I love that guga is a relatable enough boomer he's actually went into japan blind with no research on what to eat and get. It's refreshing to see actually cause im the type to spend 2 years learning Japanese watch non stop japan videos and then go
@@Deladus lol He's absolutely Gen X. The boundaries between generations are kind of vague, but in general (as I write this) Boomers are 70+, Gen X are 50-70, Millennials are about 30-50, and Zoomers are in their teens and 20s.
The Japanese 7-Eleven egg salad sandwich is by far the best I've had in my life, after having it for the first time I made sure to eat at least two every day I was there, words cannot explain how good it is, I don't know what they do to make it so good. Glad you liked it!
Same here! I spent a few months in Tokyo some time ago and while working many, many hours, I always had the 7-11 egg salad sandwich as the backup when coming back late. Can't explain how good it is.
7-Eleven Egg Sandwiches is one of the best thing I ever had in my life. Not only delicious, but also a best friend when you dont have time to eat outside and you need to eat fast while working or having lots of activities. I once have bought 6 Egg Salad sandwiches and my friend ask why you bought that much and I said "You will realized it when you eat this" and he ate one from mine and soon he get addicted to it, eating 3 of them at once. A simple convenience food yet recommended by everyone is the best word to say.
Given it's Japan, Guga could probably make a whole new series just trying out all the different kinds of snacks they have, let alone full fledged dishes or recipes.
squid crisps were a think I had to deal with. No Shino (my girlfriend at the time) They are NOT AT ALL LIKE POTATOE CHIPS,k Not Even CLOSE, I'm from the land of FOOD, not the land of rotten fish.
"Beikoku" is a somewhat rare, and often derogative way of refuring to the US. But the words, and the Kanji's translate to "Great Kingdom of Rice." and "rice" is basically just a reference to all food,. So America is the Great Kingdom of Rice./ food. Which...makes sense.
Agreed, Guga is a great cook/chef and I trust his opinion but it's his enthusiasm for a 7-11 egg salad sandwich that brings me to his videos every time
For the pudding. Usually the pudding cup have a stick-out nub at the bottom of the cup. What you want to do is flip the pudding cup, place it on a plate and break the nub. It will release the pudding onto the plate without breaking the pudding
My favorite is going to the markets at the basement of the malls and shopping centers towards the end of the night. They start marking down all their precut meat, prepared sushi and sashimi around 630-7pm. Starts at 10% off and slowly gets up to 70% depending on how late it is and how much is left. Sometimes can have $70 worth of sushi for $15-$20.
The 7-11's were literally one of my favorite parts of visiting Japan! The huge variety of really good food items for CHEAP was amazing and we went multiple times a day! Family Mart is also the same way as well. Those egg sandwiches were a big hilight for me, SO good.
Tbh supermarket stuff in Japan especially fresh fruits and vegetables to make those food is bit expensive than eating from 711, a meal that makes you full cost 300Yen for a bowl of noodles or dish there. Which is impossible to make a dish there from scratch with same amount of money per meal, and also convenience
As someone who went to Japan recently and ate at convenience stores like 7-11, Lawson, and Family Mart literally every day, I can confirm that the food they have is delicious!! 😋 Absolutely worth the price! The onigiri is so good too 🍙 and their breakfast foods
@parzelel2603 past dui from 15 years ago... clean record since. Happened when I was 18. Only charge on my record. Also, I wasn't driving on public roads. It was snowing and we were messing around in my uncles field. A neighbor called for noise complaint.
Supermarkets are about the same quality and a little bit cheaper usually but not very much. And as convenience stores are a good source of cash and open around the clock, they are, well, convenient.
Hi from Japan, Guga! I understand the food from the expensive store. The small appetizer stuff is at times weird, even to us locals. Glad you liked the "reasonable" convenience store stuff; they really make your day.
I knew instantly that you will love the egg sandwich. When I was in Japan it was part of my daily breakfast (instead of having breakfast in the Hotel we went to a Convenience Store and got our breakfast there). And the egg sandwich was one of the best things I ate in Japan, it was simply amazing.
I had the pleasure of living in Japan for 3 years. Their taste in foods is very different than what is typical in America, but you will come across some amazing foods there. I miss the food and the culture to this day, and It's been 20 years since I left there.
For those who don't know, 7-Eleven is a Japanese owned company. Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain acquired a 70% stake in 1991, and the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November, 2005.
7-Eleven is an American company that was founded in 1927 by Southland Ice Company employee John Jefferson Green. Southland exited bankruptcy in March 1991, that’s when it was acquired by the Japanese. So yes, you are right, but no matter who owns 7-Eleven, it’s still considered an American chain as it started in the U.S. Just like Budweiser. It will always be an American beer, but Anheuser-Busch is now owned by AB InBev, a Belgian company.
Should I call the United States a Brittish colony with your logic? I know I'll offend more people than intended here, so let me apologize beforehand to those of you reasonable enough, I'm just trying to tell this guy to chill, mind you.
@@gerardopadilla2666 Well considering the U.S. fought for their freedom from the British and won, not quite the same as a business buyout. Now if you compared it to the selling of America via the creation of the Federal Reserve and central banking that runs it, that would be a much better comparision.
@@gerardopadilla2666 No, you need to chill. The point is that 7-Eleven is so big in Japan because it is a Japanese company. You read WAY too much into my comment. But, if you are looking to be offended, you will find it in any comment.
Seeing Guga review a variety of foods/snacks has made me so happy! Guga should do this more often! And I am so glad all the 7-Eleven foods were amazing.. ! Now I know what to get if I ever visit!
Guga out there being real and actually telling if something isn't good. Glad you liked most of it, though. I never tried melon kit kat, but the apple pie one is amazing.
Hi, Guga. A fan from Japan. So happy to see you enjoying our country. Regarding department store food, some are good, but some are just down right just costly and weird. My thought is, the convenience store food is more stable in quality and much much cheaper. Btw, the custard pudding is steamed and the caramel sauce is intentionally made quite bitter to balance the sweetness. Looking forward to more videos from your time here.
It's been so rad seeing your channels and brand grow from all those years ago. You all deserve your success and more. I watch this channel stoned a lot so always make me feel warm and fuzzy. And hungry.
I love you Guga! You've quickly become my favorite RUclips "foodie". Great and unique personality. Reallly been enjoying your content for the last few months.
Why i dont need masterchef made meals in my life. The chefs cuddle the dishes with their fingers to make it look pretty. I rather want all contact with my food be made with a spoon
I really hope you took some time to explore ramen on your trip. Japanese treat their ramen like we do our barbeque. Every region has their own style, and I never found one style I couldn't enjoy.
I'm a long time follower and I think It was a really nice and refreshing video. Thank you Guga for your effort in making all these good videos for us to consume! :D
So, Japanese resident here, the thing to remember about Japan is palates and ingredients are much different than what you may be used to. I have heard stories about how some POWs were served some of the more traditional Japanese foods when they were caught during WWII and went home complaining about the war crimes Japan committed in serving said food. Basically though, the answer is if you don't know what it is, don't buy it if you don't feel adventurous. There are a lot of foods that use seafood you would never see in America, many organ meats, and of course a fair selection of insect based proteins. As an example, the prefecture next to mine is known for 蜂の子 (hachinoko) which is essentially bee larva over rice. The point being, there are likely to be some very exclusive ingredients used in some of those fancier bento that we just don't have a taste for. Especially if you don't know what it is. For all you know you could be eating Geoduck and whale (legit Japanese foods), which are generally more premium and expensive. That said there are plenty of premium products that fit the typical western palate, so when in doubt at the fancy place get wagyu and black pork katsu.
The convenience stores in japan are true convenience, reasonably priced drinks and food. Good taste for the price you are paying. (I truly love the grilled salmon onigiri from the big 3, being Lawson, Family Mart, and 7-11)
7:36 I thought that he didn't like the egg sandwich at first lol. I had that when I was in Japan and was blown away by how good it was, glad to know that Guga also feels the same way!
The 7-11, or other Japanese convenience store egg salad sandwich are pretty much the stuff of legends. Simple, cheap, delicious and easy to obtain. I probably ate a couple of hundred of them during my time in Japan.
When I lived in Japan, I went to the 7-11 around the corner from my apartment, and guaranteed, I got the egg sandwich every single time. Those are just the best.
Guga bein' real here. So many RUclipsrs try to play up their experiences in Japan, but I feel like he was very honest about the (mostly) bad expensive snacks.
Sometimes asking the clerks will help you out with the context of the dish you bought, because there's a lot of unique things people in Japan consider as a gift and if you don't know what it is of course you're gonna say it's bad
Those ones he got in the beginning are meant to be gifts and not good ones at that strangely. I also looked like the department store in shibuya station that caters to visitors
i could be wrong but the pudding is supposed to be flipped onto a plate. pretty sure theres a part on the bottom that you tear off so that the pudding comes out. i think the most expensive bento i ever got from a department store was tonkatsu bento which was 1600 yen. usually i buy onigiris/rice balls whenever i go to a convenience store in japan
Hi Guga! Great video, I lived over there for 2 years, loved the food. The mayo used in that egg salad was more than likely Kewpie mayo, widely considered the best mayo anywhere. One of my favorite things was a rice ball, with salmon, seaweed and pickled plum. Oh, and their fried chicken is a treat. Take care!
The popularity of the egg mayonnaise sandwich in Japan is one of those rare examples of a food introduced from the UK. It's very popular here as well, especially if made with Heinz salad cream instead of mayo. A staple of the supermarket "meal deal" sandwich, snack, drink combo.
I am a foodie and picky on food and it was a big surprise and I was able to not just survive but also enjoy the food from Japanese convenience stores for one week ski trip. They even have a lot of great stuff in freezer. I love more food from Lawson versus 7-11. Family mart was also ok for some ranges of food.
We went to Mitsukoshi a month ago, we got a few of the cakes/dessert which were really good and not expensive. I didn't like the look of those box things you got so I'm glad I didn't get them. On a completely different note, how much was your hotel to get that big of a room! Must have cost almost as much as your flight :)
Great vid and I've been to Japan several times and love getting my lunch from the convenience stores, so good and the egg salad sandwiches are amazing!!!
Fun place for food from all that I've seen. That food from the 7-11 looked so well priced for the quality. I'm kind of disappointed the prices were not shown for the expensive store. Doing a video on the quality of the vending machines fare would be a neat idea.
7-11 sushi and sandwiches for the win always, even the tiny towns in Japan have a 7-11. When traveling/touring Japan they're an affordable and good place to eat if you can't find any open restaurants or street food vendors to buy from. But on of the best places to eat is at the markets in the countryside - similar to USA farmer's markets - with so much great fresh food.
That sweet flavor is definitly from the avocado. My grandma had an avocado tree growing up and the avocado grew natrually. They were very sweet and watery almost that we had to spinkle some salt when we would eat them in slices. Home grown avocados taste radicaly diffrent from store bought. And those egg sandwhices were a GODSEND when I lived in Seoul. I ate those every morning on my way to school with a banana milk.
Guga, I currently live in Japan and if you ever travel back and eat at a 7-11 you need to try more of the meals they have there. Especially the beef bowls and the fried food they have behind the counter. They are perfect delicious snack when you’re short on time. Also try out the Lawsons and Family Marts food.
Guda's wife is the Ying to his Yang , a good balance to keep him on track. Nice . Have seen top foodies and chefs hit the convivence stores in Japan and not one complained about the food quality.
@7:37 They use a mayonnaise made with egg yolks as well as egg white. It's delicious. In the 'States you can buy *Kewpie* mayonnaise from *Asian* supermarkets to get roughly the same flavor.
This video proves that Guga has a lot to learn about food. Japanese food isn’t just waygu, sushi or ramen. But I can vouch for 7-11 food. It beats the majority of restaurants in the states. Next time Guga needs to try their ice coffee, fruit smoothies and pastries.
Guga, you're supposed to flip the pudding onto a plate, there is a flap at the bottom that helps the pudding slide right off the container If you eat it straight like that then all the caramel goodness will only be at the bottommm😁
When I was in The Corps, I was stationed at Camp Kinzer in Okinawa Japan. Every friday we did a base run, we would run from the south gat to the north gate and back to our barracks, you can see what I see everyday if you look up "The Kinzer Clipper" It was right outside my baracks. That's where we would start and where we would end. Near the south gate there was a baker that would make these sweet pies, I never had one, I'm not a sweets guy, but it would get your stomach churning at the start of a 7 mile rune. And at the north gate there was a Benthos Ya, and VERY OFTEN! we would stop in the middle of our run and grab a Benthos Box, and finish the run with it in our hands. I loved the "care culture" ofJapan and I miss those Benthos boxes which we would often keep for lunch.
The thing about the expensive convenience store is that in the case of those bentos, eating it is not the main purpose, its the presentation, because those are design as a "Omiyage" or present that you give to friends after a trip or to your newcomer neighbour. Omiyage tends to be colorful and asthetically pleasing, the flavour is secondary.
guga saying "im hungry" and im not fat shaming but its no surprise the man knows his food and loves it too. keep doing what you do love all the youtube chefs :).
The best thing I had in Japan was the 700 yen Deluxe Katsu sandwich. Tonkatsu, cabbage and tonkatsu sauce on bread. There was a combo one where you'd get a half Katsu sandwich and half an egg salad sandwich. The egg salad is made with the Japanese mayo so it tastes bit different.
There used to be the sushi place I go to with a chef would make rainbow rolls and the lemon wedges would still have a bit of the skin on them. The chef cut his lemon wedges paper thin though so it was very easy to bite through. The skin of the lemon contained a lot of the lemon oil and really enhanced the flavor. That lemon wedge didn't look very thin though so it probably would have been annoying to chew.
Japan is my favorite place. I went there in 2012 and has the time of my life. The 7 Eleven food is the best. Also, going to a small ramen shop is life changing. Real Japanese ramen in Japan is a 15/10 would highly recommend.
@guga can confirm. I’ve been living here for almost 2 years and from what I can tell, most restaurants/upscale businesses seem to have really subtle almost nonexistent flavors. Lawsons, Family Mart, 7/11, this is where you go if you want flavorful food. It may not be the healthiest 😅 but it’s certainly tasty.
Went to japan for the first time a couple months ago, 7-11 never disappointed. I miss the snacks already. Also the whole trip was surprisingly affordable. Very highly recommend.
I made a couple of Spam musubi for lunch today. I tempura fried the Spam and used tamago yaki egg, which I believe is that yellow layer in your musubi. They are excellent!
Convenience store stuff can be quite good there and lots of times they come up with things you cannot buy anywhere else. I enjoyed these “Japanese series”, would be awesome to see more😉 After having lived there for over a decade, now everything feels nostalgic😅 Keep it up Guga!
I went to Japan 2019 and I still miss all the delicious food (ramen, wagyu). But I also miss the konbini stores (7-Eleven, FamilyMart etc) a lot with all the yummi snacks, so many ramen bowls to choose from, the onigiri, ready to eat meals and the convenience of being able to get it warmed up/ready to eat in the store. Next time I have to bring and extra bag for all the instant noodles I want to bring home :)
There is a little lever on the bottom of the pudding cup. You can put it on a plate upside down and push the lever to make it look fancy with caramel on top. Taste better too. My kids love this!!!
THIS IS SO ACCURATE! I love Japanese convenience store food SOOO MUCH! (Not the expensive ones since I literally could not afford it while I was there.) Would really HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
Most of those expensive nice looking food set from the usual departmental stores B1 level are normally use as gifts for all sorts of reasons. Most are just sweet tasty stuff. BUT B1 level contains usually high end patisserie stuff which u should give it a try. Considering the Japanese yen is really low now, its totally worth trying if u are into pastries and cakes. Not sure if u have visited any supermarkets around Tokyo yet, if not give it a try too, some of the food are cheap and of good quality too. Good luck and hope u enjoy your Japan trip! ( Usually on the 9th, 19th & 29th of every month its MEAT DAY, on those days there are good discounts for all the raw meat. Best time to try out the Matsuzaka beef and similiar grade ones!)
Guga, I currently live in Japan and have been for nearly 10 years. Some of the delicacies here are a totally different palate flavor than back in the US. If you went on a 新幹線 (Bullet Train) you probably saw all the little shops to buy bento boxes. I hope you were able to try some. You will find deep fried pork cutlets (とんかつ）but you might be surprised to find out its cold, on a bed of rice with a salty sour plum in it. Don't be put off that its cold, sure its different but once you get used to the differences, things just hit the spot. I can't deny it though, the convenience stores here, (7-11, Lawson Family Mart, etc..) have some amazing food right off the shelves. The Egg Sandwich (たまご）you picked up is a classic, you can NEVER go wrong with it. However, I'm sure, if you tried enough, you would have noticed that a lot of the sandwiches look like the are PACKED with food, but it's usually not. The ramen you buy off the shelves are also super flavorful too. Hope you enjoyed some real good food over here while you were on vacation. Im hoping you had a good sushi meal too. If you ever come back out to Japan, let me know! I can help you around!
Its always fun seeing people react to the expensive fruit in japan because they dont realize that the purpose of them is gifts for businessmen. Its quality fruit but its expensive for expensive sake.
Seeing Guga almost cry and getting laughed at by his wife was just the thing I needed to see today.
Yooo, that hurt the wallet and soul.
@@guga damn
you are heartless!
I literally spat my beer out when I saw Guga cry. I imagine he was thinking on how many steaks he could've bought from the cost of that box.
Mrs Guga doesn't mess around! 😂
Lived in Japan for 7 years. You absolutely hit the nail on the head with this one!
Literally💀
Im trying to move to japan
It's called egg salad sandwich in the states. grab some kewpie and frenches and a couple hard boiled eggs. this is an old recipe from back in the day
I love that guga is a relatable enough boomer he's actually went into japan blind with no research on what to eat and get. It's refreshing to see actually cause im the type to spend 2 years learning Japanese watch non stop japan videos and then go
I am pretty sure he is Gen X, on the younger end of Gen X if google is to be believed.
@@Deladus lol He's absolutely Gen X.
The boundaries between generations are kind of vague, but in general (as I write this) Boomers are 70+, Gen X are 50-70, Millennials are about 30-50, and Zoomers are in their teens and 20s.
@@sierragolf2096 Guga is clearly not 50 so he'd be millenial.
@@sierragolf2096 Arent generations every 15 or so years.
Calling him a boomer had me laughing so hard, poor guy.
The Japanese 7-Eleven egg salad sandwich is by far the best I've had in my life, after having it for the first time I made sure to eat at least two every day I was there, words cannot explain how good it is, I don't know what they do to make it so good. Glad you liked it!
You visited Japan?
Amen to that!! Honestly most convenient stores in Japan sell great food.
Same here! I spent a few months in Tokyo some time ago and while working many, many hours, I always had the 7-11 egg salad sandwich as the backup when coming back late.
Can't explain how good it is.
7-Eleven Egg Sandwiches is one of the best thing I ever had in my life. Not only delicious, but also a best friend when you dont have time to eat outside and you need to eat fast while working or having lots of activities.
I once have bought 6 Egg Salad sandwiches and my friend ask why you bought that much and I said "You will realized it when you eat this" and he ate one from mine and soon he get addicted to it, eating 3 of them at once.
A simple convenience food yet recommended by everyone is the best word to say.
I admit I haven't tried them but something I love is melon pan. Also most sorts of onigiri. But my favourite is probably sushi bentous.
Given it's Japan, Guga could probably make a whole new series just trying out all the different kinds of snacks they have, let alone full fledged dishes or recipes.
He would be there for months if not years, there is such a variety.
puding alone has a huge variety in japan
squid crisps were a think I had to deal with. No Shino (my girlfriend at the time) They are NOT AT ALL LIKE POTATOE CHIPS,k Not Even CLOSE, I'm from the land of FOOD, not the land of rotten fish.
"Beikoku" is a somewhat rare, and often derogative way of refuring to the US. But the words, and the Kanji's translate to "Great Kingdom of Rice." and "rice" is basically just a reference to all food,. So America is the Great Kingdom of Rice./ food. Which...makes sense.
Agreed, Guga is a great cook/chef and I trust his opinion but it's his enthusiasm for a 7-11 egg salad sandwich that brings me to his videos every time
For the pudding. Usually the pudding cup have a stick-out nub at the bottom of the cup. What you want to do is flip the pudding cup, place it on a plate and break the nub. It will release the pudding onto the plate without breaking the pudding
My favorite is going to the markets at the basement of the malls and shopping centers towards the end of the night. They start marking down all their precut meat, prepared sushi and sashimi around 630-7pm. Starts at 10% off and slowly gets up to 70% depending on how late it is and how much is left. Sometimes can have $70 worth of sushi for $15-$20.
Man I always suffer massive analysis paralysis when I go visit those coz there's just soooooo many good stuff in there xD
The 7-11's were literally one of my favorite parts of visiting Japan! The huge variety of really good food items for CHEAP was amazing and we went multiple times a day! Family Mart is also the same way as well. Those egg sandwiches were a big hilight for me, SO good.
I prefer a Lawson or Family Mart, but when I go I'm usually heading to Okinawa.
Cheap? You need to visit a supermarket a little further and less convenient
Tbh supermarket stuff in Japan especially fresh fruits and vegetables to make those food is bit expensive than eating from 711, a meal that makes you full cost 300Yen for a bowl of noodles or dish there. Which is impossible to make a dish there from scratch with same amount of money per meal, and also convenience
As someone who went to Japan recently and ate at convenience stores like 7-11, Lawson, and Family Mart literally every day, I can confirm that the food they have is delicious!! 😋 Absolutely worth the price! The onigiri is so good too 🍙 and their breakfast foods
I was denied entry to Japan... smh
@@JonHop1how it's open visit rn you only need a passport
in america we only have one cheap and decent food place, and thats Costco
@parzelel2603 past dui from 15 years ago... clean record since. Happened when I was 18. Only charge on my record. Also, I wasn't driving on public roads. It was snowing and we were messing around in my uncles field. A neighbor called for noise complaint.
Supermarkets are about the same quality and a little bit cheaper usually but not very much. And as convenience stores are a good source of cash and open around the clock, they are, well, convenient.
Hi from Japan, Guga!
I understand the food from the expensive store. The small appetizer stuff is at times weird, even to us locals.
Glad you liked the "reasonable" convenience store stuff; they really make your day.
I knew instantly that you will love the egg sandwich. When I was in Japan it was part of my daily breakfast (instead of having breakfast in the Hotel we went to a Convenience Store and got our breakfast there). And the egg sandwich was one of the best things I ate in Japan, it was simply amazing.
I had the pleasure of living in Japan for 3 years. Their taste in foods is very different than what is typical in America, but you will come across some amazing foods there. I miss the food and the culture to this day, and It's been 20 years since I left there.
For those who don't know, 7-Eleven is a Japanese owned company. Ito-Yokado, a Japanese supermarket chain acquired a 70% stake in 1991, and the company became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Seven-Eleven Japan in November, 2005.
7-Eleven is an American company that was founded in 1927 by Southland Ice Company employee John Jefferson Green. Southland exited bankruptcy in March 1991, that’s when it was acquired by the Japanese. So yes, you are right, but no matter who owns 7-Eleven, it’s still considered an American chain as it started in the U.S. Just like Budweiser. It will always be an American beer, but Anheuser-Busch is now owned by AB InBev, a Belgian company.
@@eyesears113 It's like how Jolibee aquired the Filipino Burger King holdings... No one escapes the Bee... NO ONE
Should I call the United States a Brittish colony with your logic? I know I'll offend more people than intended here, so let me apologize beforehand to those of you reasonable enough, I'm just trying to tell this guy to chill, mind you.
@@gerardopadilla2666 Well considering the U.S. fought for their freedom from the British and won, not quite the same as a business buyout. Now if you compared it to the selling of America via the creation of the Federal Reserve and central banking that runs it, that would be a much better comparision.
@@gerardopadilla2666 No, you need to chill. The point is that 7-Eleven is so big in Japan because it is a Japanese company. You read WAY too much into my comment. But, if you are looking to be offended, you will find it in any comment.
Seeing Guga review a variety of foods/snacks has made me so happy!
Guga should do this more often!
And I am so glad all the 7-Eleven foods were amazing.. ! Now I know what to get if I ever visit!
Only Guga could make eating expensive food so entertaining!
Guga can be a food blogger... he's so honest.
My coworkers thought I was crazy when I said the egg salad sandwiches over there were amazing, nice to see you have experienced the truth
And cheap!!!
Love at 7:50 where Guga does an admirable pronunciation of 'nigiri' when talking about the nori.
Guga , the guys at Sorted Foods want to do a colab 10 / 10 highly reccomend
Just make a comment of my own saying the same thing! Guga! GIT-R-DONE!
PLEASE make it happen Guga. Come to London and try our food. Sorted are brilliant. Please do a collab with them. It’d be fab
Guga out there being real and actually telling if something isn't good. Glad you liked most of it, though. I never tried melon kit kat, but the apple pie one is amazing.
Hi, Guga. A fan from Japan. So happy to see you enjoying our country. Regarding department store food, some are good, but some are just down right just costly and weird. My thought is, the convenience store food is more stable in quality and much much cheaper.
Btw, the custard pudding is steamed and the caramel sauce is intentionally made quite bitter to balance the sweetness.
Looking forward to more videos from your time here.
cool to see someone who's from japan react!
同志です。デパ地下の食べ物で変な物結構多いですよね。
It's been so rad seeing your channels and brand grow from all those years ago. You all deserve your success and more.
I watch this channel stoned a lot so always make me feel warm and fuzzy.
And hungry.
Thank you guga for wasting your money on our behalf
😂😂😂
I love you Guga! You've quickly become my favorite RUclips "foodie". Great and unique personality. Reallly been enjoying your content for the last few months.
This was great Guga! Your absolute contempt for the bad expensive stuff was hilarious, you could make a series out of this 😂
Why i dont need masterchef made meals in my life. The chefs cuddle the dishes with their fingers to make it look pretty. I rather want all contact with my food be made with a spoon
One of the reasons I love watching your show except for a bunch of meat experiment is how you always honest with your reaction to the food
I really hope you took some time to explore ramen on your trip. Japanese treat their ramen like we do our barbeque. Every region has their own style, and I never found one style I couldn't enjoy.
The tuna in that roll at 8:35 looks insane for $1!! That is amazing quality fish!
I'm a long time follower and I think It was a really nice and refreshing video. Thank you Guga for your effort in making all these good videos for us to consume! :D
So, Japanese resident here, the thing to remember about Japan is palates and ingredients are much different than what you may be used to. I have heard stories about how some POWs were served some of the more traditional Japanese foods when they were caught during WWII and went home complaining about the war crimes Japan committed in serving said food. Basically though, the answer is if you don't know what it is, don't buy it if you don't feel adventurous. There are a lot of foods that use seafood you would never see in America, many organ meats, and of course a fair selection of insect based proteins. As an example, the prefecture next to mine is known for 蜂の子 (hachinoko) which is essentially bee larva over rice. The point being, there are likely to be some very exclusive ingredients used in some of those fancier bento that we just don't have a taste for. Especially if you don't know what it is. For all you know you could be eating Geoduck and whale (legit Japanese foods), which are generally more premium and expensive. That said there are plenty of premium products that fit the typical western palate, so when in doubt at the fancy place get wagyu and black pork katsu.
GUGA! Sorted Foods talked about you today! They want to do a collaboration!!! PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN!
100% agree. PLEASE do a collab with the brilliant sorted food!
If he goes to London I would want to see him try Hawksmoor the makers of that kit that Jamie got a while back
Yes, let this be a thing immediately! My Lads with Guga!? Please make this happen! 👍🙏
Thanks. I was undecided before I saw this video.
Going to Tokyo for the first time in Nov 23 and can't wait to try a 7-eleven egg sandwich.
The convenience stores in japan are true convenience, reasonably priced drinks and food. Good taste for the price you are paying. (I truly love the grilled salmon onigiri from the big 3, being Lawson, Family Mart, and 7-11)
And don't forget that they offer to heat up any food you want hot.
7:36 I thought that he didn't like the egg sandwich at first lol. I had that when I was in Japan and was blown away by how good it was, glad to know that Guga also feels the same way!
The 7-11, or other Japanese convenience store egg salad sandwich are pretty much the stuff of legends. Simple, cheap, delicious and easy to obtain. I probably ate a couple of hundred of them during my time in Japan.
When I lived in Japan, I went to the 7-11 around the corner from my apartment, and guaranteed, I got the egg sandwich every single time. Those are just the best.
I'm a 7-11 & Lawson's spaghetti fan. I eat at least a few times while I'm there. Add a loaf of Japanese white bread and bam!
Great video. You tell it like it is. Loved your reaction to the bad food !!!!
Guga bein' real here. So many RUclipsrs try to play up their experiences in Japan, but I feel like he was very honest about the (mostly) bad expensive snacks.
Sometimes asking the clerks will help you out with the context of the dish you bought, because there's a lot of unique things people in Japan consider as a gift and if you don't know what it is of course you're gonna say it's bad
Those ones he got in the beginning are meant to be gifts and not good ones at that strangely. I also looked like the department store in shibuya station that caters to visitors
I really wish I could have seen Guga’s wife laughing at him. I chuckled the entire time.
Brutally honest reviews, tough love. Perfect review.
i could be wrong but the pudding is supposed to be flipped onto a plate. pretty sure theres a part on the bottom that you tear off so that the pudding comes out.
i think the most expensive bento i ever got from a department store was tonkatsu bento which was 1600 yen. usually i buy onigiris/rice balls whenever i go to a convenience store in japan
Hi Guga! Great video, I lived over there for 2 years, loved the food. The mayo used in that egg salad was more than likely Kewpie mayo, widely considered the best mayo anywhere. One of my favorite things was a rice ball, with salmon, seaweed and pickled plum. Oh, and their fried chicken is a treat. Take care!
The popularity of the egg mayonnaise sandwich in Japan is one of those rare examples of a food introduced from the UK. It's very popular here as well, especially if made with Heinz salad cream instead of mayo. A staple of the supermarket "meal deal" sandwich, snack, drink combo.
I am a foodie and picky on food and it was a big surprise and I was able to not just survive but also enjoy the food from Japanese convenience stores for one week ski trip. They even have a lot of great stuff in freezer. I love more food from Lawson versus 7-11. Family mart was also ok for some ranges of food.
We went to Mitsukoshi a month ago, we got a few of the cakes/dessert which were really good and not expensive. I didn't like the look of those box things you got so I'm glad I didn't get them. On a completely different note, how much was your hotel to get that big of a room! Must have cost almost as much as your flight :)
Great vid and I've been to Japan several times and love getting my lunch from the convenience stores, so good and the egg salad sandwiches are amazing!!!
Muiiiito foda Guga!! Espero que tenha gostado daqui parceiro! Abracao!
I always watch guga for the steaks but this kind of video is actually nice
Best guga video - so far!
1:47 it’s cat meat lol
I was in Japan a few months ago and fell in love with the strawberry, custard, whip cream sandwiches from 7ii
Ms. Guga you need to give us your opinion on the foods your husband has tried.
Just came back from Japan and fell in love with family mart food!
I feel like he picked wrong items
うん、まじでそうw
He's not there to pick a right one,but it's good to know that kind of food is yuck 🤣🤣the sheff just make look nice but taste yuck
@@paipisa8624not everyone is fine tuned to japenese taste
GUGA !!!!!! I WATCH EVERY SINGLE GUGAFOOD VIDEO BROTHER I DIDNT KNOW AB THIS CHANNEL !!!!! u so humble
Fun place for food from all that I've seen. That food from the 7-11 looked so well priced for the quality. I'm kind of disappointed the prices were not shown for the expensive store.
Doing a video on the quality of the vending machines fare would be a neat idea.
Thank you for appreciating Japanese convenience stores. Please enjoy Japanese meal again. From Japanese
Only Guga could make eating expensive food so entertaining!. Only Guga could make eating expensive food so entertaining!.
You should make more of these guga❤️
You never run out of great content, I literally look forward to watching your videos on each page you upload to! Your the man Guga! 💪🏻💯
Guga is looking fit as all hell! Good job improving yourself man! I need some of that in my life.
Fit? Far from it! Lol
7-11 sushi and sandwiches for the win always, even the tiny towns in Japan have a 7-11. When traveling/touring Japan they're an affordable and good place to eat if you can't find any open restaurants or street food vendors to buy from. But on of the best places to eat is at the markets in the countryside - similar to USA farmer's markets - with so much great fresh food.
You could do a whole series/channel on the different Japanese snacks. They range from interesting to amazing.
That sweet flavor is definitly from the avocado. My grandma had an avocado tree growing up and the avocado grew natrually. They were very sweet and watery almost that we had to spinkle some salt when we would eat them in slices. Home grown avocados taste radicaly diffrent from store bought. And those egg sandwhices were a GODSEND when I lived in Seoul. I ate those every morning on my way to school with a banana milk.
Guga, I currently live in Japan and if you ever travel back and eat at a 7-11 you need to try more of the meals they have there. Especially the beef bowls and the fried food they have behind the counter. They are perfect delicious snack when you’re short on time. Also try out the Lawsons and Family Marts food.
Guda's wife is the Ying to his Yang , a good balance to keep him on track. Nice . Have seen top foodies and chefs hit the convivence stores in Japan and not one complained about the food quality.
@7:37 They use a mayonnaise made with egg yolks as well as egg white. It's delicious.
In the 'States you can buy *Kewpie* mayonnaise from *Asian* supermarkets to get roughly the same flavor.
This video proves that Guga has a lot to learn about food. Japanese food isn’t just waygu, sushi or ramen. But I can vouch for 7-11 food. It beats the majority of restaurants in the states. Next time Guga needs to try their ice coffee, fruit smoothies and pastries.
Food sound effects are Great
Guga, you're supposed to flip the pudding onto a plate, there is a flap at the bottom that helps the pudding slide right off the container
If you eat it straight like that then all the caramel goodness will only be at the bottommm😁
When I was in The Corps, I was stationed at Camp Kinzer in Okinawa Japan. Every friday we did a base run, we would run from the south gat to the north gate and back to our barracks, you can see what I see everyday if you look up "The Kinzer Clipper" It was right outside my baracks. That's where we would start and where we would end. Near the south gate there was a baker that would make these sweet pies, I never had one, I'm not a sweets guy, but it would get your stomach churning at the start of a 7 mile rune. And at the north gate there was a Benthos Ya, and VERY OFTEN! we would stop in the middle of our run and grab a Benthos Box, and finish the run with it in our hands.
I loved the "care culture" ofJapan and I miss those Benthos boxes which we would often keep for lunch.
Guga, you always have the BEST reactions to food that you eat. I just love it!
That was a great review uncle Guga.
Seeing you honesty results are a great information. Tks chef Guga 😊 🙏🏻🥋
The thing about the expensive convenience store is that in the case of those bentos, eating it is not the main purpose, its the presentation, because those are design as a "Omiyage" or present that you give to friends after a trip or to your newcomer neighbour. Omiyage tends to be colorful and asthetically pleasing, the flavour is secondary.
Finally a video of guga hatting everything
guga saying "im hungry" and im not fat shaming but its no surprise the man knows his food and loves it too.
keep doing what you do love all the youtube chefs :).
The best thing I had in Japan was the 700 yen Deluxe Katsu sandwich. Tonkatsu, cabbage and tonkatsu sauce on bread. There was a combo one where you'd get a half Katsu sandwich and half an egg salad sandwich.
The egg salad is made with the Japanese mayo so it tastes bit different.
There used to be the sushi place I go to with a chef would make rainbow rolls and the lemon wedges would still have a bit of the skin on them. The chef cut his lemon wedges paper thin though so it was very easy to bite through. The skin of the lemon contained a lot of the lemon oil and really enhanced the flavor.
That lemon wedge didn't look very thin though so it probably would have been annoying to chew.
Japan is my favorite place. I went there in 2012 and has the time of my life. The 7 Eleven food is the best. Also, going to a small ramen shop is life changing. Real Japanese ramen in Japan is a 15/10 would highly recommend.
this was my. favorite guga vid
@guga can confirm. I’ve been living here for almost 2 years and from what I can tell, most restaurants/upscale businesses seem to have really subtle almost nonexistent flavors. Lawsons, Family Mart, 7/11, this is where you go if you want flavorful food. It may not be the healthiest 😅 but it’s certainly tasty.
I would love to try Japanese 7-11 some day the food must be great there and seeing guga review it, it makes me want to crave more of it.
You need to get the strawberry sandwich from the 7-eleven. I miss it everyday!
Went to japan for the first time a couple months ago, 7-11 never disappointed. I miss the snacks already. Also the whole trip was surprisingly affordable. Very highly recommend.
I made a couple of Spam musubi for lunch today. I tempura fried the Spam and used tamago yaki egg, which I believe is that yellow layer in your musubi. They are excellent!
Convenience store stuff can be quite good there and lots of times they come up with things you cannot buy anywhere else.
I enjoyed these “Japanese series”, would be awesome to see more😉 After having lived there for over a decade, now everything feels nostalgic😅 Keep it up Guga!
I love Lawson and Family, some local convenient store in many counties have their unique foods you may like to try out.
I went to Japan 2019 and I still miss all the delicious food (ramen, wagyu). But I also miss the konbini stores (7-Eleven, FamilyMart etc) a lot with all the yummi snacks, so many ramen bowls to choose from, the onigiri, ready to eat meals and the convenience of being able to get it warmed up/ready to eat in the store. Next time I have to bring and extra bag for all the instant noodles I want to bring home :)
There is a little lever on the bottom of the pudding cup. You can put it on a plate upside down and push the lever to make it look fancy with caramel on top. Taste better too. My kids love this!!!
I really enjoy this vlog/review style. Hopefully there is more future content like this.
I was stationed in Japan and let me tell you, 7-eleven, Family Mart etc were life savers. They have a lemon cheese icecream thats out of this world.
The egg salad sandwiches at 711, Family Mart and Lawsons are amazing.
THIS IS SO ACCURATE! I love Japanese convenience store food SOOO MUCH! (Not the expensive ones since I literally could not afford it while I was there.) Would really HIGHLY RECOMMEND!
A nice holiday in Japan, and you can write off most of the cost as a business expense. Love it.
Guga definitely got some suggestions on the 7-11 menu he got basically all the very recommended stuff!!!! Good job Guga!
Candid Guga is best Guga
Most of those expensive nice looking food set from the usual departmental stores B1 level are normally use as gifts for all sorts of reasons. Most are just sweet tasty stuff. BUT B1 level contains usually high end patisserie stuff which u should give it a try. Considering the Japanese yen is really low now, its totally worth trying if u are into pastries and cakes. Not sure if u have visited any supermarkets around Tokyo yet, if not give it a try too, some of the food are cheap and of good quality too. Good luck and hope u enjoy your Japan trip! ( Usually on the 9th, 19th & 29th of every month its MEAT DAY, on those days there are good discounts for all the raw meat. Best time to try out the Matsuzaka beef and similiar grade ones!)
Guga, I currently live in Japan and have been for nearly 10 years. Some of the delicacies here are a totally different palate flavor than back in the US. If you went on a 新幹線 (Bullet Train) you probably saw all the little shops to buy bento boxes. I hope you were able to try some. You will find deep fried pork cutlets (とんかつ）but you might be surprised to find out its cold, on a bed of rice with a salty sour plum in it. Don't be put off that its cold, sure its different but once you get used to the differences, things just hit the spot.
I can't deny it though, the convenience stores here, (7-11, Lawson Family Mart, etc..) have some amazing food right off the shelves. The Egg Sandwich (たまご）you picked up is a classic, you can NEVER go wrong with it. However, I'm sure, if you tried enough, you would have noticed that a lot of the sandwiches look like the are PACKED with food, but it's usually not. The ramen you buy off the shelves are also super flavorful too.
Hope you enjoyed some real good food over here while you were on vacation. Im hoping you had a good sushi meal too. If you ever come back out to Japan, let me know! I can help you around!
I hope you tried CoCo's Curry House while you were there Guga! Also, the fried chicken from 7-11 is also amazing. Hope you enjoyed your trip!
Its always fun seeing people react to the expensive fruit in japan because they dont realize that the purpose of them is gifts for businessmen. Its quality fruit but its expensive for expensive sake.