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You are absolutely right. It seems that the great Gualtiero Marchesi praised Japanese cuisine very much, regretting how much it was underestimated in the world. The problem is that we probably know a hundredth of what Japanese cuisine can offer us and this is really a shame. I've always thought it was a very healthy, tasty and dietary cuisine and I fell in love with it while reading the book Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Huge respect for Japanese food culture
@@oyarichi2549 dipende da cosa intendi per "meglio" il croissant è un pò troppo vuoto per me, ed è troppo burroso, anche i cornetti al burro italiani avvolte hanno un pò troppo burro, ma non a quei livelli, a me piacciono entrambi, forse un pò di qiù quelli italiani,ma sono gusti, mi spiace solo che in Francia un croissant lo paghi 4 euro😢
An advice for when you return to Italy: if you can, avoid all the restaurants located in the main squares and streets of the cities. Often they are here for tourists and offer food that is not of the best quality. If you search for locals' favorite restaurants and bars, you'll taste real authentic Italian food (and you won't be disappointed). Greetings from Como Lake!
@Andrea Catalano masi yes, even a child could make it, maybe it's the secret of its popularity. Of course it doesn't apply to all the dishes... There are some preparations that requires technical skills.
Rome is easily one the most beautiful city I ever visit, amazing places, amazing peoples and Oh my gosh The Italian food 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤 Thanks for the video Georges, greetings from Belgium.
As an italian native I feel so happy you liked our cuisine, especially if the good review comes from a guy who comes from Japan: a country having a big amount of culture, history and one of the best cuisine I've ever tried. Grazie!
E speriamo che nessuno lo tratti male, di stranieri insultati ne ho visti tantissimi purtroppo... L'Italia è una nazione estremamente xenofoba e razzista.
Ice cream, pizza, pasta...no wonder Italy has the best food in the world. That margherita pizza looked amazing 🤩 I would love to visit Italy some day ❤
the fun part about italy is that in every single region you go there is a better typical food that you prob never heard of,you need to see all italy,and i hope we will see you soon in italy
@@sardiniandado3208 from the name I can deduce that you are Sardinian, of all the regions I have traveled to (I have done almost all of them), Sardinia is the second best, maybe even the best
@@pablorai769 it's hard to argue with it, even for us North Italians, Naples pizzas are a relic we cannot easily afford. But we can all agree american pizzas are the farest thing from an actual pizza
Come visit Bologna, you'll have some more good food there :P Italy is a beauty from south to north and you'll see the differences in customs and food too!
Hey! dude from rome here, wanted to share some insights about some things you tried in this video! First of all, although rome has a lot of tourists every year, this year (if this video was recently recorded) was an exceptional case since we haven't seen these many tourists in a while. Secondly, 3,50 euros for a cornetto and 4 euros for a Maritozzo is VERY expensive, usually it's a breakfast food that you can get for 1,50 euros (cornetto) or 2 euros (maritozzo) in basically every Bar outside the centre of rome (Bars are italian cafès). Thirdly, the "trapizzino" is not actually THAT typical roman food and it's a fairly new thing, and was basically invented for tourists mostly, and you can't find it very easily outside of popular tourist spots!
Italian food is not just EXTREMELY good, it's also pretty healthy. To be honest, murricans should learn from us Edit: - 08:27 I want to add, that McDonalds are also criticized by many Italians because it goes against our principle of healthy and good food. McDonald in Italy are considered as the junk food in our culture, even if it tastes good. - Also, 09:14; Parmigiano Reggiano is a type of solid cheese we Italians use to grate on our dishes, most commonly on Pasta and Lasagne (but nobody stops you from putting it wherever you want). It drastically improve the dish in many scenarios, especially with pasta (pasta without parmisean would be a crime).
Italian cuisine is amazing. The pastas such as carbonara, pizza and lasagna are incredibly delicious. 😋🍕 By the way, I hope your wish for 1M subscribers comes true. Great video, George!
Italian food is amazing and one of the most diverse cuisines…Italy alone has 20 food regions (few countries have these many) with different cuisines…thousands of varieties of soups, appetisers, meat, seafood, rice, vegetable, pastas, pizzas, dessert dishes…pasta and pizza is not even 2% of Italian food
@@GeorgeJapan i hear the italians are the MOST racist country towards Asians, is this true man? did you talk to 100 italians already? I want to get your viewpoint?
Italia e Giappone sono due paesi con una cultura culinaria incredibile. Fa sempre piacere vedere popolazioni che sanno mangiare bene riconoscere l'eccellenza della cucina italiana. Italy and Japan are two countries with an incredible culinary culture. It's always nice to see people who know how to eat well recognizing the excellence of Italian cuisine.
I love you George. You are so kind, sweet, genuine, handsome, big-hearted, and positive. Italy is on my bucket list, it's such a beautiful and unique country. Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿🇳🇿❤️❤️
I love pistachio too. Wow, that whipped creme bun... and the pistachio croissant needs a huge cup of coffee to balance the sweetness. Living large George
@@GeorgeJapan it's sad to hear you missed the opportunity to taste Italian coffee. beside some low quality locations, it's generally one of the best coffee you can drink in the world. Cappuccino. Hope you can return to Italy one day in the future, like a part 2, maybe on Naples.
You _really_ got into the Italian food! It was fun to watch and the food looked delicious! (Next time have the fast food like McDonald's _first_ and _build up to_ the more authentic dishes-it won’t be as much of an anti-climax as in this video.) And it seems like you were _really_ into Italian, more so than other languages. I'm super-impressed (and envious) that you can roll your _r’s_ like that, George-it’s something I could never manage to do. 👍
If you ever plan on visiting Italy again I suggest you Naples (especially for pizza, it was invented there and if you go to the right pizzeria it's going to be the best pizza you'll ever eat in your life), Sicily and Sardinia for the beaches and food in general.
@@kekkuzzo75incredibile.... Si mangia 10 volte meglio qui a Napoli è come napoletano mi sento di mettere anche la Sicilia perché non ho mai mangiato roba che sia più buona della nostra
hello george! i just watched this as a local in rome and as someone who's been watching you for a long time, it was like a dream come true! it's too bad i didn't know you were coming to visit, i would've loved to meet you! hopefully next time if you ever come visit again x i hope you enjoyed italy and the food!
Italian food is amazing ❤ I hope one day I get to visit, my grandmother and godmother were both from Italy (My name is also Bianca because of this italian part of my family, it means white in italian). Nice vid George!
Hi George, I'm soooo happy that you're visiting Italy and in particular Rome, this means that there will be more videos about it, right? Can't wait! Also the fact that you went to Tonnarello and otther authentic places instead of going to tourist traps (which happens more commonly than people think hahaha) is just amazing, enjoy your stay!
Sorry that’s all I did in Rome in such a short stay there.. but yeah I had a very good time there🇮🇹 My subscribers told me very good local restaurants like Tonnarello, so I didn’t get any tourist traps haha
@@GeorgeJapan A shame that you had so little time to spend here but at least you got the best out of it, I'm so happy for you and hope you can return here soon!
Sorry to spoil it But tonnarello is a super touristy place No romans to be found there But its not a Trap Because the prices and the food are legit But authentic Restaurants are not in the Center and if so they are tugged away in side streets and pretty unassuming But if you just stay for a few days I understand you dont have time for a search and have to make compromises I am Roman btw So my perspective is different
@@salilandricina9851 I'm Roman too, born and raised here, but ofc a tourist can't go to super local restaurants located in incredibly random places, especially if they don't have much time. Compared to the majority of tourists, George already went to a fancier but al least more than acceptable one.
@@salilandricina9851 Mmmm it depends. It is touristy, sure, but the food is good so it's ok to go there. Food in Trastevere is usually pretty good regardless, and it's not entirely true that locals don't eat there. The immense crowd there is not made solely by tourists. :P I would steer away from any restaurant near the Vatican or Colosseum, but Trastevere is a fairly decent choice for meals.
It's so good to see you enjoy our food and let me say that you eat spaghetti like a pro. 👍🏻 Now, few things to say: Cornetto and croissant are different food, there are eggs in the first one dough and no eggs in the second one. It looks like you love pistacchio, but we use mainly custard (I hope online dictionary worked well) and jam. IMHO I don't think that "Mercato Centrale" is the best place to eat typical food, in fact I would not say that "trapizzino" is a typical italian/roman food. That margherita looked like a piNSa and not a normal pizza, they may look similar but are different food too. And, lastly, that lasagna with basil leaf and rounded "pachino" tomatoes it's a "NO GO" 😄
Ciao George! Finally you have arrived in Italy! Holy pizza, if I stayed a month in Italy my clothes wouldn't fit me anymore 😅 I love pasta, everything looks so tasty 😋 Italians are fun. I hope you go to other cities, each place has its specialties, it's worth knowing. Ci vediamo nel prossimo video 👋
Cornetto and croissant are different pastries, they both come from the Austrian "Kipferl" but have different recipes, different taste and consistency. Cornetto is sweeter and more bread-like, while croissant is buttery and with a neutral taste.
As a Roman I can tell you that you didn't hit the best places (despite what reviews might tell you - Tonnarello is very touristy even though it's not bad at all). It is your experience though and definitely what an average tourist would experience. Next time try the Amatriciana, Pizza Romana (thin and crispy) and Cornetto with Crema Pasticcera (That pistacchio cream is industrial - kinda like nutella). Also try different gelatos, we are probably comparable to Sicily in terms of gelato quality. We have hundreds of great artisanal gelato shops, just ask locals for advice! Oh and no comment on trying Mcdonalds. What's wrong with you!? :D Jokes aside, I'm glad you showed how bad it is compared to literally any street food. Oh and by the way, there are also amazing Indian, Chinese and African places near Termini Station. There's a huge immigrant community as you've probably seen.
Cheers from Italy! I'm very happy that you liked our food, you look like you were really enjoying it. If I can make you a suggestion, the food widely changes depending on the region you're visiting, even if Italy isn't such a big country. I recommend you to experience various regions cuisine and try all the different flavours our land has to offer (obviously, that is if you will have the opportunity to do so). Great video
I wish japanese people knew how much we feel attached to them: those over 40 like me grew up watching all the great anime from Japan of the 70es and 80es era (ルパン三世 , ベルサイユのばら, グレートマジンガ, うる星やつら, 無敵鋼人ダイターン3, ガンダム, 未来少年コナン, タイガー・マスク). We share the same values because we grew up looking up at the same heroes! Our countries should be closer!
Btw, food in Italy is much cheaper than what you showed in this video. Obviously Rome is quite expensive because is a very turistic city, but anyway you found like the MOST expensive places to eat o.O 10€ for a margherita?? It generally costs like 4€ 😅
A japanese guy (one of my favourite Countries in the wolrd) enjoying italian food?! Subbed, one less to reach the 1million goal! Found you today and LOVE your energy and how you enjoy our food! Our Country has such a great food and customs variety you could easily make a stand alone serie about it, just ask and us italians will gladly point you towards the best food experiences possible, maybe in some nice and little trattoria, wich is where the true italian food soul trives :D Grazie per il video George! Torna presto!
I am happy you enjoyed italian food, but I need to point iut 3 facts: 1. Croissant has no eggs in it unlike cornetto, so, even though the shape is very similar, taste and texture are quite different 2. Roman pizza is different from neapolitan pizza, which is the standard, the crust should be thicker and fluffy, not that crunchy 3. Lasagne are usually not covered by that amount of tomato sauce and basil leaves, I guess people from Bologna would not likely appreciate this version.
So cool that you love italian food and culture!! thank you from a native italian!! also just wanted to point out that at 6:52 that Margherita is not a pizza but a "pinsa" which is pretty similar i know ahah but a pinsa has different water level in the dough and has less yeast so it makes it more easy to digest!! cool right?!
we are grateful that you have come to visit our capital, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope that one day you will return to Italy, thank you for the compliments
The Italian pasta dish carbonara is made with a salty cheese.... pecorino romano or parmagiano reggiano, eggs, sometimes pepper is added -- I did say sometimes. The whole thing is whisked together & the trick is to not scramble the eggs!!
Such an awesome likeable dude! George you are a Legend! I love your humour and your way of showing how you enjoy the beautiful asoects of Life😎 Many many greetings to you from Italy! ❤️
oh lol I am from Rome, and you made a perfect choice going to "Cave Canem", which is one of the best restaurants in Trastevere zone (one of the best ones), also thanks for praising Rome so much, it definetely has many problems, but I believe is very underrated anyways🙏
Cavecanem restaurant in trastevere is a quite average restaurant. It was great in the 90es with the old lady cooking in the kitchen. I came back after many years in 2020 and i was very unimpressed. My fave dish Pasta cavecanem was destroyed by the presence of olives in the sauce, suppli were pre freezed and the staff is totally different. Right in front of cave canem there is a historic restaurant that offers the real roman cuisine with the same flavours you could taste 100 years ago.. same thing for bar san callisto (10 meters from there) that sells one of the best gelato around with tastes that you can only dream in other roman bars.
good grief!! Everything looked sooooooo good!!!! Would love to visit Rome, but I'll do it with you George! Many thanks for the Tour!! Watch your weight! LOL
@@GeorgeJapan great review! But next time you go at an italian McDonald's you should try Crispy McBacon, which is also an italian exclusive and the most popular mcdonald meal here
As Roman, i'm glad you appreciated our history and food. Expecially us romans are so usual to consider normal living next co Colisseum that forget his majesty. Visiting other cities is indeed boring for us because we have too high standard and eat outside italy is almost impossible :D. And please...Rome has the best food in the entire world, don't go to McDonald XD ahhaha
Huhu :D I'm glad you enjoyed it here. Just yesterday I was going around with some friends from Columbia... They loved the food so much, especially supplì and tiramisù :P I think it's hard to find something that doesn't taste good.. except McDonald's, of course :p
@@hazhoner5727 Ma che dici? Pronuncia bene le parole. Ha l'accento giapponese quando dice le parole ma quello non può eliminarlo. Almeno lui azzecca le vocali, non come gli americani che dicono grazi invece che grazie.
Carbonara with parmigiano on top is wrong in my region 😊 guess every region of Italy has different ways of making it. Also, the pizza you had there is actually not big as you get when you go to a pizzeria, where they make just pizza and nothing else. Then you get one big round pizza all for you. That was sort of a taste, but that fresh basilico on top was super ❤
As an Italian is a bit hilarious this video and hearing how he try to say some words in Italian 😄 7:03 and here that they help you with the speaking lol 8:00 I love the Lasagnas too it's my fav food😍 In theory the McDonald's in Italy is one of the best globally (cuz of a long story that I don't wanna put here, but you only have to know that we use only meat that is 💯 made in Italy) so now I'm curious to eat in a Japanese McDonald's! Hope in future I'll come to Japan (I really love Tokyo and Mountain Fuji. (Montagna Fuji) 🤩
the cheese block you ate at mc donalds aka parmigiano is mostly used as a topping but many of us eat it like a marshmellow (you poke it with a fork and, over a fire can be any kind of fire) you rost it and it it its SOO SOO GOOD
The beautiful thing about Italian food is that it changes if you go in other regions, like in Sicily or in Milan you will not find a suppli because is like a Rome exclusive, so for you to eat every Italian dish at it’s peak you would have to travel the whole thing xd.
my brother in christ Roma Termini and stuff in Roma Centro are just baits for tourists. Usually a carbonara costs half of what you bought, and with bigger portions. If you want to eat real stuff you need to go inside normal resturants outside the capital, trust me! The best places to go are "agriturismi", true rustic food, sometimes made Km0 with their farm!
I wonder how the scale shows AFTER all that goodness XD Joking aside I'm glad you enjoyed them and believe me this is just the BEGINNING.. you need to tour whole Italy and discover all that you don't know yet !!!
The "lasagna" don't have cheese on it, is call "besciamella", is a french sauce. Thanks for visit Italy, i hope you enjoyed your time, but next time, you have to try "cannelloni". Cheers from Italy!
As italian (Tuscany) i approve ❤ Maro' ! 😂 (From "madonna mia" , said by italian grandma. Mean literally "my saint Mary" ... Its just a popolar exclamation....like... I dont know...a "fun" exclamation: yabai 😅😂) In this case Maro'! You had a lot of fun !
Great video! Too bad you couldn’t make it to Giolitti, the best ice cream place maybe in the world, but it has become too famous 😅. A few addresses for your subscribers: Checco er il carretiere, in Trastevere, one of the best pasta restaurants Pizza Monte Carlo, unique, typical Roman pizza, very different from the Napoli one Pierluigi, a Roman institution for fish and Roman food, although it has become pricey and touristy but the food remains excellent, esp. melanzane parmegiani or spaghetti alle vongole … and don’t miss at breakfast Il Forno, piazza Campo de Fiori, have fresh baked pizza bianca or rossa 😋 or, in a different style, i dolci di Nonna Vicenza, a pasticceria to die for! Buon apetito… safe travels, and go for 1M subs!!!
about the food, if you want to try the real pizza you have to visit Naples because is there where the pizza was born (is in south italy), and also all the fried street food Naples has to offer; about the maritozzo, that is a dessert from Sicily not Rome, so if you want to try the real one go to Sicily
Thanks! You really did a good job! May I give you a suggestion? Don't look for the "real" Italian food in a railway station! And in "restaurants" that promise guitar accompaniment!! 😂😂😂
The Cornetto recipe is slightly different from the French croissant.. and to have a real pizza you should go souther in Naples.. Roman pizza it's a crust :) btw welcome in Italy ...ps. Japanese carbonara?!? :"D
Italy and japan has the best food in the world. Both are great countries . Greatings from germany 👍🖐🇩🇪
The old trio🧓
Ahahahahahahaha 😂 noooooooo stop it
@@duh5878 lol
I see a pattern here... 😂
You are absolutely right. It seems that the great Gualtiero Marchesi praised Japanese cuisine very much, regretting how much it was underestimated in the world. The problem is that we probably know a hundredth of what Japanese cuisine can offer us and this is really a shame. I've always thought it was a very healthy, tasty and dietary cuisine and I fell in love with it while reading the book Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto. Huge respect for Japanese food culture
Il cornetto italiano è diverso dal croissant, cambia proprio l'impasto.
La cucina italiana è formidabile! 😁
Ed è meglio di quella francese 😂😂😂😂
@@oyarichi2549 sono due cose diverse e poi ovviamente è una questione di gusti.
@@oyarichi2549Sono strabilianti entrambi, forse le migliori insieme a quella giapponese.
@@oyarichi2549 dipende da cosa intendi per "meglio" il croissant è un pò troppo vuoto per me, ed è troppo burroso, anche i cornetti al burro italiani avvolte hanno un pò troppo burro, ma non a quei livelli, a me piacciono entrambi, forse un pò di qiù quelli italiani,ma sono gusti, mi spiace solo che in Francia un croissant lo paghi 4 euro😢
@@frederick06bigbrain48 ragas sto scherzando
An advice for when you return to Italy: if you can, avoid all the restaurants located in the main squares and streets of the cities. Often they are here for tourists and offer food that is not of the best quality.
If you search for locals' favorite restaurants and bars, you'll taste real authentic Italian food (and you won't be disappointed).
Greetings from Como Lake!
Lies again? Rome Roma Ramenten Rakuten
Italian food just hits different
It hits harder than when Italians stoned Mussolini to death
Easy to make also😂
😋😋🇮🇹🇮🇹
@@kitjaichun not really!
@Andrea Catalano masi yes, even a child could make it, maybe it's the secret of its popularity.
Of course it doesn't apply to all the dishes... There are some preparations that requires technical skills.
as italian, the thing i love the most of having my overseas guests here is making them try our food... like, they are allways so happy.
Rome is easily one the most beautiful city I ever visit, amazing places, amazing peoples and Oh my gosh The Italian food 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
Thanks for the video Georges, greetings from Belgium.
Rome is such a beautiful city with many different aspects🇮🇹 The food is absolutely amazing😋
Thanks Godot, it feels very good to be italian and eat this kind of food almost every day
As an italian native I feel so happy you liked our cuisine, especially if the good review comes from a guy who comes from Japan: a country having a big amount of culture, history and one of the best cuisine I've ever tried. Grazie!
your description of japan sounds like my description of italy lol
I’m so happy you had fun here in Italy! Hope you’ll come back soon! Ciao ciao! 🇮🇹
I had a very good time there🇮🇹 Ciao ciao!
E speriamo che nessuno lo tratti male, di stranieri insultati ne ho visti tantissimi purtroppo...
L'Italia è una nazione estremamente xenofoba e razzista.
Can we all appreciate the happiness we get from watching George being happy? Love to George from the United States 🇯🇵❤️🇺🇸
Ice cream, pizza, pasta...no wonder Italy has the best food in the world. That margherita pizza looked amazing 🤩 I would love to visit Italy some day ❤
and we will be happy to welcome you!
the fun part about italy is that in every single region you go there is a better typical food that you prob never heard of,you need to see all italy,and i hope we will see you soon in italy
@@sardiniandado3208 from the name I can deduce that you are Sardinian, of all the regions I have traveled to (I have done almost all of them), Sardinia is the second best, maybe even the best
I'm not an expert, but they say you find authentic pizza only in Naples...
@@pablorai769 it's hard to argue with it, even for us North Italians, Naples pizzas are a relic we cannot easily afford.
But we can all agree american pizzas are the farest thing from an actual pizza
Come visit Bologna, you'll have some more good food there :P Italy is a beauty from south to north and you'll see the differences in customs and food too!
I’ll definitely visit more cities in the future including Bologna!🇮🇹
@@GeorgeJapan I am happy that you loved it here! Happy to have you back! :)
Glad you appreciated our culinary art. I personally love Japanese cuisine, very refined and very tasty! Greetings from Romagna!
Ora pensa che sei di Roma 😂
Capperi, se questo non è un gigantesco complimento, venendo poi da una delle culle della gastronomia italiana.
Hey! dude from rome here, wanted to share some insights about some things you tried in this video!
First of all, although rome has a lot of tourists every year, this year (if this video was recently recorded) was an exceptional case since we haven't seen these many tourists in a while.
Secondly, 3,50 euros for a cornetto and 4 euros for a Maritozzo is VERY expensive, usually it's a breakfast food that you can get for 1,50 euros (cornetto) or 2 euros (maritozzo) in basically every Bar outside the centre of rome (Bars are italian cafès).
Thirdly, the "trapizzino" is not actually THAT typical roman food and it's a fairly new thing, and was basically invented for tourists mostly, and you can't find it very easily outside of popular tourist spots!
yeah i was actually a bit confused when he showed the trapizzino, ive never heard of it and i live in rome ahaha
And from someone ho was born and lives in Emilia, taking a lasagna in Rome was a very heroic move!
@@mrsnezbit2219dai su, siamo a Roma, mica a Birmingham...non sarà al livello vostro, ma comunque più che commestibile
@@Serj90 più che una critica a Roma è anche il fatto che con tutto quello di buono che c'è non ha senso prenderla li ecco
@@mrsnezbit2219 siccome hai scritto eroico pensavo altro 😄
thank you so much for appreciating the culture of my beautiful country , we as Italians appreciate you Japanese a lot.
Italian food is not just EXTREMELY good, it's also pretty healthy.
To be honest, murricans should learn from us
Edit:
- 08:27 I want to add, that McDonalds are also criticized by many Italians because it goes against our principle of healthy and good food. McDonald in Italy are considered as the junk food in our culture, even if it tastes good.
- Also, 09:14; Parmigiano Reggiano is a type of solid cheese we Italians use to grate on our dishes, most commonly on Pasta and Lasagne (but nobody stops you from putting it wherever you want). It drastically improve the dish in many scenarios, especially with pasta (pasta without parmisean would be a crime).
Italian cuisine is amazing. The pastas such as carbonara, pizza and lasagna are incredibly delicious. 😋🍕
By the way, I hope your wish for 1M subscribers comes true.
Great video, George!
Italian food is amazing and one of the most diverse cuisines…Italy alone has 20 food regions (few countries have these many) with different cuisines…thousands of varieties of soups, appetisers, meat, seafood, rice, vegetable, pastas, pizzas, dessert dishes…pasta and pizza is not even 2% of Italian food
Thank you!! Everything was amazing, but the lasagna hit different. It was my absolute favorite Italian dish😋
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Pizza is not a type of pasta btw
@@GeorgeJapan i hear the italians are the MOST racist country towards Asians, is this true man? did you talk to 100 italians already? I want to get your viewpoint?
ドイツに住んでいるイタリア人です。ドイツについて作ったビデオは好きだったけど、イタリアのビデオは心がよろこんでいることになった。
Italia e Giappone sono due paesi con una cultura culinaria incredibile. Fa sempre piacere vedere popolazioni che sanno mangiare bene riconoscere l'eccellenza della cucina italiana.
Italy and Japan are two countries with an incredible culinary culture. It's always nice to see people who know how to eat well recognizing the excellence of Italian cuisine.
good video, by the way the '"pizza" you ate in Tonnarello was not actually a pizza but it's called "pinsa"
I am really glad you liked my country. From an 🇮🇹❤️🇯🇵
I love you George. You are so kind, sweet, genuine, handsome, big-hearted, and positive. Italy is on my bucket list, it's such a beautiful and unique country. Love from New Zealand 🇳🇿🇳🇿❤️❤️
Italy Is Simply the paradise of food.
Well said, and true.
イタリア料理は日本人の口にもあうって言われるの分かるわ。だって本当に美味そうだもんな！
I love pistachio too. Wow, that whipped creme bun... and the pistachio croissant needs a huge cup of coffee to balance the sweetness. Living large George
Yeah I forgot ordering some coffee ☕️ Coffee will definitely balance the sweetness
@@GeorgeJapan it's sad to hear you missed the opportunity to taste Italian coffee. beside some low quality locations, it's generally one of the best coffee you can drink in the world. Cappuccino. Hope you can return to Italy one day in the future, like a part 2, maybe on Naples.
You _really_ got into the Italian food! It was fun to watch and the food looked delicious! (Next time have the fast food like McDonald's _first_ and _build up to_ the more authentic dishes-it won’t be as much of an anti-climax as in this video.) And it seems like you were _really_ into Italian, more so than other languages. I'm super-impressed (and envious) that you can roll your _r’s_ like that, George-it’s something I could never manage to do. 👍
Thank you for your advice! I practiced R sound so hard haha
If you ever plan on visiting Italy again I suggest you Naples (especially for pizza, it was invented there and if you go to the right pizzeria it's going to be the best pizza you'll ever eat in your life), Sicily and Sardinia for the beaches and food in general.
Questi dell'Italia sanno solo Roma, Firenze e Venezia...
@@kekkuzzo75 vero, per questo bisogna istruirli
@@kekkuzzo75incredibile.... Si mangia 10 volte meglio qui a Napoli è come napoletano mi sento di mettere anche la Sicilia perché non ho mai mangiato roba che sia più buona della nostra
I'm born in Rome and I've never tried "cornetto al pistacchio" 😂. But this a nice video. In Rome we really love suppli, carbonara and gelato. ❤
Can't wait to come back to this once you hit 1M subs George!
hello george! i just watched this as a local in rome and as someone who's been watching you for a long time, it was like a dream come true! it's too bad i didn't know you were coming to visit, i would've loved to meet you! hopefully next time if you ever come visit again x i hope you enjoyed italy and the food!
Italian food is amazing ❤ I hope one day I get to visit, my grandmother and godmother were both from Italy (My name is also Bianca because of this italian part of my family, it means white in italian).
Nice vid George!
Hi George, I'm soooo happy that you're visiting Italy and in particular Rome, this means that there will be more videos about it, right? Can't wait! Also the fact that you went to Tonnarello and otther authentic places instead of going to tourist traps (which happens more commonly than people think hahaha) is just amazing, enjoy your stay!
Sorry that’s all I did in Rome in such a short stay there.. but yeah I had a very good time there🇮🇹 My subscribers told me very good local restaurants like Tonnarello, so I didn’t get any tourist traps haha
@@GeorgeJapan A shame that you had so little time to spend here but at least you got the best out of it, I'm so happy for you and hope you can return here soon!
Sorry to spoil it
But tonnarello is a super touristy place
No romans to be found there
But its not a Trap
Because the prices and the food are legit
But authentic Restaurants are not in the Center and if so they are tugged away in side streets and pretty unassuming
But if you just stay for a few days I understand you dont have time for a search and have to make compromises
I am Roman btw
So my perspective is different
@@salilandricina9851 I'm Roman too, born and raised here, but ofc a tourist can't go to super local restaurants located in incredibly random places, especially if they don't have much time.
Compared to the majority of tourists, George already went to a fancier but al least more than acceptable one.
@@salilandricina9851 Mmmm it depends. It is touristy, sure, but the food is good so it's ok to go there. Food in Trastevere is usually pretty good regardless, and it's not entirely true that locals don't eat there. The immense crowd there is not made solely by tourists. :P I would steer away from any restaurant near the Vatican or Colosseum, but Trastevere is a fairly decent choice for meals.
It's so good to see you enjoy our food and let me say that you eat spaghetti like a pro. 👍🏻
Now, few things to say: Cornetto and croissant are different food, there are eggs in the first one dough and no eggs in the second one. It looks like you love pistacchio, but we use mainly custard (I hope online dictionary worked well) and jam. IMHO I don't think that "Mercato Centrale" is the best place to eat typical food, in fact I would not say that "trapizzino" is a typical italian/roman food. That margherita looked like a piNSa and not a normal pizza, they may look similar but are different food too. And, lastly, that lasagna with basil leaf and rounded "pachino" tomatoes it's a "NO GO" 😄
Ciao George! Finally you have arrived in Italy! Holy pizza, if I stayed a month in Italy my clothes wouldn't fit me anymore 😅 I love pasta, everything looks so tasty 😋 Italians are fun. I hope you go to other cities, each place has its specialties, it's worth knowing. Ci vediamo nel prossimo video 👋
I gained some weight haha I’ll definitely go to different cities in the future 🇮🇹
Cornetto and croissant are different pastries, they both come from the Austrian "Kipferl" but have different recipes, different taste and consistency. Cornetto is sweeter and more bread-like, while croissant is buttery and with a neutral taste.
As a Roman I can tell you that you didn't hit the best places (despite what reviews might tell you - Tonnarello is very touristy even though it's not bad at all). It is your experience though and definitely what an average tourist would experience. Next time try the Amatriciana, Pizza Romana (thin and crispy) and Cornetto with Crema Pasticcera (That pistacchio cream is industrial - kinda like nutella). Also try different gelatos, we are probably comparable to Sicily in terms of gelato quality. We have hundreds of great artisanal gelato shops, just ask locals for advice! Oh and no comment on trying Mcdonalds. What's wrong with you!? :D Jokes aside, I'm glad you showed how bad it is compared to literally any street food. Oh and by the way, there are also amazing Indian, Chinese and African places near Termini Station. There's a huge immigrant community as you've probably seen.
WOWWW! Awesome video! You nailed those Italian words! Hope you hit 1 Million Subs One Day!
I don't know you, but i love you already! ahahah first time watching your video and i lolled so hard. I'm from italy, thank you for your kindness
Cheers from Italy!
I'm very happy that you liked our food, you look like you were really enjoying it. If I can make you a suggestion, the food widely changes depending on the region you're visiting, even if Italy isn't such a big country. I recommend you to experience various regions cuisine and try all the different flavours our land has to offer (obviously, that is if you will have the opportunity to do so). Great video
I wish japanese people knew how much we feel attached to them: those over 40 like me grew up watching all the great anime from Japan of the 70es and 80es era (ルパン三世 , ベルサイユのばら, グレートマジンガ, うる星やつら, 無敵鋼人ダイターン3, ガンダム, 未来少年コナン, タイガー・マスク). We share the same values because we grew up looking up at the same heroes! Our countries should be closer!
Btw, food in Italy is much cheaper than what you showed in this video. Obviously Rome is quite expensive because is a very turistic city, but anyway you found like the MOST expensive places to eat o.O
10€ for a margherita?? It generally costs like 4€ 😅
Hi George!!!!! So happy to see another video!!
Thank you for watching!! :)
A japanese guy (one of my favourite Countries in the wolrd) enjoying italian food?! Subbed, one less to reach the 1million goal! Found you today and LOVE your energy and how you enjoy our food! Our Country has such a great food and customs variety you could easily make a stand alone serie about it, just ask and us italians will gladly point you towards the best food experiences possible, maybe in some nice and little trattoria, wich is where the true italian food soul trives :D Grazie per il video George! Torna presto!
I am happy you enjoyed italian food, but I need to point iut 3 facts:
1. Croissant has no eggs in it unlike cornetto, so, even though the shape is very similar, taste and texture are quite different
2. Roman pizza is different from neapolitan pizza, which is the standard, the crust should be thicker and fluffy, not that crunchy
3. Lasagne are usually not covered by that amount of tomato sauce and basil leaves, I guess people from Bologna would not likely appreciate this version.
Italy is more beautiful & delicious than dream
So cool that you love italian food and culture!! thank you from a native italian!! also just wanted to point out that at 6:52 that Margherita is not a pizza but a "pinsa" which is pretty similar i know ahah but a pinsa has different water level in the dough and has less yeast so it makes it more easy to digest!! cool right?!
The food looks so good! I hope I can visit Italy and Japan one day!
we are grateful that you have come to visit our capital, I hope you enjoyed it and I hope that one day you will return to Italy, thank you for the compliments
The food looked so incredibly tasty I'm dying watching this late at night! Wowwww
The Italian pasta dish carbonara is made with a salty cheese.... pecorino romano or parmagiano reggiano, eggs, sometimes pepper is added -- I did say sometimes. The whole thing is whisked together & the trick is to not scramble the eggs!!
Such an awesome likeable dude! George you are a Legend! I love your humour and your way of showing how you enjoy the beautiful asoects of Life😎 Many many greetings to you from Italy! ❤️
Italian pride!!!!❤
thank you for appreciating my city, a warm greeting, beautiful video
Are you going to visit other cities in Italy? There are so many wonderful ones!
oh lol I am from Rome, and you made a perfect choice going to "Cave Canem", which is one of the best restaurants in Trastevere zone (one of the best ones), also thanks for praising Rome so much, it definetely has many problems, but I believe is very underrated anyways🙏
Cavecanem restaurant in trastevere is a quite average restaurant. It was great in the 90es with the old lady cooking in the kitchen. I came back after many years in 2020 and i was very unimpressed. My fave dish Pasta cavecanem was destroyed by the presence of olives in the sauce, suppli were pre freezed and the staff is totally different. Right in front of cave canem there is a historic restaurant that offers the real roman cuisine with the same flavours you could taste 100 years ago.. same thing for bar san callisto (10 meters from there) that sells one of the best gelato around with tastes that you can only dream in other roman bars.
Really good video. I hope to visit Rome as soon as possible 😍
If you are still in Italiy you should try fried squid (calamari fritti).
good grief!! Everything looked sooooooo good!!!! Would love to visit Rome, but I'll do it with you George! Many thanks for the Tour!! Watch your weight! LOL
Yes I gained some weight haha
Kisses from Rome Italy 🇮🇹 😊
Just imagine, going to Italy for the food and still visit a McD... Wow, just wow... that is some dedication :P
Great review by the way :)
I went there for whole new experiences👍
@@GeorgeJapan great review! But next time you go at an italian McDonald's you should try Crispy McBacon, which is also an italian exclusive and the most popular mcdonald meal here
As Roman, i'm glad you appreciated our history and food. Expecially us romans are so usual to consider normal living next co Colisseum that forget his majesty. Visiting other cities is indeed boring for us because we have too high standard and eat outside italy is almost impossible :D. And please...Rome has the best food in the entire world, don't go to McDonald XD ahhaha
Actually the wish that the fountain can "make real" is only one: come back to Rome in the future...
Huhu :D I'm glad you enjoyed it here. Just yesterday I was going around with some friends from Columbia... They loved the food so much, especially supplì and tiramisù :P I think it's hard to find something that doesn't taste good.. except McDonald's, of course :p
Great video as always! Your italian pronunciation is pretty good, George 😊
🤣🤣🤣LMAO one of the worst pronounciation ever
@@hazhoner5727 Ma che dici? Pronuncia bene le parole. Ha l'accento giapponese quando dice le parole ma quello non può eliminarlo. Almeno lui azzecca le vocali, non come gli americani che dicono grazi invece che grazie.
@@marty8895 E DICE le "R" che gli americani se le mangiano e i cinesi le leggono come "L" !
Ah ah da non sottovalutare sta cosa !
@@mariorossi3615 Esatto! Le R le pronuncia benissimo. La parola cornetto l'ha detta in modo praticamente perfetto.
Good advice with the water amico mio!! Always keep hydrated when u come in Rome guys fill ur bottles from the fountains and have fun ❤❤
Carbonara with parmigiano on top is wrong in my region 😊 guess every region of Italy has different ways of making it.
Also, the pizza you had there is actually not big as you get when you go to a pizzeria, where they make just pizza and nothing else. Then you get one big round pizza all for you. That was sort of a taste, but that fresh basilico on top was super ❤
I am not surprised that Japan took on maritozzi. They are creamy, not too sweet (a delicious point of sweet for me), and very soft and fluffy.
As an Italian is a bit hilarious this video and hearing how he try to say some words in Italian 😄
7:03 and here that they help you with the speaking lol
8:00 I love the Lasagnas too it's my fav food😍
In theory the McDonald's in Italy is one of the best globally (cuz of a long story that I don't wanna put here, but you only have to know that we use only meat that is 💯 made in Italy) so now I'm curious to eat in a Japanese McDonald's! Hope in future I'll come to Japan (I really love Tokyo and Mountain Fuji. (Montagna Fuji) 🤩
bullshit
Love from Italy to japan, love you too
the cheese block you ate at mc donalds aka parmigiano is mostly used as a topping but many of us eat it like a marshmellow (you poke it with a fork and, over a fire can be any kind of fire) you rost it and it it its SOO SOO GOOD
George, every time I see your videos, you are always smiling with those perfectly white teeth and putting food in your mouth hahaha.
Man I don't know but your videos make me really hungry 😂
Do a tier list of all cuisine's per country at some point!
Oh ok! I’ll do that!
The beautiful thing about Italian food is that it changes if you go in other regions, like in Sicily or in Milan you will not find a suppli because is like a Rome exclusive, so for you to eat every Italian dish at it’s peak you would have to travel the whole thing xd.
I'm from Rome and that's actually a restaurant for tourists, so you can eat a lot way better in other places...
my brother in christ Roma Termini and stuff in Roma Centro are just baits for tourists. Usually a carbonara costs half of what you bought, and with bigger portions.
If you want to eat real stuff you need to go inside normal resturants outside the capital, trust me! The best places to go are "agriturismi", true rustic food, sometimes made Km0 with their farm!
You have to came in Napoli for a real pizza my friend.. The pizza in Rome is only a tomato-cheese biscuit... Came and see 👍
If you found good Tonnarello which is the biggest tourist trap in Rome imagine how good real Italian food is
il padrino George, Japan's godfather of food tasting and good times 🤣
😂
The moment you bite the ice cream...my teeth froze and my italian heart was crying
I wonder how the scale shows AFTER all that goodness XD Joking aside I'm glad you enjoyed them and believe me this is just the BEGINNING.. you need to tour whole Italy and discover all that you don't know yet !!!
I like the Italian food in America, but I'd really like to try the real deal.
everything looked good! (well, except the McDonald's lol)
I agree Japanese and Italian are equally good! Both number 1 on my list. Number 2 is Korean food.
Felice che il nostro cibo ti sia piaciuto. Noi Italiani possiamo avere tanti difetti, ma la cucina fortunatamente non é tra questi 😁
Very good. And you just scratched the surface ;)
Blessya George, it looks like you're having fun
I had a very good time there🇮🇹
The "lasagna" don't have cheese on it, is call "besciamella", is a french sauce.
Thanks for visit Italy, i hope you enjoyed your time, but next time, you have to try "cannelloni".
Cheers from Italy!
Looks like you are really enjoying the food & having great time! How many months have you traveled so far?
I had a very good time there🇮🇹 I’ve travelled for almost 10 months!
Sono Contento che hai provato il cibo italiano💙
Next time you should come Palermo because Sicily is considered the region in Italy with the best food
Of course in Italy each region thinks they have the best food, but actually to me, you are correct.
Happy to know that you enjoyed all our food! How many kg did you gain? 🤣
3rd! love this video :)
Thank you for watching!😊
As italian (Tuscany) i approve ❤
Maro' ! 😂
(From "madonna mia" , said by italian grandma. Mean literally "my saint Mary" ... Its just a popolar exclamation....like... I dont know...a "fun" exclamation: yabai 😅😂)
In this case
Maro'!
You had a lot of fun !
Noi italiani siamo contenti che tu abbia gradito il nostro cibo 😊! In effetti è il migliore del mondo intero 🍕😊🙋♀️
Great video! Too bad you couldn’t make it to Giolitti, the best ice cream place maybe in the world, but it has become too famous 😅. A few addresses for your subscribers:
Checco er il carretiere, in Trastevere, one of the best pasta restaurants
Pizza Monte Carlo, unique, typical Roman pizza, very different from the Napoli one
Pierluigi, a Roman institution for fish and Roman food, although it has become pricey and touristy but the food remains excellent, esp. melanzane parmegiani or spaghetti alle vongole
… and don’t miss at breakfast Il Forno, piazza Campo de Fiori, have fresh baked pizza bianca or rossa 😋 or, in a different style, i dolci di Nonna Vicenza, a pasticceria to die for!
Buon apetito… safe travels, and go for 1M subs!!!
about the food, if you want to try the real pizza you have to visit Naples because is there where the pizza was born (is in south italy), and also all the fried street food Naples has to offer; about the maritozzo, that is a dessert from Sicily not Rome, so if you want to try the real one go to Sicily
Lasagna and panzerotti aren't parte of Roman cousine. And "Pistacchio" is a sort of swindle 😀 real pistachio cream isn't green.
Thanks! You really did a good job! May I give you a suggestion? Don't look for the "real" Italian food in a railway station! And in "restaurants" that promise guitar accompaniment!! 😂😂😂
did you just bite the gelato!?!?! *SCREAMS IN TEETH SENSITIVITY*
Il love how he multiplies the Rs,so he's like marrrrrritozzo
The Cornetto recipe is slightly different from the French croissant.. and to have a real pizza you should go souther in Naples.. Roman pizza it's a crust :) btw welcome in Italy
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Japanese carbonara?!? :"D