Japanese Street Food Tour of Osaka Kuromon Market 2022

hello everybody welcome back to another video greetings from osaka today we are back here at kuromon ichiba or kurumo market in osaka one of the oldest open air markets in osaka they've been existing for over 107 years this used to be a super popular tourist place but things have changed in 2022 all right so it's been a while since we've been back here together two years two years two years i think the last time we came here was with isan and that was right when the pandemic just began yeah yeah yeah it just began yeah and so things have dramatically changed uh in 2022 this used to be a super crowded place the first time we came here with my family it was so crowded i remember you feeling so uncomfortable because there were so many people here but seriously things have changed all right so before we begin we'll say thank you to skillshare for sponsoring today's video skillshare is an online learning community with literally thousands of classes to choose from whether you're looking to 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exploring your creativity today i remember the first time we came here with my family my sister was so like in tears literally in tears when she had the oyster here the fresh oysters here we are at one of the entrances exits of the market and as you can see it's a lot quieter quieter than it used to be this place used to average 23 000 visitors per day but as you can see it's pretty empty it's lunch time right now and this is what it looks like sure many other shops have closed but a lot of the old shops have remained it's just that you don't see a lot of the street food they used to have uh outside okay first place we're gonna check out is the tofu shop so i got soy milk very thick soy milk from takahashi they've been operated over 80 years this soy milk is the thickest soy milk in osaka yeah it looks very thick [Applause] this one has a very fleshy soy milk flavor and it's thick it's really like soybean yes eating like edamame yeah it's really good thank you moss it's not only thick it's super rich and creamy oh it's amazing this is actually one of my favorite shops i'm so happy that they are still in business i have a feeling they are gonna continue to keep doing business here as long as this nice guy is alive he also has really good uh tofu donuts that they make fresh here the last time we were here we had those very very delicious as well and of course if you have if you're staying in an airbnb uh or somewhere that has a kitchen somewhere around here you can also get his freshly made tofu made daily that was delicious oh feels so nourished i swear that is definitely the thickest soy milk we've ever had we're going to come back here at the end to get some dessert i really really want the tofu donuts they're so so good so next place which tempt me is mansai they sell deep fried fish cake i love this kind of stuff deep fried tempura this one is a fish cake with asparagus and shrimp i love shrimp forever [Music] this one has a good fish umami with sweetness yeah it's not salty it's because the mummy and sweetness and asparagus and shrimp gives me a good accent i love this check it out i got the benishoga which is pickled red ginger my favorite this is a osaka specialty pickled red ginger tempura is a favorite in this city i love benishauga tempura venishogan already has flavor it's a pretty intense gingery flavor but it's pickled so it's also a little bit sour you really don't need anything look at all that pickled ginger on the inside and the fish cake itself has such a nice bouncy texture really nice flavor not fishy at all whatsoever just good flavor all around and they make all the fish cake right here you can see them deep frying in here and we have a variety of them so yeah why not try all of them the atmosphere of this market is different much quieter it's it's very authentic i guess authentic it's the wrong word it kind of has the feeling of how kuruma market used to be before i guess all the tourists came not saying the tourists are bad because we do miss the tourists and i feel like the tourists all should experience this atmosphere you know it is still in the morning i need coffee every morning we want a coffee shop green beans para and the smell of roasting the fresh beans is fantastic i couldn't resist i got this coffee crumbling gloomy brand the aroma is good yes yes immediately i understand the good balance of the sourness and the bitterness it's the joy of the morning happiness is not only beer happiness is coffee too actually many of the shops are just opening up you know it's noon time so i guess uh most of the shops are start opening up at noon time that's what i'm assuming not so early in the morning now in the morning we thought because this was a morning well a market you know come early and all the markets will be open that's not the case here anyway i'm still hungry we got to get more meat too yeah so we are at a shop called it's located on one of the corners inside the market and i got myself grilled scallops with soy sauce and butter smells amazing you know these are fresh scallops thrown in from hokkaido every single day the man he opens it up right in front of you cleans it and then the lady grills it over hot charcoal oh it looks so good so let's try it out so they said don't add anything else to it you just eat it like this here we go oh look at that oh my god look at all that give us [Music] amazing amazing so fresh i love fresh scallops and guys this is a pretty big scallop let's take another bite you know i actually like this part of the scallop it's one of my favorite parts of the scallop [Music] that texture that a little bit of chewy texture the scallop takes the flavor of the soy sauce and the hokkaido butter goes so well together look at that ah dripping with scallop juice and butter i'm so happy i'm in heaven right now i got fresh oyster i like fresh oyster this is very big oyster and plumpy looks so fresh i want to try this one this was yuzu we are using the japanese citrus with sko skull means like tabasco or skull on this oyster umass [Music] [Music] do you see meruki and this condolences user scope works very nicely it's yeah good oyster lever umami it has a beautiful flavor of ocean i want to see this juice too i see that was delicious yeah that was delicious so that store is called once again it's located on one of the corners in kuromo ichiba if you guys live here in japan please visit these places because kuromon market the people here the businesses are struggling they really really are and i really don't want any more businesses shutting down you know so please come and visit uh this shop really good seafood so next shop is mitsuya we found dango yes this is a mitarasitango this mitarastango was submerged in the sauce it looks so yummy it's really tempting me again and this texture of this tango is soft a little bit chewiness and this beautiful sauce flavor is amazing it's soy sauce but the sweetness and the umami is much more stronger it's really pleasant for me the second one is yomoji yomoji dango shinichi loves your moji ram so i saved this for suniti takimasu no so soft one it's like the softest jungle i've ever had in my entire life sorry i gotta take a bite of this i should have saved you half the yomogi but i couldn't though it was so soft different texture from the the regular uh white one and the sauce is super well balanced all right i'm gonna try the warabi mochi love love wala bimochi haven't had wala bimochi in ages this is made with the wadaby plant and it looks like this it's supposed to be quite healthy and on the outside this is kinako which is ground soybean powder [Music] that's good oh this warabi mochi is good it's not the fake tasting one that you get at the yakuen store it's such a smooth and nice texture it's not gelatiny like the one they sell the cheap store the outside is just subtly sweet not overly sweet and that nice flavor of kinako which reminds me a little bit of peanut butter so delicious so right in the middle of kurumo market places kuromo nakagawa this is a local supermarket it's a pretty big store and frequented by the local people for its uh low prices and good quality produce yeah check this place out if i lived in this area i think i'll be coming here all the time sadosha is there anything else you saw that you want to eat one more attempting me is sushi sushi right across the seafood shop we ate i found sushi sushi shop okay i'd open the shop all right so let's go there then okay yeah and and after that we're gonna go check out um the place i always go they sell some manju love that place and then of course we have to finish off with uh some tofu doughnuts at the first place we went to here okay yep right across from that shop that we went to for the scallops and the oyster is which is also on the corner so you cannot miss it and they make fresh sushi and fresh sashimi bowls for you in front of you so super super fresh i got the maguro and salmon donburi rice bowl and this is what it looks like look at that you got some pieces of salmon you have a maguro the red meat you got some chopped up toto and you have ikuro samiro with wasabi so i'm going to pour some soy sauce all over this beauty there you go a lot of people prefer total or chew but to be honest with you i am a huge fan of the akami which is like the red meat [Music] actually that is like amazingly fresh oh that's good okay that's kind of shocked hmm let me let me dig into the rice as well so we got some of the chopped up toto and the ikura and let's enjoy it with some rice hmm that's really good i don't know why i was expecting less but it's really good what is real salmon and magulo is two of my favorite fish as far as sashimi is concerned i don't know about you guys what's your favorite type of sashimi i don't really eat things like uni [Music] and that is the piece of salmon right there mmm nice and fatty i gotta have some rice with this and the rice is seasoned perfectly it's not too sour perfect amount of vinegar delicious mine is really it is freshly made in front of us i got salmon and tuna todo and salmon so which one should i eat first okay i'm gonna try samo fast put wasabi a little bit on top of this sashimi and put soy sauce a little bit more it's so fresh it's present forever good summer flavor no fishiness it's very clean flavored salmon and the rice is perfect sushi rice fish is maguroya so sunnah chop so this one is a tuna todo it must be very good so good wasabi a little bit i like this way i like eating this way put soy sauce on sashimi not rice on sashimi oh toto is 42 now yes it's a good very good fat flavor inside of my mouth it has a very good balance with this vanilla rice this tuna is really fresh yes this shop is magruder if you want to eat fresh sushi definitely i recommend i don't know why i was expecting less i really don't know why i'm doing it maybe because this place used to be geared towards the tourists so i really wasn't expecting much i've been missing out the tourists knew where all the good places were second to the last place i always have to come here to a shop called naniwaya i love the couple that runs this place they're always so kind to me and they specialize in this thing called soba mochi which satoshi is going to be eating i'm going to be trying something that's very popular with your visitors from hawaii of course this is pretty pandemic but this is it this is the ichigo mochimochi omelette strawberry mochi mochi omelet that is a very thin layer of mochi surrounding some fresh strawberries and inside i believe there's some whipped cream and maybe some sponge cake anyway let's give it a go no it's a strawberry shortcake encased in a thin layer of mochi that's so good if you like japanese strawberry shortcake and you like mochi you gotta try this one [Music] like i said this is one of their best items on sale ah delicious so fresh so refreshing creamy rich but light at the same time and not too sweet i'm going to save the rest for satoshi because i don't think you've ever had this before you gotta try it it's like a japanese strawberry shortcake covered with this beautiful mochi rubber and texture totally it's nice it's more firm a little bit firmer than the regular strawberry shortcake sponge but it's good it's good and this is the signature sweet soba mochi buckwheat cake so this is their soba mochi i think they need buckwheat flour inside of this cake pot and inside is anko hmm smooth smooth ankle paste keeping paste i really really like this soba mochi and the last time shimiti bought me as a souvenir this one and i really enjoyed it first this sweet acid bean paste is really good not overly sweet it has a good azuki bean flavor but i want to mention about this cage part we have buckwheat flavor low stem aroma it's so good it's different from other this kind of manju oh my god really really enjoy that soba mochi every time i come to osaka i gotta buy that it's so good and of course i have to say hello to the lady and the men because they're so nice every time i come here anyway one more place we have to stop by we have to go back to that tofu shop we went to at the beginning because i promised him we're gonna come back to get the tofu donut finally we are back at takahashi the tofu shop that you have to visit anyway we got the tofu donuts these are so good so good so so good it's so moist moist and not too sweet but just enough sweetness to you know satisfy that sweet tooth and got some powdered sugar on the top my suggestion is to get these with a cup of the soy milk that's like the perfect combo before eating correction they will be in their business not over 80 years 98 years it's almost 100 years history wow tony donuts soy milk doughnuts is this really soy milk no i i expected soybean flavor like soy milk flavor it tastes like regular good donuts oh surprise [Applause] i like this donut i really really enjoyed one day in colombo me too i'm so glad that we decided to come to osaka again and i really really hope that all the businesses that we visit today of course all the other businesses stay in business and everybody we spoke to said they cannot wait until tourists start coming in again uh they miss all of you guys and every single shop that we featured on this video uh they're all nice people and the food we recommend one hundred percent when the board are open please please visit definitely definitely with that said thank you so much everybody for watching this video hope you guys enjoyed it um which food appealed to you the most let us know in the comments down below and if you enjoy watching videos like this one don't forget to subscribe thank you for watching see you next to this video bye-bye bye guys [Music] you

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Length: 23min 40sec (1420 seconds)

Published: Sat May 21 2022