SHOCKING Japanese Street Food on Japan's STRANGE FOOD Island!!! (Would you try this?)

this Japan series is made possible with the support of by food.com hey this is my favorite part so he closes it today our cross country Japanese food tour continues [Music] sure ah so as we move from Fukushima to the Kanagawa Prefecture in search of Japan's strangest food island welcome back to our Japan series we are a long way from Tokyo and we've got a surprise for you that you won't find in any of our competitors channels I'll tell you that definitely not this is a no shima host at the 2020 Summer Olympic Sailing competition and famous for its and Oshima shrine but if you know our show you know that's not why we're here from this to this how did that happen this unique Island also boasts some of the most unusual food you'll find in Japan and one local secret ingredient seems to find its way into almost every dish [Music] it's so creepy it looks like a fossil today shizzy and i are hitting the docks hello sir sneaking our cameras into the fish factories and sweet-talking our way into the kitchen I don't like gross little things all to attempt to get some answers to the question we'd go what happened to the island of Enoshima [Music] [Music] right now we're at the dock pier what do you call it boat area the piece of concrete that has many boats on it in the southern part of Kamakura city along the coast sits Kochi go fishing port one of the biggest Shiraz new suppliers in the area right now we are awaiting the arrival of a local fisherman who has a shirasu blog yes he does every day he's updating how many shirasu is he can't see da soo in English is called white bait their little tiny white fish we're eating the bait that's right white bait it's a term for immature fishes that are so small their only purpose is to swim around and get eaten by bigger cooler fish white baits are tender and edible in Japan these baby sardines are a delicacy our ship has arrived hello sir very excited back from sea you can see the enthusiasm in their eyes sir oh and they're going past us it looks like they had an amazing catch all these huge coolers completely full of Shiraz ooh this is much more than I expected yeah these baby sardines are called shirasu processed shirasu appear in many Japanese delicacies especially across the bay on the island of an Oshima resident how nice help it's how we do it's used in snacks as a topping main ingredients or this today's Shiraz ooh ketch is transported immediately in these coolers to keep them fresh from here they take a short ride to a nearby factory for processing the processing of the shirasu is underway but are some people eating this raw they do actually a no stream is one of the places where you can eat them Rob normally you would eat them over a bowl of rice oh you don't think it's normal just to hold no any pounds of fish in your hand they're gonna get wrong no okay oh come on you didn't do a grasshopper you have to do this yeah I could drop it in your mouth Oh God I don't like gross little things okay Oh holding it okay let's try it up no raw she rocks oops I get to love crunchy salty and a little like anchovies but it doesn't have any super strong flavor no it doesn't bad oh you're holding it together pretty well now I did it I'm awesome next thing you cannot touch me it's for the best the fish are gathered and washed huge baskets are boiled for five minutes too long and the fish fall apart do you know why they choose to process it in this way is it to a free service they usually ship it all across the Tokyo so in order to do that they usually need to be boil after boiling the fish are placed on a dry net spread out evenly and left under the Sun for 30 minutes no that's the exact portion I want it that's good okay they've become sticky it helps it helps let's go for it yeah Oh water much better we're not a slimy anymore now this I mean not as much like a oceanic flavor it tastes good from here they're gonna package it up many of these go to Tokyo but a lot of them end up at sardine island which is where we're going next that's not what it's actually called that's what I'd called it welcome to an Mishima Island I call it shirasu heaven and I came ready to eat [Music] asahi huntin is the only place on the island that sells shirasu crackers with their exclusive recipe made by mr. meat suru yo nay sir yes hi hello they've been operating for 16 years hugely popular for those who want to see how an entire octopus can become a cracker in seconds it's seriously mind boggling stuff it doesn't seem feasible right now he's working on it he's putting some oil on this superhot flattop so he's got an octopus and he's dipped it in potato starch err that's it this is my favorite part so he closes it [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] are they dying octopus stream open open already and would you look at that three separate octopuses turned into one cracker how is that even legal alright let's go for it smash hey furry octopus know me a little salty seafoody but the texture is what I'm more amazed by its legit cracker I thought there would be some parts that were inconsistent some parts of chewy some parts soft and it looks kind of beautiful at the same time I heard they have two more kinds here they make one with shrimp and they make one with Natsu that's why we're here we're gonna try those next with almost the same technique and ingredients they take a shrimp sit it on a bed of batter press it for one minute and it's done it was kind of normal-sized and then they just crushed it they flatten it's literally like paper-thin the shiraz who cooks up a little differently first it's blue like the ocean and the fish are multicolored also like the ocean press it in the cracker maker 3000 and bazoom got a child's kindergarten art is revealed and you can eat it too oh and the texture is super unique today's like you're eating styrofoam oh yeah and just like a little bit of a foamy fish cracker so let's crispy oh it's a little thicker a little tougher there you want a head or a but that one's a little more crispy yeah don't break your teeth broken this is like we're the life force of the shrimp ended was right here you're right but it gives it a really strong shrimpy taste yeah that is mm-hmm and Oshima is just a day trip from Tokyo these days it's packed and the shirasu room can be thanked for luring in curious tourists hello according to the manager this restaurant started the shirasu trend over a decade ago here at Toby Cho the shirasu even makes its way into your boobs well interestingly enough this shop actually may be in the startup should have some ice cream as well my main question is why is there a fish in the ice cream can you explain everything today's menu sam shuru no shiro soda a rice ball with three different types of shirasu it starts innocent enough with a bowl of rice add some veggies mayonnaise sesame seeds and dry seaweed then boiled sardines soy sauce sardines and raw sardines it's finally topped with minced yellow ginger minced radish and minced spicy radish along with our main dish shirasu Maki sushi and shirasu croquette it is shirasu heaven in here if you were a fish that eats bait fish you would love this restaurant or if you're a bird or something I think we should work our way around the table first of all this seems like an appetizer if I've ever seen one I want to go for a half of it here we go [Music] my food it wouldn't be my usual choice for this style of a sushi but man that is butt full of fish Oh queer sake so before you came in here I put the sake a dried fish chip gold its opulent next I'll what a bus is open and I'm hoping a bunch of fish come swimming heaven bamboo charcoal where are the fish man I came here for the fish oh there they are they've been kind of minced and mashed a bit no gustatory evidence of fish I love it what we have here is the classic Syrah Xiu rice bowl with three different types of services shirasu these on the side they have a cooked egg or a raw egg we can use either one add a little bit of soy sauce going you gotta mix the yolk first with the soy sauce and then pour it over oh wow it's so thick and yoky did you go to the same food reviewing school as me I want to try this one because it's the only Shiraz who I didn't ride 80 times today it's 1 in soy sauce also it is raw also yeah I feel like I've come a long way from the beginning else maybe him holding it ok I never thought I would be able to eat raw uh soup honestly cuz the appearance of foods takes me out of it quite a bit but I mean once you can get past that anything you set your mind to you can add fish too do you wanna have a good Saturday night [Music] Shiraz ooh believe it or not this is the only Shiraz new burger shop on this island Shonen burger first they toast the buns then the Shiraz ooh cake is fried and dipped in a bowl of soy sauce add some wasabi lettuce Shiraz ooh cake a pile of boiled shirasu and lube it up with some mayo here's step one for me I'm gonna put it's a little hat on my favorite part is I thought they'd put like ten fish but look how many fish are in there I found a lot I don't even taste them you wouldn't know that there was a should I serve fish in here unless someone told you I kind of feel them like they're small and needy but that's kind of it nice dense fish patty in there just a pile of Shiraz ooh this is one shuutetsu dish that I think I could actually get on board with Shiraz ooh they may be tiny but these little fish have had a huge impact of Japan's most unique food island if you're traveling to Japan let me recommend booking and experience through by food calm now offering over 250 experiences throughout the country you can find four tours cooking classes tastings and more and for each booking made by phu kham contributes funds to children in need through their food for happiness project kabobs and iran fund me in vietnam boudin sausage in the u.s. I live a lot there's one thing that connects us all it brings out the best in us showing that despite our differences you want to testify at the end of the day we're all people sometimes very hungry people so this is an ode to the part of life that unifies us all and be sure to check out our second channel more best ever for review show for raw clips and deleted scenes that didn't make it into the show shizzy thank you so much for teaching me about these small fish and all the fun things you can do it with a small fish my pleasure you did a great job you were afraid you overcame your fear and then look at you knowing you love it now I love it yay guys that is it for this one thank you so much for watching I will see you next time oh please [Laughter] [Music] [Music]

Channel: Best Ever Food Review Show

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Keywords: japan, japan food, japanese food, enoshima, where to go enoshima, what to eat enoshima, enoshima food, best ever food review show, sonny side, japanese travel, japanese street food, street in Japan, shirasu

Id: K1A0TD-0ci0

Length: 14min 4sec (844 seconds)

Published: Sun Nov 24 2019