UNLIMITED WAGYU Beef Hotpot & BEST MUST TRY Katsu in Tokyo Japan

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My hotel is near Tsukiji Market. So here, again, there's so much food to eat here. I know it's a little touristy. I love it here though. Starting out with something I've been eyeing for a while. This is an A5 Wagyu skewer covered in uni for about $3,000. It's about a $20 skewer. I got the cheapest cut of Wagyu. That thing is still like butter. That's just the ultimate surf and turf. Huge, beefy, buttery flavor with that creamy, creamy, briny uni. I know it's a little, it looks a little gimmicky with the uni sitting on top of the Wagyu, but the butter of the land combined with the butter of the sea, not bad. And I want to find a place that's selling real crab with all that miso inside. This place is obviously a really touristy place, but it's the only place that, for some reason, only place that sells this roasted crab miso. It's basically just crab inners with some butter. And they put a little king crab in here. It's just the best. This is pure umami. Pure, pure umami. A little bit of crab meat in here. I'm obsessed with this stuff. This is something I would highly recommend you try. I've never tried this before. It looks a little murky, but trust me, this is where all the flavor in the sea resides, inside this crab shell. Scallops. Scallops grilled in sweet soy sauce. That's really good as well. This is that thing of beauty. It's giant. Giant. You can either eat this raw or have it grilled. I think wrapped in crab, that's my favorite right there. The sauce is delicious. That oyster is giant as plump. It's fresh. Take it, dip it in some of the crab miso. Anything dipped into this is going to be really, really good. At Shabu Zen. Never been to this place before. It's all-you-can-eat Japanese wagyu beef shabu. And there's different levels. You can get all-you-can-eat pork for, I think, $4,500 If you want a Japanese wagyu, it's 6,500 Japanese yen, which at today's conversion, about 40 bucks. So far, this place is beautiful. You walk in, everyone's dressed really traditionally. They lead you to your table, which is like a private little room. And I guess we'll find out in just a minute how the ordering process goes. So it's pretty interesting. I still don't know how this buffet process goes. They brought over the pot. There's no buffet layout in this restaurant. And there's no menu where you can just order the items. A little confused. So this one, a little spinach, dry tofu, shiitake mushrooms. This is very good. More items have been arriving. Got the dipping sauce, some sesame paste, scallions, radish. And this, check this out. So I think what this is, this is your plate that you're eating with. And you're just kind of putting your ingredients in here. And all the excess sauce and soup just drips to the bottom of this bowl. This is ingenious. Because have you ever had a hot pot in a shop before? A watery dish is a big problem. The ingredients have arrived. You get a box of veggies. And you get a tray of wagyu. It's beautiful. Very marbled, beautiful thinly sliced. One, two, three, four, five. Five slices of wagyu. And I think the broth might just be water. They said to put the spicy radish into this dipping sauce. Along with some scallions and garlic. And then they said this is actually chili oil. But that will go into your sesame sauce. The wagyu is good. Very marbled. Very tender. But after a couple slices, don't really taste the butteriness that you would expect from wagyu. This feels like, even though it doesn't look it, it feels like a more lean cut of wagyu. The dipping sauce is fine. I think the yuzu sauce is better than the sesame sauce. It's very good shabu. The ingredients are high quality. I guess if you do come here, don't be expecting like an all-you-can-eat spread. Which was, I guess, kind of what I was expecting. The service is fantastic. As soon as we finish the beef, they took it away. Here comes another order. This place though, they are really attentive. And every single time they come in, they clean out the grease for you. If you want a really healthy shabu place, this is definitely it. One thing I guess you could change up is the different levels of the all-you-can-eat. So you could go down a level and get the pork. Basically you dip the pork into the dashi. Pork is super lean. A little tough to chew. It looks fatty. It is not. Stuck with the beef. Last item here, noodle. And they take some of the broth, some of the meat broth. Put some extra ingredients in here, like some rice crackers I think. And it's fresh noodles that go in. Plus a piece of mochi. It's actually a really good flavor. The broth is meaty. Noodle is extremely chewy. They also bring salt, pepper, and chili if you want to change up the flavor a little bit. Good way to finish this meal. Mochi, never had this in noodle before. This is definitely an interesting shabu experience. So about 8 minutes away from the shabu place, there's this katsu place. I got some pork katsu with some curry. And this place, I guarantee you, will be some of the best katsu you ever had in your life. Maybe the best katsu you've ever had in your life. It's majestic how good the katsu is. The crunch is so tantalizingly subtle. The pork just melts in your mouth. The curry is deliciously thick and rich. The pork is so fatty as well. This whole bite is just so tender and soft. Everything just melts in your mouth. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. I think that's the best katsu I've ever had in my life. It's not even close. The outside is never this light and thin before. And the inside is just ever so juicy. I can't believe how good this is. Get the version with the curry. So you get some of that extra depth and richness with that mellow crunch from the katsu. That's so crazy good. Had to get a second order. And this one, some shrimp, eggplant, I think some chicken tenders in here. A little mustard, lemon. Spray some of that juice on here. And I think there's some mayo here as well. Look at this plump, juicy tempura. A little mustard on that. That crunches everything. Everything about this place, the outside is just so light. Look how beautiful the chicken is. Oh my god. This is the softest chicken I've ever encountered. Oh my gosh, that's amazing. I think this is a giant scallop. You can see the outside breading, how thin it is. The inside is so plump and soft. This is such an amazing katsu meal. It's definitely the lightest breading I've ever encountered. I highly, highly recommend this. If you're ever in Tokyo, come to this place. Get the pork one, I think that's still my favorite. If you're into chicken, it's definitely the best chicken katsu you're gonna find anywhere. This place, wow. Still can't get over how good this place is. At least from what I've tried, obviously I didn't try all the katsu places here in Tokyo. I've tried a lot though. This is by far the best. It's so good. I'm gonna stay here in Japan longer so I can come back to this place more. Alright, time for pudding. Just walking on my way to pudding. And walk right past this place called Burger Revolution Tokyo. 100% Wagyu burger. Oh, it's 50% Kobe beef, 100% burger. 50% off on the 20th, every month on the 20th. That is a great deal. It's not the 29th, but I really want one of these burgers. This burger looks incredible. It's made with shiroi beef, which is from a town in Hokkaido. And the beef is supposed to taste just as good as matsuzaka beef, which is the best beef in Japan. And this burger is just beautiful. Toasted bun on top and bottoms of peppers on the burger. It's a small patty, probably because it's an expensive patty. This is so, so good. First of all, the burger is just dripping. You're supposed to actually put your burger inside one of these little burger holders. The burger is seasoned so well. You can taste the cumin, the peppers, little chopped onions, brings a bit of sweetness. The bun is a work of art because it's so toasty and buttery. Burger itself is so juicy. Look at that. One little squeeze, all the juices emerging from the patty. I love the garlic, love the sesame. Like I said, the bun is perfect. It melts in your mouth, toasted, buttery goodness. Little truffle fries on the side, which is included with the burger. I'm glad I saw this place. I would be happier if I came here. Alright, finish this, then pudding. Okay, it's in here. It's a haircut place that also has pudding. Whoa, I got this little see-through bag. She said this is the best flavor. This one's called Leonardo Plain, so this is the original flavor. Oh, that's a milky pudding. Texture is a little jello-y. Oh, this thing is so creamy. Not the softest pudding I've ever had. That flavor is so sweet and delicious. A pudding shop inside a barber shop. I don't even know how I found that. There's actually a lot of pizza parlors here in Tokyo that's rated among the best in the world. Pizza Studio Tamaki is one of them. Walk-in Cheyenne brick oven. For toppings, you get the typical margarita, or they have a monthly special, in this case, octopus wasabi pizza. And before the pizza gets here, they brought over a little glass of mushroom soup. Mmm, oh, that's good. That's so creamy and earthy. So the pizza is cooked Neapolitan-style, so the entire pie cooked in about 90 seconds. Wow, this pizza is extra charred, so you get that nice bitterness with the sweet tomato sauce, and the dolja's pretty much melts in your mouth. The octopus is nice and tender. It's definitely more charred than other pizzas I've had. Mmm. The wasabi is not overwhelming, just very light. Gives your nose that tiny little hit. So this pizza is spicy in a whole different way. At the same time, every time you bite into the greens, it gives a nice little refreshing hit as well. The octopus is a really nice touch. You're basically just getting roasted octopus sitting on top of the pizza, and that brings a nice smoky element as well. Mmm. Again, the whole thing, the ingredients are delicious. The pizza dough is so light. So light, just absolutely delicious. This next one is just glorious. This is the bismarck. It's super thin dough, and he makes it really thick on the outside, and it just bubbles up, and it chars so nicely, so you get that nice little bitter crunch. It's also sauces, mozzarella. When you take a slice, the egg in the middle that's in the oven just leaks all that beautiful, golden yolk all over the pizza. Again, everything cooked in about 90 seconds. Mmm. Take the crust, and dip up that delicious, velvety egg yolk. There's also mushrooms in here, sausage, and the chef periodically salts the bottom of the oven, so the crust has a nice saltiness to it as well. He also periodically adds wood chips to the oven as well, so the pizza retains a nice smokiness too. Ah, so delicious and satisfying. Mmm.