The Japanese Deli Everything Fried

Hey its fried Friday!!! Well I had to stop by and cover the deli section at a big supermarket. This a a good representation of the modern Japanese deli. Its not sliced meats and hot rubins, not hanging sausages and cheese, its fried and precooked meat and meals mostly. No slicing!
There were premade lunches and onigiri and delicious wrapped sandwiches. After the deli I stopped by a tofu shop and focused on the okara donut! The old timer there was eager to show me his tokoroten and how he made the jelly noodle. The tokoroten is a calorie free noodle (well hardly any calories) And its made from blocks of gelatin.

Okara or soy pulp is a white or yellowish pulp consisting of insoluble parts of the soybean which remain in the filter sack when pureed soybeans are filtered in the production of soy milk.

Tempura was introduced to Japan in the mid-sixteenth century by early Portuguese missionaries and traders. The word tempura, or the technique of dipping fish and vegetables into a batter and frying them, comes from the word "tempora," a Latin word meaning "times", "time period" used by both Spanish and Portuguese missionaries to refer to the Lenten period or Ember Days (ad tempora quadragesimae), Fridays, and other Christian holy days. Ember Days or quattuor tempora refer to holy days when Catholics avoid meat and instead eat fish or vegetables. Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan, loved tempura so much that he apparently died after eating too much of it according to lore.

Panko is a variety of bread crumb from Japanese and French cuisine used to create a crunchy coating for fried foods such as tonkatsu. Panko is made from bread without crusts, thus it has a crisper, airier texture than most types of breading found in Western cuisine. Outside Japan, it is becoming more popular for use in Asian and non-Asian dishes, and is often available in Asian markets and specialty stores. Increasingly, it is also available in many large supermarkets. Its a great alternative to the heavy batter that is used in the west. You get all the crunch and if dried properly less calories from the oil. Try at bag of panko at your local Asian market.

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[GimmeKitty]

This is beyond awesome, Todd!

Wow ... the variety STUNS me. Yummmm! :)

See, it's this detailed stuff and the tours of supermarkets and such, that I love. Japanese supermarkets and conbini are fun to look around in, and when the cameras pan sloooowly around and we get to see what's different about them, from our own supermarkets, then ... that's what's super-neat.

[toddatron]

@GimmeKitty Cool! Awesome comment! I actually got tagged and told to stop filming by the store manager but luckily I had just taken my last shot. He was polite and I apologized but hey I gotta do it! Something about fried food.....hmmmm its like heaven and Japan never holds back on it. Last Friday I had mini tomatoes wrapped in sliced chicken and deep fried at my favorite izakaya:)

[MaxC17]

omg i want some of those crabs! they look sooo yummy!

[toddatron]

Yea a favorite of mine.... just about anything can be fried! Funny I have actually lost weight here and have not stopped eating fried food by any means. Cheers!

[loboisfuzzy]

Great video, thank you.

[toddatron]

You got it!!

[DecrepitSoul89]

@NobbyKNobbs yes. always take off the last two numbers

[DecrepitSoul89]

oh yeah... I want some Japanese food right now

[NobbyKNobbs]

Is 100 yen like 1 dollar? thanks!

[dasherhead]

damn I have to go to Japan.

[0RespectMyAuthority0]

I am drunk.



[01707895552]

What's Toe-Fu???

[Jimaera]

@toddatron Apparently Japanese fried food is still somehow better for you than American fried food, lol. Love the bittorrent shirt by the way XD

[L2thePz]

sick bit torrent shirt only true geeks know about that 

[ForeverLightShine]

Oh my gawd, we have a deli here, but it's NOTHING LIKE THIS :D I want our deli here to be more like this >_>

[blackberrybunny]

Oh great, now I'm starving Todd!!! Hard boiled fried eggs? I have never had anything like that. Aren't those similar to what they call "Scotch Eggs?" I am not sure.... And those bentos look like works of art! Each one so pretty. Too pretty to eat. We have NOTHING like this here in America, what a disappontment. And how that guy made those noodles in that wooden block press, that was neat!! Thanks for another great video, Todd! ~bbb