 Yo, that is crazy how much Andrew looks like this guy This is essentially you if you were a sumo and raised to be a sumo who knows little Tokyo is one of LA's most famous ethnic Enclave's it has a traditional Kyoto feel to the architecture And there are even several Shinto Buddhist temples around in the area the food in Saltel might be higher end But that transport you to Japan vibe is all here in LT We had to hit up some of the dopest spots that were open Some work directly from Japan and some were just Japanese inspired, but they all fit into the amazing energy It is little Tokyo, Los Angeles First up we're gonna try some authentic Japanese foods that you may or may not have ever had before All right guys as we go on that journey through a bunch of food through little Tokyo I want to talk about Japanese snacks and that brings us to our sponsor of today's video Bokksu and Bokksu is the best in my opinion Japanese snacks subscription box service out there The first box that you get is called the four seasons of Japan So they have different snacks that fit different seasons of Japan and it also gives you this pamphlet That's gonna tell you all about the snacks these snacks come straight from Japan They have personal relationships with some of these snack makers that are over a hundred years old If you guys are interested in Bokksu use my link down below You're gonna get 10% off and you can save up to 44 dollars on your entire order I'm gonna go try some right now though. Let's check this out white strawberry. Oh Look at this and it smells like it's covered in white chocolate. So let's see what's inside Oh, whoa, that actually has the texture of white chocolate. Wow. Oh, that was amazing one more This is Yuzu sake candy. I think it's between the Yuzu sake candy or that strawberry I just had so I'm gonna let you guys know at the end of this video. All right So we have the famous Osaka Street food takoyaki. It comes from Tanota Takoyaki It's a little stand that's next to Chinchi current serve in the okonomiyaki. They make them fresh Takoyaki is a Japanese street food usually served at cultural festivals They use a batter to fry up like pieces of seafood and so you get this molten hot core of seafood in between There's like fluffy gooey texture. This one's the original. This is jalapeno This is supposed to be dipped in ponzu and this is the wasabi flavor I think we got to go with wasabi. Oh, the original actually the original original I was gonna say wasabi because that's what I was excited to get but All right, so my whole thing was the flavor was pretty good, but I don't know about you Could you guys have used more octopus? I really like the wasabi mayo. Oh that wasabi mayo is clearing my sinuses jalapeno takoyaki Real cheesy. I'm with it. It's really good. Well, that was like a jalapeno popper Yeah, takoyaki. They're just supposed to be very soft. Very soft It's nice when you have that like soft texture and then you have the contrast of like the octopus inside All right guys, here's the ponzu one So what you're supposed to do is that the ponzu sauce is not on top but you're supposed to dip it So David's dipping in the ponzu sauce Wow It was easily the most complex one that we had but I can't say that it was my favorite It tasted more like a soba to me. All right, takoyaki second round guys Here we have goma which assess me seed. Here we have mentai and here we have parmesan truffle Wow, parmesan truffle might be the one that we should try first That smell coming off of this actual parmesan flakes on top. Wow, look at the stretch You never see takoyaki like that. You never see takoyaki I'm a big fan of the cheese and the truffle but I thought it could have used another layer to interface with the cheese Otherwise that had a very high end taste but it wasn't the most flavorful Mentai is the fish roe and so here what we have is kind of like a creamy fish roe sauce on top of it I did really like that one that was easily most decadent most pasta like I still like the wasabi better Last try this goma one. This is the sesame seed This plate had the really savory kind of oily one. Yeah Kind of almost buttery flavor Way more decadent but the first round was just like kick you in your face flavor I'm going with wasabi I think a musket here is the mentai Look at the jalapeno man Yeah From what I know and I'm not an expert Japanese when it comes to street food They're pretty open to experimenting with it There's only a few things that's like you're not allowed to touch that Soon she being one of them You guys it doesn't have pork no bean sprouts In fact it uses a ground beef mix known as shiro buriyaki I'm excited to try this one Chinchi buriyaki I actually really like that one Yeah it was really good You know what it reminded me of? You guys almost get a little bit of like a loco moco vibe from him It's the sauce The beef as well right And the beef too It's really nice though to have like the shredding cabbage though Because it provides like that little bit of extra texture That the fried noodle gives you too I would say it actually kind of tastes like a ramen burger Yeah Oh Yeah because the noodles are fried it's kind of like the patty on top Our next okonomiyaki is the loaded kaisen This is the second most popular in Hiroshima You got huge pieces of shrimp huge pieces of squid This looks like heaven in a bowl This is the loaded kaisen the seafood okonomiyaki Is everything I loved about the first okonomiyaki? But better because it had seafood No I overall like this one better Overall I'm going with the loaded kaisen Oh yeah Get the loaded kaisen the seafood okonomiyaki Look at Benson he's still eating We still got more to go bro Next up we have the sushi round We're going to be introducing 10 different types of nigiri to you guys We have ikura here Smelt roe scallop shrimp ebi salmon albacore yellowtail tuna ikka Which is squid And another tuna right here I'm going to go with scallop Like that Nice wasabi Yo spicy Did you know that Jiro only wants 100 grains of rice in his sushi bed But some places might go up to 400 grains That's what I heard I just did research 5 minutes ago Yo how does he measure out the 100 grains That's crazy He says no Jiro he knows Seared albacore has a little bit of ginger on top with green onions Albacore I love the little hit of ginger on top I feel like we got to go to salmon and then sweet shrimp guys Salmon That was the best one Yeah Never fails buttery soft It really kind of melt in your mouth There's a good amount of fat All right next up you guys We have the ebi the sweet shrimp Oh yeah Oh it's so good That might have been my favorite Yeah It's almost to that edge where I would say any gooier And I'm not feeling it but it's right at that edge I feel like we have to go against the regular shrimp now Yeah let's go against the cooked shrimp All right guys let's go shrimp Splish splash The ebi has more flavor I will say when shrimp is cooked It starts to taste just a little bit more like regular fish Yeah it's not it's not as sweet If you guys know about how they make sashimi There's like a process that it has to go through When people say the sushi tastes fresh It's not fresh Sushi has to be frozen for a certain amount of time In order for the fishes muscles to relax It's called rigor mortis There's guidelines for how long it has to be frozen In order to kill all the bacteria for it to be safe for you to eat All right so this is hamachi aka yellow tail I mean it's like any other white fish It's just very delicate very subtle in flavor Guys let's move on to the tuna tuna Pretty solid It's got a nice mouthfeel to it This is one of my favorite man the ikura I can't wait How do you describe it? Bubbles of flavor and just umami and fish Dude it's just how everything would taste if we were sea creatures You know what I like about this is that as you eat it More of the eggs pop So it's almost like more and more flavor as you go Last but not least guys we have these smelt rose sushi It's not as good as the ikura but it's a different texture It's more of a crunchy type texture than a burst in your mouth You feel like a giant when you're eating those What was your guys' favorite? For me I might have to give it to the sweet shrimp Okay for me I know what you're gonna say Say it's not salmon Three two one Say it's not salmon Scallop I thought the scallop one was the best today Really? Yeah it was pretty good Yeah I'm gonna go with the seared albacore I like the uh the little hints of the ginger All right so we just had traditional sushi But we're about to go get some other Japanese food That is a little bit more of a fusion style That got really popular probably in the past several years And that is Japanese pastas All right you guys we are looking at probably one of the most popular trends Right now in the Japanese food world Japanese Italian fusion pastas We got two of the most popular pastas right here too We got the mentaiko and the uni that we're about to try earlier Which I think are really leading the charge I mean when you think about it You're really bringing it back to its roots Because pasta came from the Orient There's a lot of evidence to show that noodles came from China originally So mentaiko pasta You first taste the mentaiko And then you kind of get the depth from the mushroom A little bit more earthy flavor And it's really two natural flavors But you guys it's doing battle with the number two Italian Japanese pasta The uni pasta Oh man Definitely has a lot more tomato I do like the uni in it though Because it brings that little punch of like seafood I think I like it better Yeah I think it was slightly better than the mentaiko I thought the mentaiko was just a little bit too heavy Yeah a little bit too creamy Dude in the battle between the mentaiko and the uni You gotta give it to the uni It's not even close Uni the uni one uni uno Guys here we have the beef ragu Dude that zucchini was actually cooked really well It's not better than the uni though I actually like the zucchini more than the beef in this They did the zucchini 10 out of 10 And the beef was maybe more like a 6 out of 10 Shout out to Japanese Italian fusion pastas man Next up is dessert Let's check it out All right so we just went to Fugetsudon These are traditional mochi's So Fugetsudon has been open since 1903 It was one of the original businesses that held down little Tokyo What's this chofu? Chofu? That one's mochi Okay I guess even in Japan people don't make mochi like this anymore It's all more factory made It's been commercialized But the way they're still pounding it out by hand It's almost like a ceremonial style This is a strawberry one A green tea one A flour flavored one I'm not gonna lie Blueberry with white bean on the inside A pancake one with chestnut inside This is mochi wrapped in a pancake This is This one's kashuwa Smooth red bean with oak leaf on top Inside out one where the red bean is on the outside And this is a green tea one with soy bean on top So traditional mochi It tastes a little bit like what's that candy called in the tube? The Meiji Meiji candy tube Yeah Pancake wrapped mochi Not gonna lie, it's not bad This one was really cool Had a nice chewy texture on the outside Yo, it's kind of weird I gotta just say this, you know, touching it It just feels kind of like a Like a hamster Oh, I thought you were gonna say it You know, I thought you were gonna say it I thought you were gonna go in a completely different direction No, I'm just saying what I'm saying No, it kind of feels like Round two of the mochi section Really subtle green tea flavor coming through In the actual mochi on the inside And then the outside's like very pillowy, soft Tastes actually pretty traditional This could be from like almost any Asian country Based off how it tastes I actually really like this one a lot You know, it's very simple Red bean, but it's super smooth All right, you guys, I have this one It is called Yamaguchi E.B.P. Ball I like this one This is my personal Let's do it Because I've never seen this snack anywhere else So we gotta get this Peanut Peanut butter It has shrimp and chocolate flavors This is a snack that the guy told me to get Wow Yeah Really kind of addicting to be honest Oh, oh, oh, oh, hold on, hold on Got the flour one Let me just eat some Is that your favorite one? Quit playing This is my favorite one Wow What is that? Ryan, man Flavor's not strong It's not right No! Easily the best Is that like Sakura? Great, bro Whatever it was, get the flour flavor one I'll correct it in a title Because the guy said it, all right It was really good though All right, you guys We've got a little bit of a little Tokyo ice cream battle going down You've got the Honey Me Honeycomb Ice Cream Chain All right, you guys I have the original I got my honeycomb right here I just messed it up But I'm gonna take it Just to bite out of this honeycomb right now Take a chomp out of it Try my Yuzu one So I got the matcha avocado here With matcha ice cream Good matcha flavor It's not like Uji matcha or anything But it is good flavor It has good texture I think the ice cream The Honey Me is like solid But it's pretty icy and pretty plain But there, that honeycomb Yo, I like this I got some corn flakes at the bottom Give me a little bit of crunch I have this Yuzu syrup And I have some honey drizzled on top Yeah, Yuzu actually tastes a little bit almost like orange peel Just this is an orange This is a lime Japan has some pretty interesting fruits Oh, I got a brain freeze Benson, what'd you think? It's good I think I would prefer Maybe like half the size of the honeycomb I just feel like I'm getting so much honey So sweet Yeah, I really like eating the honeycomb at first But then once I get like halfway through the honeycomb I'm like, that's a lot of wax I'm not a bee I'm not a bee Next up, we have arrived at Team Masters Andrew, some people consider this place To potentially be the best matcha ice cream spot In America It's got five out of five on Yelp Ceremonial matcha from Team Masters Not so smooth It's so smooth It's so good It's good That one is good It's almost as smooth as it can possibly be They beat honey meat Oh, yeah It's not even close You got a matcha latte I have a very... This is made out of something else This is made out of something very healthy So those three things? It has like probiotic smoothies Earthy Yo, why did it make me sound like a Mario Kart character? That might have been the most unique thing I've had today Alright, what'd you guys think of Team Masters? Team Masters? It was a little bit like zen I'll tell you this They're dressed the part They're wearing the kimono robes And the quality is just top tier I give Team Masters a five out of five No weaknesses No apparent weaknesses Alright, here we have Donatsu It's a Japanese-inspired donut shop in Little Tokyo I believe Donatsu is opened up by Filipino Americans Who adore Japanese pop culture Yo, I mean, there's nothing wrong with that at all They have flavors like matcha, ube, black sesame Ryan, I already know which one's calling your name, bro This one's saying, Ryan, you must give it a try Japanese donuts Very nice chewy texture The ube comes out really nice Bro, the second I got close to that donut I could smell the black sesame I also got some black sesame I got it Yeah, I'm just leaving off it later Mine actually had dried strawberries on there And I thought they did a really good job Of executing that strawberry flavor The cream in typical Japanese Asian fashion very light I'm excited to try this matcha one as well This one actually has dried flowers on it You can taste the matcha a little bit But more in the frosting, obviously not in the actual donut itself Hey guys, this is my mocha latte donut from Donatsu You know, I didn't imagine tasting such a strong coffee flavor in a donut But this was actually really delicious, man Alright, I got the crème brûlée You know what's interesting in really all across Asia When they think of Western culture They're thinking of French culture or Italian culture Alright, I'm gonna try the crème brûlée guys You first Crème brûlée I never had a crème brûlée donut before They clearly glazed the top with that crispy crust I got the Oreo right here It's not like too in your face with Oreo And it's got a nice mild taste to it I really liked Donatsu I gave it a 4 out of 5 I thought the donuts themselves were very light In terms of breading It was one donut and Donatsu that you must get For me, you guys I'm going with strawberries and cream I'm gonna have to say the Oreo for me I would really go with the black sesame glazed one We have 16 different Japanese Kit Kat flavors David I think in Japan there's like 50 styles But they're constantly releasing new ones These are 16 of the newer ones I think there's an ocean salt one This is number one out of 16 real quick Ocean salt Okay, immediately It just tastes like white chocolate Tastes like white chocolate Slight saltiness It's not bad though, it's good Let's move on We need some water Grab me a water Sakura mochi I'm excited for this one It's cool Sweet, a little bit nutty I think that actually that nuttiness Is them trying to recreate the mochi flavor Number three, we have the mini black Kit Kats I would definitely say that's more premium Than a regular Kit Kats easily Not crazy We got chocolate orange Burst of orange Bright We have the mini Sakura Nihonshu Man, I'm not gonna lie I don't know what that means Wow It does kind of give you that sake alcoholic vibe Obviously, I don't think there's any alcohol in this So you don't like alcohol, you're not gonna like it Yeah I'm impressed, but I can't say that that's my favorite flavor Kit Kat mini Iyokat So this doesn't have that cacao cocoa taste You know, this is just like straight cream No, I would say a tangerine creamsicle Mini strawberry I think it smells better than it tasted Yeah, I'm not into the taste It's a little too artificial strawberry flavor It tastes like space man food Yeah Mini nuts and cranberry Kit Kat That tastes like trail mix to me Not bad, it actually tastes like a totally different candy bar Mini Ichigo Daifuku It tastes a lot like it Strong red bean flavor Really impressed by how spot on they were Wow, that was a really like authentic flavor right there Mini hoji cha I feel like that's for older people It has a sweet barley tea flavor All right guys, here we have the mini nuts and cranberry ruby We don't like the chocolate one better Yeah, I'm not into either of those Our last two guys, we have the mini yuzu matcha And the mini raspberry David, which one you want to do? Mini raspberry Too much of that really like process A lot of fruit, Japanese chocolate has always tasted like that Last one guys, yuzu matcha It's like the previous matcha Kit Kat With like a hint of lemon essentially Which is the Japanese yuzu And our number one picks of the 16 Kit Kat flavor test David, let him know I've got the ocean salt The ocean salt I'm gonna have another one Actually, I'm gonna go with the one that I found The most interesting that I wanted to eat Another one of which is the Sakura sake one Aka the Sakura Nihonshu All right everybody that wraps it up for our 16 Kit Kat flavor test You let us know in the comments below if there's another Kit Kat flavor that you've had That you like better But also back to Little Tokyo Little Tokyo has been changing a lot recently And so have many other old school Asian enclaves around America Usually the second or third generation kids will move out to the suburbs And the residents will be replaced by more recent immigrants Bringing an updated snapshot of the east It makes for an interesting mix of businesses Some that started in 1900 or 1980 To something that got ported over directly from Japan in 2020 That's what makes these places fascinating But above all delicious and diverse All right everybody thank you so much for watching that Little Tokyo crawl But back to Bakusu real quick I have to tell you which one of these candies was my favorite One this was a freeze dried chocolate infused strawberry This was a specially made exclusive yuzu sake candy I gotta say I couldn't decide between the two I'm just gonna say these two And these are actually by Bakusu the company itself So these are not any other snack that you will find in the store If you are into Japanese snacks or you're an otaku at all I really recommend you guys try it at least once Because this seasons of Japan box is pretty sick The code right down there 44 dollars off Check it out Bakusu Aren't you guys that does it for Tokyo food crawl Number two yo what did you guys take away from this one So we got to try like all the different flavors of takoyaki Which is incredible I mean even having those two flavors of okonomiyaki Then you had the whole sushi platter And then you went through the pastas Japanese restaurants have clearly been able to offer such a wider range Of flavors on the same item And I think that's cool Everybody really likes Japan town Little Tokyo's They're so pleasant They're so welcoming You really really get a sense you're in Japan Maybe like 80 percent I mean it felt like we were in like a Kyoto village The people you see around Little Tokyo All have some interest or reverence for the Japanese culture And they kind of like have a similar vibe I have a feeling everybody who lives here Might have been in Japan at least once What was your favorite thing you had today That jalapeno takoyaki That was good I'ma go insane The unknown flower flavored mochi from Fugetsudo That the beef ragu at Pasu de Pasu Wow you liked it that much I was not expecting that at all Really No I didn't like it that much Mine was from the sushi set that we had Was the scallop sushi It is true that I've never eaten a sushi set with my hands before I definitely recommend that you guys support your local businesses Maintain safety social distancing and things like that You had masks We were very careful to stay very far away from other people All right you guys thank you so much for watching Huge shout out to Ryan Benson Check him out on social media In the comment section below make sure you let us know what is your favorite Japanese food And why the best answer within the first 48 hours is going to get pinned And send a $25 Amazon gift card Thank you guys so much for watching another episode of Fumro's Food We're in Little Tokyo We're out Peace I feel like every time that we've had a choice David always takes the strawberry Oh yeah I take the cream doughnuts No David likes the strawberry cream Anything