Your first mistake was major chains. In America, the most authentic foreign food are hole in the wall places that look just slightly sketchy and are exactly 3.5 stars. That's the magic right there.
I’m in Rhode Island and I live down the street from a ramen shop. They collect pieces of art/notes left behind by customers and display them. One of the notes was written in Japanese, so I took a picture and sent it to my friend who is fluent in it. It basically said that the writer was afraid they wouldn’t be able to find authentic Japanese food after moving from Japan and that the food at this spot was near perfect and reminded them of home. It’s still hanging up and it makes me happy every time I see it.
@@HallucinogenicFX Ebisu! There’s 2 locations. One in Cranston, RI and one in Seakonk, RI. I live near the Cranston one, but my girlfriend says the Seakonk one is just as good.
Fun Fact: The California Roll was created in British Columbia Canada. Specifically Vancouver. A ton of filming is done in Vancouver and so Hollywood Executives would often eat Sushi there. The "California Roll" became really popular with these said Hollywood execs mainly due to the Nori (Seaweed) being hidden by the Rice, which was more appealing to westerners.
This is wild. I was at the Kura Sushi at the Glendale Galleria a few months back and pointed out to my girlfriend a person walking in that from the side looked like Ludwig. Now i am 90% sure that i was there across the restaurant when they filmed that video at Kura.
@@belablanck no but LA is a very expensive city therefore the prices are significantly higher than average Joey is doing nothing wrong making the comparison in LA however LA does not represent America in quality of food since there are so many native Japanese in Los Angeles
12:06 they do have those in Japan. My uncle in Yamagata took us to a Kura Sushi where you put your plates in the slot and every few plates you got a chance at winning a gachapon.
Yeah I think basically every Kura Sushi has it. They use it for collabs (last year in May it was Demon Slayer). They also had the closed containers on the belt, exactly because of the incident that Ludwig brought up.
Kura is definitely in Japan. They have way different dishes there though, but similar concept in us. Much, much cheaper in Japan and better quality.@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881
Looks like "Josh" doesn't go to cheap sushi. Kura Sushi is all over Japan and it's exactly the same. The shari is made by a kind of robot and the people just put the fish on top in most of the sushi. Look for the Worth it series in Japan. They interview one of the managers of one store of Kura Sushi.
Was in West LA for a little bit, Sawtelle was my go-to for Japanese food. Shin-sen-gumi and Daikokyua for ramen, Tsujita for tsukemen, Marugame Udon for well udon, Chinchikurin for okonomiyaki (hoepfully they've bounced back from the pandemic)
LA local here: There are imo better options than these places. Typically you're gonna want to go to either the older restaurants on Sawtelle - while avoiding the overhyped Instagram spots - or schlep to the South Bay (Gardena/Torrance). In particular, Yakitoriya on Sawtelle is where I take almost anyone who's visiting LA for the first time.
Yea, I agree. South Bay is the place to go. There’s a large Japanese expat community and the restaurants are many and legit. I live down here so I can’t be bothered to drive up to sawtelle for a smaller selection. Besides, I get to practice my Japanese here.
@@pczTV Oh yeah on average there's way more/better around the South Bay (if I lived closer to Izakaya Akatsuki I would eat there...way more often). But there are a couple of places on Sawtelle that I would put up there with the best.
For those like me who wanted the names of all these places in writing: Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen Izakaya Bizan Kura Sushi Men Oh Ramen Yazakawa Japanese BBQ
The best ramen in Paris is 13 euros for classic version and 20 euros for the chef version (they also win first place in a ramen competition last year), so 17 dollars seems pretty expensive ahah
@@oliviaspring9690 true that. I’m paying at least $10 for my usual cheap place in Manhattan Chinatown for roast pig over rice and that’s at least a 50% increase from what it was a decade ago
I find it interesting that Joey said that in Japan the sushi train restaurants don't have the slot for the plates, because the ONE sushi train place we ate at was Kura Sushi Otsu Nionoham near Kyoto and it was exactly this setup. Kura is a Japanese chain lol
The plate disposal is actually the answer to the law requiring a fresh plate every time you go to the buffet. You can’t have plates stacking up as it’s unsanitary. It was developed in Japan at a few conveyor belt sushi places and brought over. That disposal is connected directly with the dishwashing station right below the dining room. It’s quick and efficient.
Sapporo Revolving Sushi in Vegas (pretty good for conveyor belt sushi) still stacks the plates. The waiter comes grab them once they are 10+ high instead of all at the end though.
As someone who frequents going to LA, those are not good representatives for Japanese food in SoCal. Try any restaurant by Bishamon Group in Little Tokyo or Sawtelle which includes Daikokuya, Midoh, etc. Try going to Torrance as well. Some places around LA that I love include Izakaya Hachi, Shin Sen Gumi Yakitori, Wadatsumi, Pasta e Pasta and Yamaya Wagyu. Ajisen also ain't bad for ramen, they have been consistent throughout the years but feels less popular now. Chinchikurin is probably the only decent Hiroshima style okonomiyaki around LA but pretty over priced. But yeah, there's more Japanese run places in SoCal than you think! Please give a second chance :)
12:06 wait, they have those at くら寿司 in Japan. You put 5 plates for a chance to get something from the gacha! (also I feel like I've seen the covered sushi plates in kaiten sushi in Japan too?) edit: wait it is Kura Zushi lol
Which they have in Japan. I've eaten at the Kura in my state many times, but when my wife and I took a trip to Osaka last year we had to try the Kura there, and honestly? I actually enjoyed the American version slightly better. There was actually a greater variety of dishes in the USA version.
As for the Keitan Sushiya, a youtuber in Japan named Paolo from Tokyo, showed an automated sushi place with the same dish counting method. So it may just be a newer invention at certain places in Japan, just like it is there in LA.
Paolo's done videos at the Kura Sushi in Harajuku/Shibuya before. Same setup except I would argue the flow and menu items on the Kura's in Japan completely outshined the Kura's in the states. The Kura in the burbs out by me in Chicago are OK, but not as good as the Harajuku one I went to.
Kura was great for like the first year or two when they came to America, then the quality started falling off hard and the prices just kept rising and rising _-_
I had yoshinoya once after living in LA for 2 months and immediately hated it. I got orange chicken and it’s literally just chicken nuggets with mandarin sauce 💀
I've had Sushi like that with lid and a plate counter exactly like this in Tokyo and Osaka. It's a big chain, Kura sushi I think? They even had a Jujutsu Kaisen Gatcha for every 5 plates inserted. Edit: lol, I've been to this *exact* chain in Japan.
After finding some sushi places in the US ran by a sushi chef that at least trained in Japan (either because the chef is actually from Japan or at the very least, their advertisements say so), I can't really do sushi from other places, especially Kura sushi here. The worst offender I'm finding is the rice. It's like they take plain ol' calrose, pack it in, refrigerate it, and bring it out immediately to serve. The protein itself also being served at what seems like "right out of the fridge" temperatures is a problem as well. I don't know if this is some food safety thing but serving it refrigerator cold my chief complaint. There was a place in LA that served what I thought was really good sushi and the biggest thing they did was serve it closer to room temperature.
For Yoshinoya, I've noticed that once they closed all their other states (except CA) locations down, they've been really trying hard to copy panda express. I've also noticed that the main consumers of Yoshinoya are hispanics, so I think they cater their menu towards that demographic. Also they send out coupons for bogo bowls every month or so, but still, better to make that at home. For Kura, they have that in Japan. except ours are $3.75? per plate now. I haven't been there for a year, so it may have gone up since then. Japan has it for 130 yen per plate. Taste wise is similar, but the Japanese locations have more menu items and fugu.
I work next to a ramen place. It’s actually really good. I was stoked when I found out we had a decent ramen place IN GEORGIA of all places out in the sticks, not even in the city.
@@strikezrowThey have a ramen spot in Gainesville?! That’s the boonies! I am impressed! Most of the Asian restaurants are in the ethnoburbs of Gwinnett. I live in reynoldstown/midtown so our Asian food is average and overpriced.
You messed up not going to Tsujita for ramen - they're probably the best ramen (let alone tsukemen) in LA, and I'd venture to say they knock the socks off of many shops in Japan.
1:00 Gyudon beef bowl is a favorite fast Japanese food, but you have to travel around in the USA to find good ones. And steamed broccoli & cauliflower on top? Philistines! Pickled ginger (gari) goes on gyudon. A lot of it! Alternatively, serving spicy Korean bulgogi stir-fried with scallions, ginger, onions and/or mushrooms on rice is good as well.
The only actual difference between fantastic Japanese food I have in LA vs when I’m in Japan, is that the same quality of food you get at 5-star restaurants for $400 in LA you get for $40 in Japan. The $200 A/S-tier Japanese restaurants in LA can be found every 50 meters in Japan for $10.
11:55 The have both the covers and the plate slots in Japan, I was in Tokyo in November of 2023, so less than 2 months ago and that's where I experienced it for the first time. I didn't know we had sushi train here in Los Angeles, so that's something new to me. :D
communist hasan also popped up. they need to cut ties with him. loves preaching communism while enjoying the finer things peasants cant afford all his life
The Putting the dish into the table and also the openable capsules with the sushi in it is exactly the same system as the くら Sushi we visited in Shibuya had. They also had a mini gacha every 5 plates you put in where you could win like a free drink etc @The Anime Man
I wish Yoshinoya in Japan included more vegetables. Whenever I've traveled Japan I always felt like I wasn't eating nearly enough vegetables as I do at home.
6:09 the fact that THIS meal is considered junk food in japan is really the context needed here, and why japanese food is considered healthy over all. anything with veggies is automatically considered healthy + a lot of asians consider smth with rice a Meal anyway while western countries can get away with bread and jam.
Bro goes to Yoshinoya in America, doesnt ask for chopsticks, complains theres no chopsticks. Then orders a gyudon bowl with veggies, complains that there veggies. My dude, if you want something, order that, lmao. I go to Yoshinoya every once in a while in America and always get chopsticks and never get veggies. Edit- so he is judging American sushi by going to a discount, fast food sushi place? We have amazing high quality sushi places here that don't break the bank, I wish he chose to go to one of those, but I suppose it did not fit the pre-destined narrative.. Edit- he also chose a random ramen place too instead of one of the many superb options. Our good ramen places allow you to choose the noodle firmness, the oil levels, the broth fullness, basically all the things he complained about. They also have way better looking soft boiled eggs and chashu.
And tthe reason that soy sauce was so sweet at yoshinoya, was because thats not soy sauce. Yoshinoya uses ketchup packet sized packets that say soy sauce on it, or kikkoman brand containers in store. Edit- but the E rating was accurate, we know we're eating bottom tier when we go to Yoshinoya.
Love that you enjoyed some of our cuisine more than before! Next time, though, I would highly recommend trying the Japanese restaurants in Torrance, which is my go-to location for any Japanese food, due to the local Japanese community there. While I am a born-and-bred Japanese-American, Little Tokyo has quickly become a gentrified area that is no longer super traditionally Japanese. If nothing else, try Little Osaka, which is Sawtelle St. near Santa Monica. Thanks for the fun vid!
10:05 shes technically not wrong but its a similar situation to something like cup ramen being american invention. The burrito came about in northern mexico. Workers didnt always have plates so they started using flour tortillas as a way to hold the food. The name is derivative of "donkey" which historically wered used to carry luggage/equipment hence the "holding/carrying" the tortilla carries/holds the filling. While you can realistically fill a burrito with anything for it to qualify the "beans rice ground beef sour cream" burrito is the americanized version that isnt super common. Idealy when you order a burrito a mexican restaurant should ask wat style of meat youd like. If you go in and order a burrito and they go "coming right up" it should be sus af cus the whole point of the burrito is you can get any filling on it.
@@Luminousreign how is she correct then? the burrito like OP said is from mexico not america, americans may have a different spin on it but its still from mexico.
@@Luminousreign yea I mean that’s just not true lol, if I go to Mexico and order a burrito they may confuse it and just give me a taco because that’s how it is referred to there sometimes. But in Mexico I order a taco I get a real Mexican taco (corn tortilla, meat, cilantro, onion) not American (flour tortilla, ground beef, lettuce, etc) the same thing for burritos. I was just in Mexico in January. Idk where you got that from.
@@Luminousreign It’s true if I go to Australia they will probably give me the American version of the taco. But it’s not true that mexico is going to alter the original taco because of what is popular overseas. Again if I order a taco in Mexico they give me a real mexican taco not an American one. Same way a California roll is big in america and if I go to Japan it’ll be hard to find one if at all.
It sucks that Joey only was in LA because there are (not many) some insanely good sushi restaurants outside of it (not saying LA is some utopia of sushi or something)
Honestly a more accurate experience might be in the middle of nowhere lol. I live in pennsyltucky, but we have a couple Asian restaurants within a decent drive. There’s a place (Blue Koi in Hanover ) that serves Asian cuisine that does sushi, and it’s the best thing around. Not drenched in sauce, I’ve never had a bad fish (which other places have let me down on before) and the rice is soft. Downside is it is expensive, 7$ for a set of 8 rolls. It’s totally worth it though especially with lunch prices. There’s a convenient ramen place in Gettysburg square but I can’t have ramen lol. It’s a small family thing it looks like, and my fiance likes it. They do sushi which was ok. It’s nice to visit on a cold day walk. My fiance and I are going on a longer drive to an event outside Harrisburg and there’s a sushi place where you can order as much as you want for one price but you cannot leave leftovers or you pay extra. The sushi is good but definitely sometimes I get something not great. But worth it for the price if you want A LOT of sushi. People around here also really like hibachi.
Was a little surprised Joey didn't yell at Ludwig for dunking his sushi rice first in to the soy sauce, he held his sushi snobbery in check for his friend.
Me and my Siblings love trying all the different restaurants in Little Tokyo in LA. We visit there every 2 weeks or so, and aside from the Anime merch I and siblings tend to buy, the food is wonderful and tastes good. There is actually a restaurant that my Siblings Love to death call Otoro Sushi they said it was the best sushi they ever had. Although its expensive and I don't eat much there, I'm happy I get the see Siblings look so happy eating there. It has great service and atmosphere would recommend trying out Otoro Sushi Joey
Joey. Hows the anime survey coming along? Are you going to make a video on it or just formulate a twitter results post or something? Love the clothing line man.
Santouka in the Mitsuwa have really good Shio and Shoyu ramen. Tsujita in Sawtelle has decent tsukemon. Torimatsu is my to go to place first Yakitori in Gardena. Fukagawa is my place for Japanese comfort food. Tsuruhashi in Fountain Valley is my favorite for yakiniku. What I wish we had in Los Angeles is Suki-Ya like the ones in Japan. The yoshinoya here are just sad.
The place he went to with Hasan is the only type of place Id expect to have good food. I typically go to locally owned restaurants, no chains, especially when it comes to Japanese food. If you want an authentic experience overseas you have to go somewhere putting the time into importing the right ingredients and preparing them properly. I like a single Japanese place back home near Boston. Fresh fish, sushi made right in front of you, and a killer whisky selection. Same thing where I live now there are only two truly authentic places worth going to.
All these young people forget that Japan was once way more expensive than the USA. I traveled to Japan first during the 80s, and let me tell you, Japan was way more expensive than the USA. I was shocked how much the food alone was. The hotels were sky high. Everything. Very few Americans could travel to Japan during that era. Today, Japan is affordable to American tourists. The following happened… The Japanese asset price bubble (バブル景気, baburu keiki, lit. 'bubble economy') was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. In early 1992, this price bubble burst and Japan's economy stagnated. So don’t blame the USA, it’s all on Japan.
RAMENYA. You need to go to Ramenya and get the Asianya Tan Tan Men. It's the best ramen I've had in my life. I go to a lot of ramen places trying to find it. It's very hard to find a good tan tan men, as you probably already know. I've search Chicago, Portland, and every other city I visit trying to find this and no one can do it like Ramenya. You've got to try it! I forgot to add, it's on Gateway Blvd off of Barrington
My favorite ramen place is Santouka inside Mitsuwa Marketplace (Costa Mesa location is my favorite). They have different ramen sets and 3 different bowl sizes.
Announcing your haircut in a sponsored section is one way to go about it. Bro jumpscared me because my brain was like, "who is this person" for a moment.
I had a great experience with Kura Sushi also it was my first time trying the conveyors belt sushi and grabbing the plates for my friend was so fun. I only grab the fish, shrimp and eel sushi.
Ya the sauce you got with the gyoza wasnt soy sauce, its a dumpling sauce places give with them. Its supposed to have a slight sweet taste to it. I prefer using something else for mine. Oh and the first restaurant I would also consider a fast food version of japanese food. Never expect it to good lol
From personal experience, the best Japanese restaurant with basics is Kino Sushi in Hollywood on Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas. Best ramen I’ve ever had is from there.
Also, as an American born person who grew up in the Midwest, average American sushi is meh compared to what I can get in Japan. For the same price, in my opinion, I can get better in Osaka. So I'm comparing Osaka average sushi to Midwest sushi. The only time I've had sushi in America that I thought was amazing was two specialty omakase places. I'm Boston and New York, so it makes sense. I haven't had sushi in California, and I know it can be better quality than Midwest. But I find that it's so much easier for me to get good sushi for a good price in Osaka than I can in the Midwest, or most of America. Also, America is good at making American style sushi. But I have seems Japanese style sushi in the Midwest. And again, I know the Midwest tends to be lacking more than the West and East Coast. So I'm comparing my experiences between Midwest and Kansai. So I really think it depends from person to person, region to region.
Maybe it’s a sign of the time since you were in the States filming this last year, but everywhere now in Japan has coverings on Sushi and the self disposing plate system is a thing in くら寿司
the sushi at that conveyor place looks horrible😩💀😂 I would be SO disappointed. Ludwig's descriptions also make it seem bad even though he was saying they do it right?😭😂
Joey talking about $17 ramen being expensive. Me walking away with my $20 ramen bowl 😳 (I'm in Washington, btw here it really depends where you go. It can be $13-$28)
I live in a minor US city, and you can find Japanese food as good as Japan at several independent restaurants and shops, just expect to pay 2x to 3x the price you would pay in Japan
Joey, my dude, we consider donuts to be an okay food to give kids for breakfast. Of course we know it's junk xD Also the best Japanese place near me is a hibachi grill. The isekaya looks really good though.
@@georgeschweikert8768Los Angeles is in america therefore he tried japanese food in america. Notice how you added a "all of america" at the end of your braindead sentence that he didn't? that's your presumption.
I don't know if it's because I've been watching you for so long. And I'm just so used to seeing you with long hair. That when the commercial part popped up and there was A "you "next to another You ..for just a split second the short haircut you looks like a completely different human.
It's true that the kaiten sushi place most often don't have disposable plates, but KuraSushi in Japan does have it. I've been in Japan for 2 years now, and so it's been like that since I've been here. But I don't know when Joey filmed this video. And I also doubt he goes to Kura sushi recently, so he probs just didn't know
Based off this video it just seems like Joey’s never been to Kura Sushi ever. Those lids are one of the two things Kura Sushi’s best known for. They patented those lids like decades ago.
Your first mistake was major chains. In America, the most authentic foreign food are hole in the wall places that look just slightly sketchy and are exactly 3.5 stars. That's the magic right there.
Only locals of those areas will have the faith and courage to go to such restaurants
I second this notion!
The same logic applies with Canada
Might have to respectfully disagree. I don’t trust the general public’s opinion about good authentic food 😂
@@sinew1000nah cause when they’re super expensive people feel the need to give 5 stars to cover up the buyer’s remorse of ~3 star quality experience.
I’m in Rhode Island and I live down the street from a ramen shop. They collect pieces of art/notes left behind by customers and display them. One of the notes was written in Japanese, so I took a picture and sent it to my friend who is fluent in it. It basically said that the writer was afraid they wouldn’t be able to find authentic Japanese food after moving from Japan and that the food at this spot was near perfect and reminded them of home. It’s still hanging up and it makes me happy every time I see it.
What's the name of the shop? TRYING TO EAT
@@HallucinogenicFX Ebisu! There’s 2 locations. One in Cranston, RI and one in Seakonk, RI. I live near the Cranston one, but my girlfriend says the Seakonk one is just as good.
Ebisu hired me and lets me go the same day because I was trying to cook in the kitchen😂😂
Damn. I was hoping it'd be a warning note not to come 😂
with joey's current hair cut, he's really leaning into that bollywood actor look
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He should switch to a different barber, that haircut does not suit him 💀
bro got that indian adobe illustrator tutorial guy look
I swear in the sponsor segment he's cosplaying as a Bangladeshi man
Idk the haircut looks cool on him
Fun Fact:
The California Roll was created in British Columbia Canada. Specifically Vancouver. A ton of filming is done in Vancouver and so Hollywood Executives would often eat Sushi there.
The "California Roll" became really popular with these said Hollywood execs mainly due to the Nori (Seaweed) being hidden by the Rice, which was more appealing to westerners.
canada has a history of naming things after other places so no one blames them
For some reason, the first time I saw California roll I knew it was not created in Japan
Canada is also the origin for Hawaiian Pizza, and Ketchup chips.
i wonder if that's saying anything @@basicwitchz 😂
Also the London Fog @@basicwitchz
This is wild. I was at the Kura Sushi at the Glendale Galleria a few months back and pointed out to my girlfriend a person walking in that from the side looked like Ludwig. Now i am 90% sure that i was there across the restaurant when they filmed that video at Kura.
That is extremely lucky to have come across Ludwig. Nice!
@@skyfemboywhy?
Joey should make this a series imo trying Japanese foods in different countries
Yes! But both chains and hole in the wall spots across the world.
He should go to Brazil first. Specifically Sao Paulo
@@frequentlyoffline3917 Yeah, i can see he starting with sushi and ending in a steakhouse. 😆
Do Australia but include different cities.
Should be titled I tried Japanese food in Los Angeles
But the RUclips thumbnail looks better
This isn’t not a fair comparison especially considering Los Angeles massive Japanese population
Have it like "I had """""""""""""""""Japanese"""""""""""""""" food in America" 😂
Does he need to try every state before he can title it ''in America''?
@@belablanck no but LA is a very expensive city therefore the prices are significantly higher than average Joey is doing nothing wrong making the comparison in LA however LA does not represent America in quality of food since there are so many native Japanese in Los Angeles
15:50 lud with the "say it in Japanese i can translate" absolutely killed me off
12:06 they do have those in Japan. My uncle in Yamagata took us to a Kura Sushi where you put your plates in the slot and every few plates you got a chance at winning a gachapon.
Yeah I think basically every Kura Sushi has it. They use it for collabs (last year in May it was Demon Slayer). They also had the closed containers on the belt, exactly because of the incident that Ludwig brought up.
Yes, for more than 10 years it's quite normal in Japan.
Wait they have one over there? I thought it was one of those inspired by x country chains
Kura is definitely in Japan. They have way different dishes there though, but similar concept in us. Much, much cheaper in Japan and better quality.@@pheunithpsychic-watertype9881
Looks like "Josh" doesn't go to cheap sushi. Kura Sushi is all over Japan and it's exactly the same. The shari is made by a kind of robot and the people just put the fish on top in most of the sushi. Look for the Worth it series in Japan. They interview one of the managers of one store of Kura Sushi.
Was in West LA for a little bit, Sawtelle was my go-to for Japanese food. Shin-sen-gumi and Daikokyua for ramen, Tsujita for tsukemen, Marugame Udon for well udon, Chinchikurin for okonomiyaki (hoepfully they've bounced back from the pandemic)
they have! there's always a queue when i walk past them all
OMGGG i'll be in the sawtelle area this weekend, i am so happy i saw your comment XD
Thanks for the suggestions!
Have you tried marugame monzo in Little Tokyo?
Yeah Shin Sen Gumi is amazing 👏
LA local here:
There are imo better options than these places. Typically you're gonna want to go to either the older restaurants on Sawtelle - while avoiding the overhyped Instagram spots - or schlep to the South Bay (Gardena/Torrance). In particular, Yakitoriya on Sawtelle is where I take almost anyone who's visiting LA for the first time.
Yea, I agree. South Bay is the place to go. There’s a large Japanese expat community and the restaurants are many and legit. I live down here so I can’t be bothered to drive up to sawtelle for a smaller selection. Besides, I get to practice my Japanese here.
@@pczTV Oh yeah on average there's way more/better around the South Bay (if I lived closer to Izakaya Akatsuki I would eat there...way more often). But there are a couple of places on Sawtelle that I would put up there with the best.
What are you talking about?! This represents all of the America's
@cristianbravo2072 thank you! 😊
South Bay has the best Sushi. The Uni is fresh because they get it from the tide pools in South Bay.
Seeing Violet Myers on this channel is the most random thing I’ve seen today 😭
Same
Anime man put in that work 💪
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Her link in the description is staying blue while I'm at work.
If Connor has Kaho, Joey deserves his own AV feature.
Ludwig: "It's so good" while looking like dying inside lmao
I hate as a fellow Mexican to tell the Mexican girl that burritos were invented in Chihuahua, Mexico in 1910.
Right??? What she on about? LMAO 😂 the second-hand embarrassment i felt when she CONFIDENTLY said that LOL
For those like me who wanted the names of all these places in writing:
Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen
Izakaya Bizan
Kura Sushi
Men Oh Ramen
Yazakawa Japanese BBQ
OMG THANK YOU
The best ramen in Paris is 13 euros for classic version and 20 euros for the chef version (they also win first place in a ramen competition last year), so 17 dollars seems pretty expensive ahah
13 euro is expensive aswell
In NYC, ramen is minimum $16 to $18
@@GDIGhostStalkeryeah but literally any food from a restaurant in the city is super expensive
@@oliviaspring9690 true that. I’m paying at least $10 for my usual cheap place in Manhattan Chinatown for roast pig over rice and that’s at least a 50% increase from what it was a decade ago
Kodawari ramen 🤤🤤
I find it interesting that Joey said that in Japan the sushi train restaurants don't have the slot for the plates, because the ONE sushi train place we ate at was Kura Sushi Otsu Nionoham near Kyoto and it was exactly this setup. Kura is a Japanese chain lol
The plate disposal is actually the answer to the law requiring a fresh plate every time you go to the buffet. You can’t have plates stacking up as it’s unsanitary. It was developed in Japan at a few conveyor belt sushi places and brought over. That disposal is connected directly with the dishwashing station right below the dining room. It’s quick and efficient.
Sapporo Revolving Sushi in Vegas (pretty good for conveyor belt sushi) still stacks the plates. The waiter comes grab them once they are 10+ high instead of all at the end though.
As someone who frequents going to LA, those are not good representatives for Japanese food in SoCal. Try any restaurant by Bishamon Group in Little Tokyo or Sawtelle which includes Daikokuya, Midoh, etc. Try going to Torrance as well. Some places around LA that I love include Izakaya Hachi, Shin Sen Gumi Yakitori, Wadatsumi, Pasta e Pasta and Yamaya Wagyu. Ajisen also ain't bad for ramen, they have been consistent throughout the years but feels less popular now. Chinchikurin is probably the only decent Hiroshima style okonomiyaki around LA but pretty over priced. But yeah, there's more Japanese run places in SoCal than you think! Please give a second chance :)
Midoh is my go to for curry katsu in SoCal
12:06 wait, they have those at くら寿司 in Japan. You put 5 plates for a chance to get something from the gacha! (also I feel like I've seen the covered sushi plates in kaiten sushi in Japan too?)
edit: wait it is Kura Zushi lol
Which they have in Japan. I've eaten at the Kura in my state many times, but when my wife and I took a trip to Osaka last year we had to try the Kura there, and honestly? I actually enjoyed the American version slightly better. There was actually a greater variety of dishes in the USA version.
11:28 They should try the spicy miso at Tsujita instead of the tsukemen, it's a game-changer!
not Joey explaining bukkake to Violet💀
He had to demonstrate for her to really understand 😂
There's also another food related act called the "Ekiben"
She probably doesn’t know the literal definition
considering that im pretty sure shes a pStar i doubt it @@ericgonzalez6980
I think it's a given now that all this 'stuff' are named after food.
11:58 Joey's never been to Kura sushi eh
He only goes to high end restaurants these days. He’s lost touch SMH 😔
same, was shocked he said that 😂
@@lukeoughton977 oh as if you or I wouldn't if we could afford to.
As for the Keitan Sushiya, a youtuber in Japan named Paolo from Tokyo, showed an automated sushi place with the same dish counting method. So it may just be a newer invention at certain places in Japan, just like it is there in LA.
Paolo's done videos at the Kura Sushi in Harajuku/Shibuya before. Same setup except I would argue the flow and menu items on the Kura's in Japan completely outshined the Kura's in the states. The Kura in the burbs out by me in Chicago are OK, but not as good as the Harajuku one I went to.
It's not new at all we already have that system like 10+ years ago and it's just because Kura zushi patents that as i remember
Ludwig is always willing to die for content
Ramen wise, Hachioji and 大黒家 (Daikokuya) is GOAT in Little Tokyo, always got a big line at Daikokuya
The best in LA and as great as anything you can get in Japan.
No one actually goes to yoshinoya and Kura sushi. They're traps we set up for japanese content creators.
Kura was great for like the first year or two when they came to America, then the quality started falling off hard and the prices just kept rising and rising _-_
Literally not true. Yoshinoya is everywhere in my city; it's just a different flavor of panda express. People love it.
Kura sushi is horrible even in Japan lol
I had yoshinoya once after living in LA for 2 months and immediately hated it. I got orange chicken and it’s literally just chicken nuggets with mandarin sauce 💀
The Kura in my town is pretty good. I go every few weeks. It's not the best but for the price is solid.
Yeahhh the price thing is a big problem. It's amazing to see the prices you guys get in Japan honestly.
I've had Sushi like that with lid and a plate counter exactly like this in Tokyo and Osaka. It's a big chain, Kura sushi I think? They even had a Jujutsu Kaisen Gatcha for every 5 plates inserted.
Edit: lol, I've been to this *exact* chain in Japan.
They had it in every sushi chain I've been to. Idk what Joey is on about here.
@@officialdarrenzheng Sushiro doesn't have it I think, but yeah lots of them do.
Kura Sushi patented those lids years ago. It’s called Mr. Fresh.
After finding some sushi places in the US ran by a sushi chef that at least trained in Japan (either because the chef is actually from Japan or at the very least, their advertisements say so), I can't really do sushi from other places, especially Kura sushi here.
The worst offender I'm finding is the rice. It's like they take plain ol' calrose, pack it in, refrigerate it, and bring it out immediately to serve. The protein itself also being served at what seems like "right out of the fridge" temperatures is a problem as well. I don't know if this is some food safety thing but serving it refrigerator cold my chief complaint. There was a place in LA that served what I thought was really good sushi and the biggest thing they did was serve it closer to room temperature.
Dad came back with food.
Cringe
@@pickthestickup saying cringe is cringe...
@@riruru4119 circular logic is cringe
For Yoshinoya, I've noticed that once they closed all their other states (except CA) locations down, they've been really trying hard to copy panda express. I've also noticed that the main consumers of Yoshinoya are hispanics, so I think they cater their menu towards that demographic. Also they send out coupons for bogo bowls every month or so, but still, better to make that at home.
For Kura, they have that in Japan. except ours are $3.75? per plate now. I haven't been there for a year, so it may have gone up since then. Japan has it for 130 yen per plate. Taste wise is similar, but the Japanese locations have more menu items and fugu.
The bogo bowl coupons used to be worth it. Nowadays with inflation, not sure anymore.
I work next to a ramen place. It’s actually really good. I was stoked when I found out we had a decent ramen place IN GEORGIA of all places out in the sticks, not even in the city.
Whats it called
Same here, but in TN
@@kumar01234 Bro I just eat there I don't remember the name... lol
It's in the city of Gainesville, so that should SERIOUSLY limit the options.
Jinya’s the best 💁🏻♀️ way better than Ichiran or Ippudo in Japan
@@strikezrowThey have a ramen spot in Gainesville?! That’s the boonies! I am impressed! Most of the Asian restaurants are in the ethnoburbs of Gwinnett. I live in reynoldstown/midtown so our Asian food is average and overpriced.
Im visiting Japan for the first time next month. Im so excited and nervous. I love the video Joey!
I just returned a few days ago from Japan, I think you’ll love it !
You should check out the Sawtelle area in LA next time. There's a lot of great spots over there.
Next place in Canada? 🧐 I would like to have good recommandations 😂 Great video, the editing was on point
You messed up not going to Tsujita for ramen - they're probably the best ramen (let alone tsukemen) in LA, and I'd venture to say they knock the socks off of many shops in Japan.
Ah so that's what Bukkake means. Thanks Joey!
The again, a lot of that...'stuff' are named after food.
@@wchan39 For example?
@@eraba661 Oyakodon.
James Franco popped in my head so fast
Finally a main channel video!!🔥🔥
1:00 Gyudon beef bowl is a favorite fast Japanese food, but you have to travel around in the USA to find good ones. And steamed broccoli & cauliflower on top? Philistines! Pickled ginger (gari) goes on gyudon. A lot of it! Alternatively, serving spicy Korean bulgogi stir-fried with scallions, ginger, onions and/or mushrooms on rice is good as well.
The only actual difference between fantastic Japanese food I have in LA vs when I’m in Japan, is that the same quality of food you get at 5-star restaurants for $400 in LA you get for $40 in Japan. The $200 A/S-tier Japanese restaurants in LA can be found every 50 meters in Japan for $10.
11:55 The have both the covers and the plate slots in Japan, I was in Tokyo in November of 2023, so less than 2 months ago and that's where I experienced it for the first time. I didn't know we had sushi train here in Los Angeles, so that's something new to me. :D
did not expect violet myers to pop up lol
communist hasan also popped up. they need to cut ties with him. loves preaching communism while enjoying the finer things peasants cant afford all his life
The Putting the dish into the table and also the openable capsules with the sushi in it is exactly the same system as the くら Sushi we visited in Shibuya had. They also had a mini gacha every 5 plates you put in where you could win like a free drink etc @The Anime Man
my neighborhood has a Japanese restaurant that has a takeout bar, the tuna slices is delicious.
Joey casually walking in from the right tellin me about HSR, is this best thing i never knew i wanted
I wish Yoshinoya in Japan included more vegetables. Whenever I've traveled Japan I always felt like I wasn't eating nearly enough vegetables as I do at home.
Watching Ludwig and Joey at the revolving sushi restaurant just take the entire trays off the belt made me spit out my drink laughing. 🤣
How many adult film starts does Joey know hahahaha
6:09 the fact that THIS meal is considered junk food in japan is really the context needed here, and why japanese food is considered healthy over all. anything with veggies is automatically considered healthy + a lot of asians consider smth with rice a Meal anyway while western countries can get away with bread and jam.
Bro goes to Yoshinoya in America, doesnt ask for chopsticks, complains theres no chopsticks. Then orders a gyudon bowl with veggies, complains that there veggies. My dude, if you want something, order that, lmao. I go to Yoshinoya every once in a while in America and always get chopsticks and never get veggies.
Edit- so he is judging American sushi by going to a discount, fast food sushi place? We have amazing high quality sushi places here that don't break the bank, I wish he chose to go to one of those, but I suppose it did not fit the pre-destined narrative..
Edit- he also chose a random ramen place too instead of one of the many superb options. Our good ramen places allow you to choose the noodle firmness, the oil levels, the broth fullness, basically all the things he complained about. They also have way better looking soft boiled eggs and chashu.
And tthe reason that soy sauce was so sweet at yoshinoya, was because thats not soy sauce. Yoshinoya uses ketchup packet sized packets that say soy sauce on it, or kikkoman brand containers in store.
Edit- but the E rating was accurate, we know we're eating bottom tier when we go to Yoshinoya.
Love that you enjoyed some of our cuisine more than before! Next time, though, I would highly recommend trying the Japanese restaurants in Torrance, which is my go-to location for any Japanese food, due to the local Japanese community there. While I am a born-and-bred Japanese-American, Little Tokyo has quickly become a gentrified area that is no longer super traditionally Japanese. If nothing else, try Little Osaka, which is Sawtelle St. near Santa Monica. Thanks for the fun vid!
He snubbed every place lol. 😅
12:37 OMG, when Joey pulled the whole damn thing off the belt, I cringe laughed soooooo hard, like wtf bro LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
10:05 shes technically not wrong but its a similar situation to something like cup ramen being american invention.
The burrito came about in northern mexico. Workers didnt always have plates so they started using flour tortillas as a way to hold the food. The name is derivative of "donkey" which historically wered used to carry luggage/equipment hence the "holding/carrying" the tortilla carries/holds the filling.
While you can realistically fill a burrito with anything for it to qualify the "beans rice ground beef sour cream" burrito is the americanized version that isnt super common.
Idealy when you order a burrito a mexican restaurant should ask wat style of meat youd like. If you go in and order a burrito and they go "coming right up" it should be sus af cus the whole point of the burrito is you can get any filling on it.
Yeah she was totally wrong, tipican American behaviour
@@Luminousreign how is she correct then? the burrito like OP said is from mexico not america, americans may have a different spin on it but its still from mexico.
so shes not "technically not wrong" she was just wrong, the burrito comes from mexico not america
@@Luminousreign yea I mean that’s just not true lol, if I go to Mexico and order a burrito they may confuse it and just give me a taco because that’s how it is referred to there sometimes. But in Mexico I order a taco I get a real Mexican taco (corn tortilla, meat, cilantro, onion) not American (flour tortilla, ground beef, lettuce, etc) the same thing for burritos. I was just in Mexico in January. Idk where you got that from.
@@Luminousreign It’s true if I go to Australia they will probably give me the American version of the taco. But it’s not true that mexico is going to alter the original taco because of what is popular overseas. Again if I order a taco in Mexico they give me a real mexican taco not an American one. Same way a California roll is big in america and if I go to Japan it’ll be hard to find one if at all.
It sucks that Joey only was in LA because there are (not many) some insanely good sushi restaurants outside of it (not saying LA is some utopia of sushi or something)
Honestly a more accurate experience might be in the middle of nowhere lol.
I live in pennsyltucky, but we have a couple Asian restaurants within a decent drive. There’s a place (Blue Koi in Hanover ) that serves Asian cuisine that does sushi, and it’s the best thing around. Not drenched in sauce, I’ve never had a bad fish (which other places have let me down on before) and the rice is soft. Downside is it is expensive, 7$ for a set of 8 rolls. It’s totally worth it though especially with lunch prices.
There’s a convenient ramen place in Gettysburg square but I can’t have ramen lol. It’s a small family thing it looks like, and my fiance likes it. They do sushi which was ok. It’s nice to visit on a cold day walk.
My fiance and I are going on a longer drive to an event outside Harrisburg and there’s a sushi place where you can order as much as you want for one price but you cannot leave leftovers or you pay extra. The sushi is good but definitely sometimes I get something not great. But worth it for the price if you want A LOT of sushi.
People around here also really like hibachi.
Hello fellow PA !!! I live near Hanover so this was a wild comment to find lol !! Small world !! [:
Ludwig looks like he’s being held at gun point every time he says “it’s good.”
Was a little surprised Joey didn't yell at Ludwig for dunking his sushi rice first in to the soy sauce, he held his sushi snobbery in check for his friend.
Me and my Siblings love trying all the different restaurants in Little Tokyo in LA. We visit there every 2 weeks or so, and aside from the Anime merch I and siblings tend to buy, the food is wonderful and tastes good. There is actually a restaurant that my Siblings Love to death call Otoro Sushi they said it was the best sushi they ever had. Although its expensive and I don't eat much there, I'm happy I get the see Siblings look so happy eating there. It has great service and atmosphere would recommend trying out Otoro Sushi Joey
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Joey. Hows the anime survey coming along? Are you going to make a video on it or just formulate a twitter results post or something?
Love the clothing line man.
1:08 my boy Nakau is the real king of beef bowl
Santouka in the Mitsuwa have really good Shio and Shoyu ramen.
Tsujita in Sawtelle has decent tsukemon.
Torimatsu is my to go to place first Yakitori in Gardena.
Fukagawa is my place for Japanese comfort food.
Tsuruhashi in Fountain Valley is my favorite for yakiniku.
What I wish we had in Los Angeles is Suki-Ya like the ones in Japan. The yoshinoya here are just sad.
I just wish we could get this for places that aren't LA, since a vast majority of the country doesn't have access to the LA food scene.
The place he went to with Hasan is the only type of place Id expect to have good food. I typically go to locally owned restaurants, no chains, especially when it comes to Japanese food.
If you want an authentic experience overseas you have to go somewhere putting the time into importing the right ingredients and preparing them properly.
I like a single Japanese place back home near Boston. Fresh fish, sushi made right in front of you, and a killer whisky selection. Same thing where I live now there are only two truly authentic places worth going to.
Do you know what that last spot is called?
All these young people forget that Japan was once way more expensive than the USA. I traveled to Japan first during the 80s, and let me tell you, Japan was way more expensive than the USA. I was shocked how much the food alone was. The hotels were sky high. Everything. Very few Americans could travel to Japan during that era. Today, Japan is affordable to American tourists.
The following happened…
The Japanese asset price bubble (バブル景気, baburu keiki, lit. 'bubble economy') was an economic bubble in Japan from 1986 to 1991 in which real estate and stock market prices were greatly inflated. In early 1992, this price bubble burst and Japan's economy stagnated. So don’t blame the USA, it’s all on Japan.
Kura Sushi has the same plate disposal system in Japan bro. Also try their rice cola, it's interesting 😁
RAMENYA. You need to go to Ramenya and get the Asianya Tan Tan Men. It's the best ramen I've had in my life. I go to a lot of ramen places trying to find it. It's very hard to find a good tan tan men, as you probably already know. I've search Chicago, Portland, and every other city I visit trying to find this and no one can do it like Ramenya. You've got to try it! I forgot to add, it's on Gateway Blvd off of Barrington
My favorite ramen place is Santouka inside Mitsuwa Marketplace (Costa Mesa location is my favorite). They have different ramen sets and 3 different bowl sizes.
If you're ever in Portland the best tonkotsu ramen you can get outside of Japan is at Kinboshi right off Burnside (ankeny)
we have seen all of the most random type of guests in one video epic
Announcing your haircut in a sponsored section is one way to go about it.
Bro jumpscared me because my brain was like, "who is this person" for a moment.
I had a great experience with Kura Sushi also it was my first time trying the conveyors belt sushi and grabbing the plates for my friend was so fun. I only grab the fish, shrimp and eel sushi.
Ya the sauce you got with the gyoza wasnt soy sauce, its a dumpling sauce places give with them. Its supposed to have a slight sweet taste to it. I prefer using something else for mine. Oh and the first restaurant I would also consider a fast food version of japanese food. Never expect it to good lol
From personal experience, the best Japanese restaurant with basics is Kino Sushi in Hollywood on Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas. Best ramen I’ve ever had is from there.
3:50 AnimeMan approved. I liked when your did ad like this, cuz most of the time many ytbers did typical ads
Also, as an American born person who grew up in the Midwest, average American sushi is meh compared to what I can get in Japan. For the same price, in my opinion, I can get better in Osaka. So I'm comparing Osaka average sushi to Midwest sushi. The only time I've had sushi in America that I thought was amazing was two specialty omakase places. I'm Boston and New York, so it makes sense. I haven't had sushi in California, and I know it can be better quality than Midwest. But I find that it's so much easier for me to get good sushi for a good price in Osaka than I can in the Midwest, or most of America.
Also, America is good at making American style sushi. But I have seems Japanese style sushi in the Midwest. And again, I know the Midwest tends to be lacking more than the West and East Coast. So I'm comparing my experiences between Midwest and Kansai. So I really think it depends from person to person, region to region.
Nice to see your review of these places! That Bizan Izakaya is one I'd want to try out. The classy yakiniku one as well. 👍
Bummed he didn't try any of the much better legit spots in Gardena/Torrance area for Japanese food.
Maybe it’s a sign of the time since you were in the States filming this last year, but everywhere now in Japan has coverings on Sushi and the self disposing plate system is a thing in くら寿司
the sushi at that conveyor place looks horrible😩💀😂 I would be SO disappointed. Ludwig's descriptions also make it seem bad even though he was saying they do it right?😭😂
Joey talking about $17 ramen being expensive.
Me walking away with my $20 ramen bowl 😳
(I'm in Washington, btw here it really depends where you go. It can be $13-$28)
My man joey, the sushi place you went its here in Japan as well. Kurazushi and other chain ten has similar setup as that shop you went lol
Lubween is such a pro when the cam is on.
Joey, you need to learn about sushi chain in Japan. They do have things you said they don't have it in Japan.
+1
I live in a minor US city, and you can find Japanese food as good as Japan at several independent restaurants and shops, just expect to pay 2x to 3x the price you would pay in Japan
5:10 bro has never had soul food or cajun food 😭🙏
Joey, my dude, we consider donuts to be an okay food to give kids for breakfast. Of course we know it's junk xD Also the best Japanese place near me is a hibachi grill. The isekaya looks really good though.
I went to Kura a month ago and their uni looked and probably tasted way better than what you got
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Apparently Los Angeles is representative of all of America now.
That was never implied.
@@Ser_Jorah It was implied when the title said "in America" but he only had food in Los Angeles.
🤓☝️ he also didnt try EVERY japanese food, such fabrication
@@georgeschweikert8768Los Angeles is in america therefore he tried japanese food in america. Notice how you added a "all of america" at the end of your braindead sentence that he didn't? that's your presumption.
Honestly kurasushi in Japan is similar to this, sanitary cups over the plates, can dispose the plates at the table in the same way, etc.
I don't know if it's because I've been watching you for so long. And I'm just so used to seeing you with long hair. That when the commercial part popped up and there was A "you "next to another You ..for just a split second the short haircut you looks like a completely different human.
I really love this new editing style.
LA 👏 prices 👏 are 👏 not 👏 American 👏 prices 👏
Why you clapping tho
It's true that the kaiten sushi place most often don't have disposable plates, but KuraSushi in Japan does have it. I've been in Japan for 2 years now, and so it's been like that since I've been here. But I don't know when Joey filmed this video. And I also doubt he goes to Kura sushi recently, so he probs just didn't know
Based off this video it just seems like Joey’s never been to Kura Sushi ever. Those lids are one of the two things Kura Sushi’s best known for. They patented those lids like decades ago.
You should join Garnt and Sydney in Milwaukee and check out the food
“The US knows how to make sushi”
Puts cream cheese in the rolls and food quality so so much lower… no, not really.
Eel is one of the few things that I've never had a bad version of in US sushi restaurants. It's so damn good
Joey was ready to throw hands when Ludwig said sushi in Japan not that good..🤣