He later developed a 6th sense to locate every waiter as soon as his feet enter the restaurant. A skill most karens spent their whole lives trying to develop
Lmao, same. I do this so much to the level I get used to it and don't have problem talking to people unlike my brother or father. So um.... Thank mom? 😂
In South Africa, it's always the younger people who need to call the waiter, so you would just YELL cos most restaurants, e.g. Spur ,are always jampacked. and the older people tend to just ignore it when you ask them to call them
Connor says his body is conditioned to not make any public disturbance but literally does screeching battle cries at 2am for his whole neighborhood to hear 😂
Well there's a difference between feeling awkward because you're getting people's attention and feeling amazing because you're asserting dominance on the neighborhood because your memes are better than theirs.
This confirms that we need a video where each of them drags the others to their favorite fast food place complete with dares and a tierlist at the end.
I love how Conner was right about Matsuya. During my time abroad I would constantly eat there for around 500 yen and wouldn't have to worry about eating for the rest of the day. Its a miso soup, a salad and the beef bowl with water for only 500 yen. It was so affordable that I could spend the rest of my money in Akiba or at a book-off. XD
And then there's sukiya. Probably the biggest and shittiest of the 3. The うな丼 (una-don) or "eel bowl" is fucking expensive. ¥900 for half an eel and ¥1200 for a whole. I'd rather by an eel at the supermarket and cook it myself. It's a shame too because it's my favorite bowl dish. I just love eel. Edit: just checked, and the half eel only cost ¥790 and not ¥900. I mixed it up with うな牛 (una-gyu) or “eel and rice bowl.” Also, if you want to know about what I mean buy a whole eel, search for 特うな丼 (toku-una-don) in the sukiyaki menu. In sukiya, 1 eel = half an eel.
@@Shanaoh that's not very weird though. Eel is a lot more expensive than beef at any place you go to. Have you tried ひつまぶし？ That's like $40 (totally worth it though)
@Max Schwartz Eel is a luxury, but I can buy a whole eel for ¥700 on a Friday midnight sale. I usually don't cook for myself, but if I can keep ¥500 in my pocket if I just buy the ingredients in the local supermarket, I'm gonna do that instead. They also taste the same. Like, I don't understand why eels from places like Hamamatsu are so expensive. B*tch, if this eel tastes the same as the one sold in the local grocery store, I ain't paying ¥2000~¥3000. I rarely pay more than ¥1000 for a single meal. Also, I'm more of a Yoshinoya guy. As stupid as I sound, I like their curry a lot, even if Yoshinoya isn't a curry restaurant. Edit: A hitsumabushi costs $40? WTF? I ate one in Nagoya for like ¥2200, and I thought that was expensive. Where do they get their eels? I can agree that it’s worth the money though. I agree on ¥2200, and not $40.
NeostormXLMAX Yeah, I hear that a lot. If you watched a previous trash taste podcast, they talked about how cheap it is in Japan to actually go out and eat, rather than cooking for yourself, which is partially true. Some exceptions like eel, do exist. Europe is the opposite of that. Never been to Europe, but my family and I are planning to visit a friend I know from York, England after the pandemic is over. If that plan won’t be canceled, I’m pretty excited to see the difference between the food cultures of Asia and Europe.
Not a fan of any of these guys individually, I had never heard of them before. The podcast just came up in my recommendation a couple of weeks ago. Don’t regret at all, best podcast going rn. Love it.
Garnt's channel is pretty good if you are into anime, self aware humor, and unexpectedly deep introspection on occasion. I have tried to watch the other guys channels before, but they have too much of that gamer/late-millennial energy where everything has to be a punch line, and are a bit obnoxious for it in my opinion. All together though, CDawg really stands out in the group, but that is just part of him being a living anime protagonist.
Back around 1982, I was introduced to Japanese cooking at a high school friend's house. His Japanese mother really liked it that I cleaned my plate and asked for seconds. She told me if people leave food on their plate in Japan, the chef or the staff will interrogate you and ask what the problem was. And if you tell them that their sashimi tasted like you were eating at a bait shop, well you just made some enemies.
you just made me imagine the chef and staff of the establishment dragging you into a interrogation room (like in those movies or whatever) and yelling at you for an answer
Fast food is just so good in East Asia. Like in the west you would first think of the hamburger food chains or whatever junk food because they're the most common ones, but in Asia you have all kinds of stuff that are "fast" food. Tons of different types of noodles, rice with toppings or side dishes, dumplings, buns, skewers and the list can go on and on. They're often accessible, cheap, fast to prepare, fast to eat, delicious and they can easily be healthy too if you want
I know right? Even in South East Asia, they put fast food combo with rice and put it in bowl rice. I do wish they have dumpling, noodle and skewer, but in here we have soup and porridge. Imagine going to fast food to buy porridge 😂 There is also limited edition food which basically only comes out for a while. I wish matcha ice cream make it back tho. Why it's part of limited edition 😭
@@cestalia Honestly, the fact that you can get porridge in a fast food chain is just amazing. I remember doing that in a McDonald's and it came with a delicious azuki flavoured soy milk (I can't forget that breakfast, it was astonishingly good). It's like even the western brand fast food chains over there are better in the sense that their menu is just so diverse. And heck yeah, some of their limited edition are unbelievably good. Even some of the non limited editions are great, like KFC's egg tart (I think only available in certain countries). I've actually visited the place Portugal where this kind of egg tart was invented because of the KFC ones😂 (they're not completely the same, but it was enough for how much I was craving)
@@Renvi yeah the big thing for me is, I don't care about variety. If a shop does one thing and absolutely kills it (Ichiran ramen, gindako takoyaki, etc.) that's preferable to having a ton of options but they're all mediocre. Yoshinoya doesn't do much, but their unagi set (my fiancee's fave) and the gyudons/butadons are just so consistently good that I can forgive the lack of variety. Matsuya has a ton of interesting stuff on the menu, sadly much of which I found mediocre.
Yeah even if a spec of sauce is on my mum goes "CLEAN. THE. PLATE" Whenever I'm some where else and they don't serve bread with soup to clean the plate i feel a bit helpless
My Grandfather and Grandmother from my mother's side are farmers before they died (rip), so my Mom took it as a personal offense if i don't eat the smallest speck of rice left in my plate.
8:40 but that's why you bring your own tupperware out with you and if they give you weird looks just be like "i'm overstuffed but it was so delicious I had to take some home with me to have again/share with my family" lol
Their experience is so different from mine. In osaka, as soon as i put down the menu, the waiter is right there by my side with his tablet out waiting for my order or whenever i raise my head to look up. I cant remember the number of times i looked up to check if anyone else ordered what i wanted to order and the waiters took that as me wanting to order. Tokyo is seriously like another country....
First off, Coco’s Curry. I’ve missed that once a week since I’ve moved back to the states. Second. I’ve had that experience where I ordered too much food at a restaurant in Japan. It was an Okonomiyaki restaurant bordering the Gion neighborhood in Kyoto. I was certain that I made it clear that I changed my mind on a menu item and found myself eating 3 oversized delicacies. I felt obligated to eat every bite, because they cook it on a hot plate in front of you. I felt so fat, but I burned way more calories when I lived there.
Im so impressed how well this podcast works. The conversations are so personable, and natural, and genuine. Its just like a few friends telling stories and its actually entertaining.
A bit late for an asnwer, but a recent-ish (a few years ago, can't remember when but somehting like 2-3 years) regulation in the EU made them required in restaurants, or at least restaurants are required to be able to give them to you if you ask
A Japanese teacher told me they don't do it there because of food safety. I think some cultures also find it rude if you don't finish your plate, but I think Japanese restaurants just assume you don't like whatever you left on your plate (for example, if something has tomatoes but you leave tomatoes on your plate, they probably would just think you don't like tomatoes).
you're allowed to "take-out" food here in southeast asia as well. It's just too wastefully to just throw away food. Plus taking out food for pets at home is common now. We even request to take beef bones with us even though it is completely cleaned lmao
Merlin Meurer in most cases, at least here where I live, the folding hands part isn’t even necessary, just close the menu, place it where it is easily seen and you’re good to go; It’s a pain though when you want to order new drinks or sth like that ^^
as someone who's been to greece multiple times to visit family, it is so different there. You just yell at the top of your lungs while shaking everything you can.
The way Joey said “uuuugh with this shit again. It’s like self fulfilling prophecy” indicates to me that he’s seen the game grumps Link to the Past Subway rant from Arin lol
Sort of hilarously while in Japan leaving food on your plate is extremely rude, in China its the opposite in that cleaning your plate is an insult. So.... yeah basically my MIL is Chinese and thus for years I was unconsciously insulting her cooking by constantly finishing off my plate. She apparently thought my wife was starving me at home because I would always clean my plate off when I had dinner with my in-laws. So she kept dumping food on my plate in a kind of weirdly passive aggressive version of the Hell Bottomless Noodle thinking I was hungry. And I kept eating it all because I though it as going to be mega rude not to finish food she offered me. This took YEARS for me to figure out.
This channel is giving me great tips for when I visit japan someday but I may have trouble with the no eating on trains "rule" which is weird given how much you see people eating onigiri in shine when they get an a train to the country side.
I lived in Japan for maybe 3 weeks before getting a head injury and lost 80% of my memory from when I was 17 and prior. To me I learned how integrate into their society over the next few years and when I had to go back to the US... oh man was that the worst culture shock of all time. I still forget to speak English at times and have to change languages to communicate. I miss it so much.
"You are privileged cuz at least you have food to eat, other kids don't even get a grain of rice or clean water and you're just going to waste your food saying you can't finish it?! Why did you get that much in the first place?!?!" - My Filipino Blood
If your in japan you would think that "I rather get sick than leave food in the plate" because some of the chefs that prepare those meals spend years just to master their craft, just like how that one chef spent years just to get that perfect slice of Sashimi or the ramen that is refined for years just to get that perfect broth.
You know you better shut the fuck up already about the whole "years refining their craft" thing. What the hell do you think chefs in other countries do ? Pick their asses all day ? They do the same thing and practice their cooking every day. And not every chef in Japan is trying to get the perfect food either, stop glorifying them. Do you honestly think that all those chefs at fast food places pursue perfection in their craft ? Stop this bullshit of yours.
@@давидцыгановский Your comment do have point and it's well written despite the fact that your brain have the same size of a coffee bean. First I'm sorry if I offended you in some way in my previous comment and I apologise for that. It's true that my comment do sound a little romanticized and I admit that. And kind sir in what way do I said that the other chefs on other countries are just standing around? I dont even remember saying that. It's just that I admire and respect their dedication in cooking. Before you disrespect their Dedication in their craft let me ask you one thing first " Can you even cook?" If "yes" then please reply to this kind comment and I will personally commend you...
honestly it's part of my morale code to leave no food on the table when eating, doesn't matter if at home or at a restaurant or whereever. One time I ordered something in an Afghan restaurant. I had never tasted Afghan food in my life, but I was hungry, I didn't know the city too well and I wanted to try something new. I liked the food a lot, but it had some vegetable stuff in it that I really didn't enjoy, because you apparently had to mix it with the other stuff. Also it was a lot of food. I ate half of it and was basically full, but I knew I wouldn't walk out of there with food on my plate left, so I made myself comfortable and ordered another coke. It took me one more hour, but I finnished my meal properly. Totally worth it. I just can't look in the mirror for a week when I have to throw food away.
On the US west coast, the way to get a waiter is to sit up straight and think about the waiter as hard as you can. Either you manifest the power of telepathy or you wait until the waiter gets around to your table on their own.
For those traveling abroad in America, it's ok to leave food on the plate, it's almost even expected with how big the portion sizes are. The waiter will ask if you want a box to go with the leftovers.
1:25 it's a quiet thing to call the server in the US too. You just ask another server quietly to fetch yours or you wave your hand in like an ASL U when they look your way.
1:49 “Koreans are laughing out of there ass” U.K= *eye contact* U.S= excuse me, check please. Japan= Sumimasen! Koreans= Yeogiuh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ajumma!!!!YA!!! We Koreans’ are stupid loud, especially when we’re drunk.
stop generalizing all Koreans. The Korean ways are very similar to the Japanese way of saying sumimasen. A lot of bars and restaurants that serve alcohol have loud people like that even in Japan.
@@DanielK1213th You realize my last name is "Kim". Your'e ,literally, lecturing me on "generalizing Koreans" when I am Korean born and raised. You're right, we do have very similar "ways" of alerting people --what language and culture doesn't. You clearly never been to Korea or a Korean bar at night. Yeogiuh in english is "excuse me", Ajumma is "Miss", and Ya is very informal "HEY". Thats the entire point of the joke Connor was relaying to the audience, that we, Koreans, are not shy on alerting the waiters/waitresses. If you don't like the joke, you should tell Connor that haha. If you are of age, I recommend going to a Korean joint. It will definitely broaden your horizon on international cultures and jokes.
as a American I like having to talk because its just feels nice seeing someone doing there job i guess idk who makes this much fuss about ordering food talking is something that your gonna have to do
Oh my god , that’s so true ! I’m from India and I’m studying in uk . I love the fact that my awkward self doesn’t have to shout at all in uk 😂 but my parents have no patience and go full on Karen in uk because service is really fast in India lol
@@Lumina777 Nope, I'm from Uruguay and it's a common thing to do if you cannot finish your meal (portions tend to be a bit large here, no size options). Also in Argentina.
I'm never a big eater, and the portion in Japan is bigger than how I usually eat back at home. At first I tried to eat everything, but after one year I suffered from GERD, and eating the full portion will almost inevitably trigger an attack. I feel bad about leaving food, but most of the time it's just impossible for me to eat them all.
has college failed me? my international business classes say I have to leave like at least a leaf of garnish or something on the plate in Japanese restaurant or else I insulted them? PLEASE clarify this for me. I know they were right when it came to Latin America and you shouldn't deny any food (being latina myself) so what's the deal here? Did my overpriced college class screw me? 🤔
I think if you eat in a group with the sharing food aspect you’re supposed to leave like a bite still on the plate but if you’re eating by yourself you should definitely finish it
No, if you get food poisoning from the food you took home, it will be the restaurant's fault for allowing you to take home food that may get spoiled. So the restaurants don't take any risks. They can easily go out of business if someone gets food poisoning from taking home food not intended for take away in the first place.
Everyone's saying this and I've literally never seen this in the UK it seems like such a weird idea to me, I googled it and it turns out it does happen here? It seems odd to me as the entire point of going to a restaurant is to eat their fresh food, or you go to a takeaway.
@@tayloraf5108 yeah but sometimes you get full and unable to finish the entire meal sometimes maybe your little children will be full and wouldn't finish the meal it will be a waste to just let it be thrown away
Maytricks in most countries portion sizes are reasonable so it’s not an issue unless you fuck up your order like they did. It’s only America where you have insane amounts of food served
In America there are only 2 people in this situation. The person who is really quiet and tries to get the waiter's attention very subtly and doesn't try again if it fails . . . or you're a New Yorker.
“My life expectancy goes down a few months everytime I sumimasen”
Bruh
"Especially when it fails"😂
@@joe5058 if it fails, the damage doubles, then you have to say sumimasen again, that's triple
I have experienced this and I agree
I don’t live in Japan but this is how I feel in America
@@cottoncandiez8872 I’m confused too but I’m guessing everything minus the random Japanese included
“You have to speak to people, I don’t like that”.... Most I’ve ever identified with Conor ever
I've always related to him ngl
Lol same
We found a real-life Eren Yeager
We’ve found an introvert
Haяuкa™ Why Eren Yeager? And please don't spoil the manga lol.
I feel like in every trash taste Conner goes "No, that opinion's wrong. And here's why." with the confidence of a freight train
yeah lol
Chad Connor
Power move
He's a danganronpa protagonist
Bruh hi gyro
As a child my mother would just send me on a mission to find the waiter where ever he is in the restaurant.
That would literally kill me
He later developed a 6th sense to locate every waiter as soon as his feet enter the restaurant. A skill most karens spent their whole lives trying to develop
Lmao, same. I do this so much to the level I get used to it and don't have problem talking to people unlike my brother or father.
So um.... Thank mom? 😂
@@LuminousOriens
The waiter is just the stepping stone to the manager.
In South Africa, it's always the younger people who need to call the waiter, so you would just YELL cos most restaurants, e.g. Spur ,are always jampacked. and the older people tend to just ignore it when you ask them to call them
“I’ll help the foreigner out. I’ll give a dub.” 😂
Lol give dubs
Why is it every podcast they post is a blast of laughter ? They never failed me, they probably never will.
Honestly Connor is just absolute peak comedy
Eldrin Covers 2k16 yeah Connor's kinda funny
I never laughed once at one of these
@@midgetthatnoonelikes2253 Then why the hell do you watch? 😂
I don’t like podcasts at all, but I really like theirs.
Connor says his body is conditioned to not make any public disturbance but literally does screeching battle cries at 2am for his whole neighborhood to hear 😂
Well there's a difference between feeling awkward because you're getting people's attention and feeling amazing because you're asserting dominance on the neighborhood because your memes are better than theirs.
I mean, it's a different environment though. One is in his home whilst the other is in public.
That's for a video though. In a proper social setting, I doubt he could muster the conviction to disturb anyone just for the reason of decency.
That's the uk way bro
Connor: Fuck em dude
Conner: the ultimate introvert.
And therefore, very relatable. The less social interaction, the less embarrassed I’ll have to be when I realize just how socially inept I am.
@@kaminari1927 that's social anxiety not introversion
@Death Onion I dunno they go pretty hand in hand for me
Why do some people write Connor as "Conner"? Am I missing something here?
Is it like a secret spelling that I am unaware of?
@@kaminari1927 they are different i'm kind of an ambivert with social anxiety
This confirms that we need a video where each of them drags the others to their favorite fast food place complete with dares and a tierlist at the end.
Make it a challenge to spend 500 bucks each and see who eats best. Garnt will still somehow pick the most degenerate option and win.
@@bonogiamboni4830 well what do you expect he is the protagonist
@@GP_1834 of course.
Connor:Americans eat to much I don’t understand
Also Connor: *whole pig carcass*
I read this comment as soon as he said that.
I love how Conner was right about Matsuya. During my time abroad I would constantly eat there for around 500 yen and wouldn't have to worry about eating for the rest of the day. Its a miso soup, a salad and the beef bowl with water for only 500 yen. It was so affordable that I could spend the rest of my money in Akiba or at a book-off. XD
And then there's sukiya. Probably the biggest and shittiest of the 3. The うな丼 (una-don) or "eel bowl" is fucking expensive. ¥900 for half an eel and ¥1200 for a whole. I'd rather by an eel at the supermarket and cook it myself. It's a shame too because it's my favorite bowl dish. I just love eel.
Edit: just checked, and the half eel only cost ¥790 and not ¥900. I mixed it up with うな牛 (una-gyu) or “eel and rice bowl.” Also, if you want to know about what I mean buy a whole eel, search for 特うな丼 (toku-una-don) in the sukiyaki menu. In sukiya, 1 eel = half an eel.
@@Shanaoh that's not very weird though. Eel is a lot more expensive than beef at any place you go to. Have you tried ひつまぶし？ That's like $40 (totally worth it though)
@Max Schwartz Eel is a luxury, but I can buy a whole eel for ¥700 on a Friday midnight sale. I usually don't cook for myself, but if I can keep ¥500 in my pocket if I just buy the ingredients in the local supermarket, I'm gonna do that instead. They also taste the same. Like, I don't understand why eels from places like Hamamatsu are so expensive. B*tch, if this eel tastes the same as the one sold in the local grocery store, I ain't paying ¥2000~¥3000. I rarely pay more than ¥1000 for a single meal.
Also, I'm more of a Yoshinoya guy. As stupid as I sound, I like their curry a lot, even if Yoshinoya isn't a curry restaurant.
Edit: A hitsumabushi costs $40? WTF? I ate one in Nagoya for like ¥2200, and I thought that was expensive. Where do they get their eels? I can agree that it’s worth the money though. I agree on ¥2200, and not $40.
@@Shanaoh bruh if you buy anything from europe a meal is fucking $20 minimum
NeostormXLMAX Yeah, I hear that a lot. If you watched a previous trash taste podcast, they talked about how cheap it is in Japan to actually go out and eat, rather than cooking for yourself, which is partially true. Some exceptions like eel, do exist. Europe is the opposite of that. Never been to Europe, but my family and I are planning to visit a friend I know from York, England after the pandemic is over. If that plan won’t be canceled, I’m pretty excited to see the difference between the food cultures of Asia and Europe.
Conner: Su-mI-MA-sEn
Joey:
すみません
So do they literally not understand it without intonation?
@@TremereTT I would imagine so. It's kinda like speaking to someone with a really thick accent.
“When I said gochisosama-deshita I fucking meant that shit”
As a Japanese, that got me the most.
Not a fan of any of these guys individually, I had never heard of them before. The podcast just came up in my recommendation a couple of weeks ago. Don’t regret at all, best podcast going rn. Love it.
another podcast i like: Abroad in Japan. if you like some Japan related podcastery, add that one.
Welcome to the bin
You have been blessed by the RUclips Algo
Garnt's channel is pretty good if you are into anime, self aware humor, and unexpectedly deep introspection on occasion. I have tried to watch the other guys channels before, but they have too much of that gamer/late-millennial energy where everything has to be a punch line, and are a bit obnoxious for it in my opinion. All together though, CDawg really stands out in the group, but that is just part of him being a living anime protagonist.
ZoeyZoLeyena yeah I watch a few of the irl RUclipsrs who live in japan. Just never really touched anime RUclips before
Back around 1982, I was introduced to Japanese cooking at a high school friend's house. His Japanese mother really liked it that I cleaned my plate and asked for seconds. She told me if people leave food on their plate in Japan, the chef or the staff will interrogate you and ask what the problem was. And if you tell them that their sashimi tasted like you were eating at a bait shop, well you just made some enemies.
you just made me imagine the chef and staff of the establishment dragging you into a interrogation room (like in those movies or whatever) and yelling at you for an answer
A bait shop? You mean like worms?
@@nidohime6233 i think they mean like the fish isnt fresh or smth, or bad (or cheap)
@@nidohime6233 Yeah, worms, minnows, putrid salmon eggs, etc. you buy to bait fish hooks.
@@awesomestuff9715 bait shop. Bait for fishing. Fishing bait. Shop that sells real and fake worms along with fishing equipment.
Fast food is just so good in East Asia. Like in the west you would first think of the hamburger food chains or whatever junk food because they're the most common ones, but in Asia you have all kinds of stuff that are "fast" food. Tons of different types of noodles, rice with toppings or side dishes, dumplings, buns, skewers and the list can go on and on. They're often accessible, cheap, fast to prepare, fast to eat, delicious and they can easily be healthy too if you want
I know right? Even in South East Asia, they put fast food combo with rice and put it in bowl rice.
I do wish they have dumpling, noodle and skewer, but in here we have soup and porridge. Imagine going to fast food to buy porridge 😂
There is also limited edition food which basically only comes out for a while.
I wish matcha ice cream make it back tho. Why it's part of limited edition 😭
@@cestalia Honestly, the fact that you can get porridge in a fast food chain is just amazing. I remember doing that in a McDonald's and it came with a delicious azuki flavoured soy milk (I can't forget that breakfast, it was astonishingly good). It's like even the western brand fast food chains over there are better in the sense that their menu is just so diverse. And heck yeah, some of their limited edition are unbelievably good. Even some of the non limited editions are great, like KFC's egg tart (I think only available in certain countries). I've actually visited the place Portugal where this kind of egg tart was invented because of the KFC ones😂 (they're not completely the same, but it was enough for how much I was craving)
god thank you for commenting this. This is just awaking something new within me idk maybe I'm just hungry
@@cestalia Yeah, in SEA fast food taste better yet not overkill as in US, and KFC in SEA maybe the best in the world.
I live in south east asia but, i can agree with this
"No. Don't go to Yoshinoya. Let me tell you what, Matsuya is the best."
Subscribed.
As somebody who prefers Yoshinoya 100% of the time,
*THIS IS HERESY*
Same here
@@romannasuti25 Yoshinoya > Matsuya for sure. If anything because Matsuya isn't as clean as Yoshinoya.
@@Renvi yeah the big thing for me is, I don't care about variety. If a shop does one thing and absolutely kills it (Ichiran ramen, gindako takoyaki, etc.) that's preferable to having a ton of options but they're all mediocre. Yoshinoya doesn't do much, but their unagi set (my fiancee's fave) and the gyudons/butadons are just so consistently good that I can forgive the lack of variety. Matsuya has a ton of interesting stuff on the menu, sadly much of which I found mediocre.
"You have to speak to people. I don't like that."
Same Connor. Same.
"My life expectancy goes down by a few months everytime I sumimasen."
I'm literally dying help...
Oh no! They sumimasen’ed too many times!
Help yourself
Honestly this podcast is really making me want to try Japanese food..
DOIT!!
Roit
Japanese food is really nice, try it
If you do it properly, you won't regret it
I just wanna try Japanese
As an introvert w/ a soft voice, I’ve never related to something so hard to a conversation related to human interaction and calling out to people
As an American hearing Garnt and Connor describe British customs, I’m now convinced that I should’ve been born British.
This podcast is the best thing that happened in 2020 do we all agree?
Yeah
one of*
Also not a hard thing to achieve
Honestly, they started off pretty good, but the quality went down with later episodes in my opinion
@@medievalpepper1832 why?
My inner Filipino nature agrees with this completely. We have a term called Simot which literally no foods left behind, even the speck of rice grain.
Yeah even if a spec of sauce is on my mum goes "CLEAN. THE. PLATE"
Whenever I'm some where else and they don't serve bread with soup to clean the plate i feel a bit helpless
Hahah can relate we even ask for more rice
My vietnamese mom is like this, she sees a grain of rice on my plate and she just tries to force feed me the last grain if i dont finish it....
ACE!
My Grandfather and Grandmother from my mother's side are farmers before they died (rip), so my Mom took it as a personal offense if i don't eat the smallest speck of rice left in my plate.
Connor to Yoshinoya: “That’s social interaction and I don’t support that”
8:40 but that's why you bring your own tupperware out with you and if they give you weird looks just be like "i'm overstuffed but it was so delicious I had to take some home with me to have again/share with my family" lol
Their experience is so different from mine. In osaka, as soon as i put down the menu, the waiter is right there by my side with his tablet out waiting for my order or whenever i raise my head to look up. I cant remember the number of times i looked up to check if anyone else ordered what i wanted to order and the waiters took that as me wanting to order.
Tokyo is seriously like another country....
Umm are you talking about Osaka AND Tokyo?
@@bricmong1942 you are not making sense.
@@Colourisedspoon first you're saying "In Osaka... "
Then you end it with
"Tokyo is seriously another Level"
@@bricmong1942 and this is why you shouldnt read a comment without watching the video.
@@Colourisedspoon the dude cannot read
First off, Coco’s Curry. I’ve missed that once a week since I’ve moved back to the states.
Second. I’ve had that experience where I ordered too much food at a restaurant in Japan. It was an Okonomiyaki restaurant bordering the Gion neighborhood in Kyoto. I was certain that I made it clear that I changed my mind on a menu item and found myself eating 3 oversized delicacies. I felt obligated to eat every bite, because they cook it on a hot plate in front of you. I felt so fat, but I burned way more calories when I lived there.
Coco is so good. I’m glad it’s in LA too lol.
I can make beef and rice. It’s cheap and easy. Curry for one or 2 is difficult and elusive
Im so impressed how well this podcast works. The conversations are so personable, and natural, and genuine. Its just like a few friends telling stories and its actually entertaining.
*american wondering why no other country has take-home boxes apparently*
Literally what I was saying like why not? I feel like if you don’t want to waste food the best thing to do is take it home
A bit late for an asnwer, but a recent-ish (a few years ago, can't remember when but somehting like 2-3 years) regulation in the EU made them required in restaurants, or at least restaurants are required to be able to give them to you if you ask
A Japanese teacher told me they don't do it there because of food safety. I think some cultures also find it rude if you don't finish your plate, but I think Japanese restaurants just assume you don't like whatever you left on your plate (for example, if something has tomatoes but you leave tomatoes on your plate, they probably would just think you don't like tomatoes).
you're allowed to "take-out" food here in southeast asia as well. It's just too wastefully to just throw away food. Plus taking out food for pets at home is common now. We even request to take beef bones with us even though it is completely cleaned lmao
We do in Canada
Does take-away not exist in japan? Most restaurants where i live will just pack the rest of the food for you to take home, if unfinished.
Nope
That’s an American thing that exists because of the ridiculous fuckin portion sizes
I see it here in Brazil as well.... but i do not get in this tipe of shit enough to confirm how common it is
@@samus2205 I live in an Arabian country so no, it's not
@@samus2205 Bruh, thats a thing in europe too. I don't know what you're on about.
1:21 as a german I FEEL that, it’s exactly the same here ^^
How to order in germany:
Close the menu and fold your hands.
How to get the bill in germany:
Just put your wallet on the table and fold your hands.
@@merlinmeurer5339 Noted for when I decide to finally visit.
Merlin Meurer in most cases, at least here where I live, the folding hands part isn’t even necessary, just close the menu, place it where it is easily seen and you’re good to go;
It’s a pain though when you want to order new drinks or sth like that ^^
I think this is how it is in most western countries
as someone who's been to greece multiple times to visit family, it is so different there. You just yell at the top of your lungs while shaking everything you can.
0:39 Connor would be great at drug deals.
I feel like I see you comment a lot
For the record, a video of Japanese fast-food rankings would be mega sweet. You guys should definitely consider making it
I think that “4000 calories” is a good way to communicate the amount of food
After being in a British pub for the first time, I don’t think of that as quiet,
Pubs and restaurants are different.
I like how Connors ordering snafu could have been solved with a "to go box"
Very entertaining podcast! Even for people that only know some basic anime.
Love this podcast
#metoo
6:26 Gigguk tried to eat like an main character
Connor is literally the 1% attitude that we show in our whole life XD
I go back to this video just to hear them scream *“SUMIMASEN!!!”*
Love Joey's SSR t-shirt. Gotta get me one of those.
The way Joey said “uuuugh with this shit again. It’s like self fulfilling prophecy” indicates to me that he’s seen the game grumps Link to the Past Subway rant from Arin lol
7:30 Connor Made an main character order and Finished it like a champ(Threw it up but still admirable)
"I love that you don't have to talk to people"
Me, the one who loves/needs to talk to people constantly: *cries in COVID*
SUMIMASENNNN
The whole "each of us will go to one and say why its best" thing is giving me huge Top Gear vibes, dunno about anyone else.
the persona 4 beef bowl challenge: extreme edition
Sort of hilarously while in Japan leaving food on your plate is extremely rude, in China its the opposite in that cleaning your plate is an insult. So.... yeah basically my MIL is Chinese and thus for years I was unconsciously insulting her cooking by constantly finishing off my plate. She apparently thought my wife was starving me at home because I would always clean my plate off when I had dinner with my in-laws. So she kept dumping food on my plate in a kind of weirdly passive aggressive version of the Hell Bottomless Noodle thinking I was hungry. And I kept eating it all because I though it as going to be mega rude not to finish food she offered me. This took YEARS for me to figure out.
This channel is giving me great tips for when I visit japan someday but I may have trouble with the no eating on trains "rule" which is weird given how much you see people eating onigiri in shine when they get an a train to the country side.
I don't know why the thought of Connor crying in a Matsuya is the funniest thing ever
"My life expectancy goes down by few months every time I "
Connor, that British dude from trash taste
I see Joey rocking that Girls Last Tour shirt. A truly cultured man.
"so you have the big 3"
Shunchan: and i took that personally
"A lot of places in Japan make it very easy to not have human interaction"
Aight, you've convinced me to move to Japan
I lived in Japan for maybe 3 weeks before getting a head injury and lost 80% of my memory from when I was 17 and prior. To me I learned how integrate into their society over the next few years and when I had to go back to the US... oh man was that the worst culture shock of all time. I still forget to speak English at times and have to change languages to communicate. I miss it so much.
"You are privileged cuz at least you have food to eat, other kids don't even get a grain of rice or clean water and you're just going to waste your food saying you can't finish it?! Why did you get that much in the first place?!?!"
- My Filipino Blood
"hello diabetes"
ah so that's how Filipinos teach to their children
"Yan kasi, takaw mata kasi eh! Ubusin mo yan!" - My mom
@@thewanderer4781 It's a quick way to learn "take what you need not what you want".
-my Asian family and ancestors of many generations looking down from heaven*
Pause the video at 4:42 and look up in the top left corner. The fate doujinshi is leaning open and you can definitly make out some of its contents.
If your in japan you would think that "I rather get sick than leave food in the plate" because some of the chefs that prepare those meals spend years just to master their craft, just like how that one chef spent years just to get that perfect slice of Sashimi or the ramen that is refined for years just to get that perfect broth.
I mean, the skills are even passed down for generations. I'd take Connors side any day.
You know you better shut the fuck up already about the whole "years refining their craft" thing. What the hell do you think chefs in other countries do ? Pick their asses all day ? They do the same thing and practice their cooking every day. And not every chef in Japan is trying to get the perfect food either, stop glorifying them. Do you honestly think that all those chefs at fast food places pursue perfection in their craft ? Stop this bullshit of yours.
@@давидцыгановский Your comment do have point and it's well written despite the fact that your brain have the same size of a coffee bean. First I'm sorry if I offended you in some way in my previous comment and I apologise for that. It's true that my comment do sound a little romanticized and I admit that. And kind sir in what way do I said that the other chefs on other countries are just standing around? I dont even remember saying that. It's just that I admire and respect their dedication in cooking. Before you disrespect their Dedication in their craft let me ask you one thing first " Can you even cook?"
If "yes" then please reply to this kind comment and I will personally commend you...
@@давидцыгановский if you read my humble comments please reply...
@@francisfebuarry7265 dude, stop. He's already dead. Lol
2:13 Did Joey just make a Game Grumps reference?
2:15 I see what you did there Joey, noice~
Hey I'm grump!
Man, I don't even know how I got here hearing these podcasts. But man... They are awesome, and are so funny. Great job you guys
Joey lol's everytime they say something funny about being British
Ikr
6:46 then you call Aki and Joey like : hey we uh need your help with something.
honestly it's part of my morale code to leave no food on the table when eating, doesn't matter if at home or at a restaurant or whereever. One time I ordered something in an Afghan restaurant. I had never tasted Afghan food in my life, but I was hungry, I didn't know the city too well and I wanted to try something new. I liked the food a lot, but it had some vegetable stuff in it that I really didn't enjoy, because you apparently had to mix it with the other stuff. Also it was a lot of food. I ate half of it and was basically full, but I knew I wouldn't walk out of there with food on my plate left, so I made myself comfortable and ordered another coke. It took me one more hour, but I finnished my meal properly. Totally worth it. I just can't look in the mirror for a week when I have to throw food away.
Conner is really just an anime protagonist in real life... He's also a glutton on meat lmao
Connor: it was like 4000 calories
Me: I enjoy a snack from time to time.
On the US west coast, the way to get a waiter is to sit up straight and think about the waiter as hard as you can. Either you manifest the power of telepathy or you wait until the waiter gets around to your table on their own.
Please make that Japanese food tier list!!
For those traveling abroad in America, it's ok to leave food on the plate, it's almost even expected with how big the portion sizes are. The waiter will ask if you want a box to go with the leftovers.
1:08 as a shy Brazilian i understand your pain, and I also don't believe it would be easy for u to survive here 😳😂😂
1:25 it's a quiet thing to call the server in the US too. You just ask another server quietly to fetch yours or you wave your hand in like an ASL U when they look your way.
2:14 was Joey tryna reference Game Grumps?
1:49 “Koreans are laughing out of there ass”
U.K= *eye contact*
U.S= excuse me, check please.
Japan= Sumimasen!
Koreans= Yeogiuh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Ajumma!!!!YA!!!
We Koreans’ are stupid loud, especially when we’re drunk.
stop generalizing all Koreans. The Korean ways are very similar to the Japanese way of saying sumimasen. A lot of bars and restaurants that serve alcohol have loud people like that even in Japan.
@@DanielK1213th You realize my last name is "Kim". Your'e ,literally, lecturing me on "generalizing Koreans" when I am Korean born and raised. You're right, we do have very similar "ways" of alerting people --what language and culture doesn't. You clearly never been to Korea or a Korean bar at night. Yeogiuh in english is "excuse me", Ajumma is "Miss", and Ya is very informal "HEY". Thats the entire point of the joke Connor was relaying to the audience, that we, Koreans, are not shy on alerting the waiters/waitresses. If you don't like the joke, you should tell Connor that haha. If you are of age, I recommend going to a Korean joint. It will definitely broaden your horizon on international cultures and jokes.
Ah... You see... We Indonesian just bring the whole thing home
as a American I like having to talk because its just feels nice seeing someone doing there job i guess idk who makes this much fuss about ordering food talking is something that your gonna have to do
Oh my god , that’s so true ! I’m from India and I’m studying in uk . I love the fact that my awkward self doesn’t have to shout at all in uk 😂 but my parents have no patience and go full on Karen in uk because service is really fast in India lol
Conner, you had me at "You have to speak to people. I don't like that"
2:12 He's quoting Arin and Dan (Gamegrumps) Subway story
This episode was such a banger all of the stories were amazing
i literally laughed so hard at 8:46 haha
*Me watching the video
Also Me: *gets Connor's Arknights ad
I'm just grinning because I know where this story goes, but I'm having such a good time :))
"Uuugh, with this shit again, it's like a self-fulfilled prophecy"
Was this inspired by Arin's Subway rant?
Can you take leftovers from Japanese restaurants? Or is that just an American thing?
Thats just a general North American thing. Happens in Canada too
Most places in india too
@@Lumina777 Nope, I'm from Uruguay and it's a common thing to do if you cannot finish your meal (portions tend to be a bit large here, no size options). Also in Argentina.
The legendary Klobb well I guess it’s really just a thing where the portions of food are large
@@smpmuzpid Jaja, internet es un pañuelo XD
I'm never a big eater, and the portion in Japan is bigger than how I usually eat back at home.
At first I tried to eat everything, but after one year I suffered from GERD, and eating the full portion will almost inevitably trigger an attack.
I feel bad about leaving food, but most of the time it's just impossible for me to eat them all.
has college failed me? my international business classes say I have to leave like at least a leaf of garnish or something on the plate in Japanese restaurant or else I insulted them? PLEASE clarify this for me. I know they were right when it came to Latin America and you shouldn't deny any food (being latina myself) so what's the deal here? Did my overpriced college class screw me? 🤔
I think if you eat in a group with the sharing food aspect you’re supposed to leave like a bite still on the plate but if you’re eating by yourself you should definitely finish it
It feels like some restaurants set you up to fail when they have such large portions but don't want you to take leftovers home.
is it socially okay to take food with you in Japan? like in America you can take your leftovers home
The cheese gyudon at sukiya will always have my heart. Way better than anything you could get at matsuya or yoshinoya.
Do Japanese restaurants not give you the left overs in a box or some to-go package if you ask?
No, if you get food poisoning from the food you took home, it will be the restaurant's fault for allowing you to take home food that may get spoiled. So the restaurants don't take any risks. They can easily go out of business if someone gets food poisoning from taking home food not intended for take away in the first place.
Matsuya was my jam in Tokyo. No interaction whatsoever, loved it
I just laughed and nodded with Connor and Garnt through the whole video.
I don’t recall them addressing this, so I wanna ask to those who know:
Are to-go boxes/bags a thing in Japan?
Just asking but can't you guys just pack what you can't finish. Like to take home?
I think they don't do that in Japan, at least it's not common.
Everyone's saying this and I've literally never seen this in the UK it seems like such a weird idea to me, I googled it and it turns out it does happen here? It seems odd to me as the entire point of going to a restaurant is to eat their fresh food, or you go to a takeaway.
@@tayloraf5108 yeah but sometimes you get full and unable to finish the entire meal sometimes maybe your little children will be full and wouldn't finish the meal it will be a waste to just let it be thrown away
Maytricks in most countries portion sizes are reasonable so it’s not an issue unless you fuck up your order like they did. It’s only America where you have insane amounts of food served
In America there are only 2 people in this situation. The person who is really quiet and tries to get the waiter's attention very subtly and doesn't try again if it fails . . . or you're a New Yorker.
Can you not get containers to take the food with you? They do that here in Canada.
No-one does that who isn’t North American
@@samus2205 That seems really weird to me. Why would you not be allowed to take home what you paid for?
its because this is the podcast highlights, moments where the talk really lits.