fanatic
I'll eat fried rice every single day if
you'll love me and words I never thought
i' ever say in my life you got to tried
this Fri rice at
Denny's I mean Denny's back home at
least for me really only place I go when
everything else is closed I don't think
I've ever had food of this quality like
a Denise
before I am so happy with the entree 2
has arrived let me get a refill on my
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tea I think I might have discovered the
best Coke on this planet melon
Coke you got to give this a try this is
the recommended set menu from Denny's I
love this sit a little bit because I was
so distracted by my awesome pork fried
rice now the pasta is kind of dying on
me a little bit which is totally my
mistake beautiful crab on top and
underneath the crap is pasta with herb
cream
sauce this is a really hervy and very
crabby plate of pasta oh yeah I'm going
to taste that fresh basil right away
it's very rich and creamy with real crab
meat on top you can taste in every
single bite and that crab is very very
sweet they also give you a couple slices
of bread with the
pasta that's very toasty bread but this
is a delicious and very fancy full of
pasta and on the menu you can even pair
this up with wine or do what I do pair
with some melon
Coke the dessert that came with the chef
recommended SE meal is an avocado
and the coffee that it's sitting in it's
like coffee goo the coffee is very thick
look at this that's really
interesting and instead of just plain
coffee that the ice cream is sitting in
I think it's a mixture of coffee and
brown sugar so the texture is very thick
and gooey it's like ice cream cting in
coffee
ectoplasm I like it it's bitter as sweet
this is definitely a very very unique
aato really unlik anything I've had
before this was such a fun find I love
trying out popular restaurants in
different cultures in Denny's in Japan
is very different the menu is the size
of a Cheesecake Factory menu I think
because this place is pretty close to my
hotel and it's open pretty early I'm
going to come back and have some
breakfast
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tomorrow so breakfast Denny's has a
completely different menu and it goes
from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. there's
some traditional stuff like pancakes
scrambled eggs bacon French toast one
thing that looks really interesting
shrimp and chicken and eggplant with
spinach also because it is strawberry
seasoned I got some strawberry pancakes
too inside there's eggs there's scallion
mushrooms slices of Chicken shrimp and
they give you a little bit of olive oil
and wasab to add in here as
well
I feel like this is less of a porridge
and more of a chicken soup with rice I
really like this so there's a lot of
cool flavors and textures inside there's
eggs in here and when you get a little
bit of the yolk there's a lot of
richness and creaminess that comes with
that the rice texture is very nice it's
not mushy at all it's almost Al
Dente the mushroom is nice the shrimp is
popping in sweet chased out with some of
this eggplant over
spinach which is Juicy and refreshing
goes really well with the
porridge the Wasabi is definitely a good
addition for a little bit of kick and of
course unlimited coffee tea and drinks
at the drink
bar in the drink bar when you get it
included with a meal which is only about
20 I think 80 or 90 Yen so it's only
about $2 for all you can drink and the
porridge without the drink bar it's only
about $690 y so about $4 for this giant
steamy bowl of
deliciousness it's like a giant really
fulfilling satisfying delicious bowl of
chicken egg drop soup definitely good
the that come with
it this whole thing actually pretty
healthy and very filling breakfast that
olive oil that was a nice fragrant kick
all right after this I I got something
just as fulfilling a little less healthy
coming up pink it's beautiful fresh
strawberries because strawberri SE in
Japan from December to May these are
their specialty Japanese strawberries
called the king strawberries and
typically when you get fruit at a place
like Denny I would expect it not to be
that fresh this thing it's plump it's
juicy it's huge ice cream whipped cream
two fluffy pancakes with strawberry
syrup and strawberry cream on
top
I think that's pretty delicious that
thing is so good with the fresh
strawberries now let's invite some
whipped cream and some ice cream to the
party get all that
together every single bite it's sweet
it's tart it's creamy it's
juicy I don't like pancakes I really
order them but these freshly made
pancakes with the freshest strawberries
you can find anywhere and ice cream and
this loaded plate of pancakes again with
the fresh
strawberries only about $5 it's my
entire breakfast this morning for the
porters the eight plet spinach the drink
bar and the plate of pancakes about $13
and that includes everything and I am
absolutely
stuffed it's dinner time and I moved
hotels um in the new hotel man it's
almost connected to the dennies I've
been going to and I really don't have a
lot of ideas for dinner tonight let's go
try that dunda noodle at Denny's so my
new hotel is here and Denny's is right
here it's like it's meant to
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be so I didn't know apparently Denny's
has a lunch menu as well I thought the
lunch and dinner menu would just be the
same menu so I got a neat miso Bowl I
see them selling their bolon sauce so
I'm thinking that might be pretty good
so I got their their spaghetti with meat
sauce and finally of course the dund
noodles I've been wanted to try I might
have over ordered here cuz in the
pictures the MEO meatball didn't look
this big so this meal say you get a
meatball and a Ramen can you believe
this combo 900 Yen for two bowls of food
this is
absolutely
mindblowing how much you get the value
for money here at Denny which I don't
think I've ever said before give you a
little perp milk and some pepper so the
Miso meat Bowl scallion on top looks
like eggplant onions and minced meat on
the bottom this is a lot of food I
thought for the price and from the
pictures it just be like a little tiny
bowl of rice and meat this is absolutely
ginormous and there was an option at the
endet to make your rice bigger how much
more rice can they put in
here it's really peppercorny it's spicy
I do feel like there's too much rice in
here the racial is definitely a little
off
but the flavor is
fantastic the sauce and the meat very
Savory very rich to flavor it's got a
ton of Mami in there you can 100% taste
all that delicious miso minced meat is
delicious like the refreshing crunch of
the
scallions the egpl is a nice touch I
mean it's
delicious I just think there's too much
rice in here I'm Chase it with my
favorite Denny's drink melon Coke
look at this Ramen looks like a showyou
Ramen with a piece of chashu some
spinach little bit of wavy noodles the
broth looks pretty
good all right the broth is not great
it's kind of
blend and the noodles are a little soggy
I mean it tastes a show you but super
onedimensional broth and the chashu is
super tough and
dry I was wondering if I should get a
giant bow Ramen here glad I didn't that
was was not good at all jny sells their
bowet sauce by the register so this must
be good then right smells good this bowl
pasta about
450 okay I really like this and I'll
tell you why this tastes almost exactly
like the span me sauce you used to get
in high school cafeterias of course the
pasta here is way more Al Dente whereas
the lunchroom pasta just kind of melts
like a
marshmallow the me sauce tastes just
like that and I personally love
lunchroom
spaghetti I think this is great it's a
little sweet a little Tangy feel like it
has the same sweetness to tanginess
racial as Saucy as rich as meaty it's a
little buttery for under five bucks for
a taste of pure nostagia this is
definitely worth it for
me I like this so much this is UN CNY
how much they taste like if you know
what I'm talking about and you also love
the lunchroom spaghetti and me sauce and
if you are ever in Japan and want to
relive that flavor go to your local
Denny even better will be if I have some
garlic bread to go with this finally the
dunun noodles this is a really rich bowl
of noodles with uh the same meat sauce
on the top they use the sauce for a lot
of their dishes I think yesterday the
crab needle also has some of their
bologan sauuce this is very very thick
smells very peanuty I think they put an
egg in here as well to kind of enhance
the
richness o this definitely peanuty like
very very
peanuty I feel like it definitely needs
more peppercorn it's got a tiny bit of
heat there's some spinach in here some
minced meat and it tastes okay it's
definitely extremely peanutty but to
make it done you really need a good
amount of numbness good amount of
peppercorn that this doesn't really have
I mean they give you a black pepper
shaker which is not the same thing it's
a little spicy I think it's definitely
missing a a lot of flavor a lot of depth
right now it's just super one
dimensional it just tastes like slightly
spicy peanuty noodles I mean it's not
inedible but it's not good I think the
best thing I had tonight the Miso meat
over rice and the high school pasta but
every dish that you do get you're
definitely getting a lot of food for the
money all right I'm going to finish up
before all my noodles get soy and I'm
back at the hotel in under 5 minutes
it's so convenient so Denny's in Japan
nothing like the Denny's back home from
the food to the price point to the
quality of ingredients it's like a whole
new restaurant that I wish could replace
Denise from back home flavors aside all
the ingredients from the veg to the
fruits everything fresh as can be they
use a lot of seasonal ingredients and
this time of course the strawberries
again fresh juicy sweet delicious some
of the items that tasted really really
good the garlic fried rice from last
night the porridge from this morning was
great oh the strawberry pancakes amazing
also love the drink bar so usually if
you get it with a meal I think dinner is
a little more expensive about you know
250 but you get all you can drink cold
pressed coffee hot coffee cappuccino
different types of tea soft drinks it's
an amazing deal of all the times I've
been to Japan never even consider going
to Denis but if you are traveling here
and you're looking for a pretty decent
meal at a really good price point good
at Denny's it might not always taste the
best but it'll definitely fill you up
maybe they should use that as their
slogan Foods I recommend garlic pork
fried rice strongly recommend I think I
would also strongly recommend the
pancake especially if you are here
during strawberry season oh one thing I
wish I tried I didn't was the matcha
sunde I bet that thing spectacular so
that's my review of Denny's here in
Japan as always thank you all so much
for watching until we eat again see you
later