YATAI Street Food Tour at Japanese Festival / Tokyo Japan Local Food Spot

held five times a month Tempo and Nichi Festivals Samurai Junjiro Channel Hi, I'm Samurai Junjiro Born and raised in Japan This video introduces the Tempo's festivities We'll introduce 10 different types of food including Exquisite food from stalls and food from traditional restaurants in the area Now let's get started This time we are going to Nishiarai, Adachi-ku, Tokyo We have arrived at Daishimae station Daishimae station is about a half hour from Asakusa station by train It takes about 40 minutes to get here from Tokyo station by train Let's head for our destination this time then It takes about five minutes by foot from Daishimae station The road leading to the temple is right in front of you. Here we are This is the Nishiarai Daishi we'll introduce this time Nishiarai Daishi is a temple established more than 1,200 years ago with a rich history It's crowded with many visitors every day and about 500,000 people come to pray just during the first three days of the new year This place is recommended for people who like Japanese retro atmospheres like Kyoto and Asakusa This temple has an Ennichi festival where many stalls are open for five days every month The temple holds a total five-day festival on the 1st, 8th, 11th, 21st and 28th of every month And the 21st of every month is especially crowded with many stalls The place is crowded from 9 a.m. To 4 p.m. including weekend Now let's start walking and eating First of all, we'll introduce you to this stall that attracts a lot of people This is Mori Mori Te Age Mochi Large slices of mochi are deep fried and topped with soy sauce based sauce With mayonnaise and chopped seaweed deep fried mochi is ready to be eaten It has a nice smell of dried bonito flakes and seaweed It is constantly being cooked so it's always freshly made and hot The soy sauce based sauce is a little sweet The outside is crispy but the inside still has the chewy texture of mochi The mayonnaise on top of the mochi makes it almost like a takoyaki The next stall we'll introduce is Banana Choco Banana Choco is a chocolate coated banana that is a popular sweet for children It is nice that it comes with a Koala's March snack The sweet chocolate has a nice crunchy texture Bananas are fully ripe and sweet Some stalls sell pink and blue choco bananas Next we introduce this store located near the entrance of the temple This is Kanmidokoro Nagomiyan This store opened in August 2022 and specializes in Japanese sweets We introduce the perfect taiyaki for walking and eating at this store The taiyaki has a sweet smell as soon as you take it out of the bag The taiyaki from this store have thin and crispy skin There's also red bean paste but this time we went with custard cream The sweetness of the eggs and milk is a perfect match with the dough The cream melts in your mouth The low price is also a good point Next we introduce you to Mori Mori Tei Shabin Shabin is a Chinese style rice cake made of flour dough flattened and baked in oil Let's eat freshly baked The thick dough is crispy and chewy on the outside Inside of it there are pork, shrimp, scallops, chives and cabbage The juices overflow from the meat and it's juicy It has a strong flavor with soy sauce and oyster It has an authentic taste like you would get at a Chinese restaurant The next stall we'll introduce is this one It's a large stall than the others and offers a wide variety of menu They also sell Anzu Ame, a popular food at Ennichi festivals Which are made of monaka with starch syrup and Japanese plum on top However, we decided to go for the Motsuni which is cooked small intestines of pork simmered with vegetables by miso It has a good smell of miso It's nice that there are so many vegetables in the bowl that it almost overflows The carrots and daikon radish are soaked with the miso flavor and have a rich taste The meat has been simmered for a long time. So it melts in your mouth The green onions add a nice accent to the spiciness and texture of the soup The next restaurant we'll introduce is Daiju which is located very close to the temple This restaurant specializes in Chinese cuisine with a Japanese twist This time we decided on fried rice, which is especially popular for takeout The price is very reasonable for the generous portion The ingredients are simple green onion egg and fried pork in it The Chinese soup and the pork fat soak into the rice The pepper makes it spicy The price is reasonable, but the taste it's so authentic Next we introduce you to this stall Sauce yakisoba is one of the essential foods for Japanese festivals The smell of the sauce baking on the griddle is just amazing It makes us drool just by looking at it. They filled it to overflowing from the pack What a nice topping of sunny side up egg on top of the yakisoba from this stall It has a nice smell of green seaweed and red ginger The sauce is spicy and fruity The crunchy cabbage has a nice texture The egg cooked sunny side up and nicely semi-cooked yolk When eaten together the noodles are mildly flavored It is very satisfying with a lot of ingredients The next restaurant we'll introduce is Kadoya located near the temple This restaurant was established in 1922 At this restaurant we'll have the same taste of Imagawayaki that hasn't changed since the establishment of the restaurant This restaurant's Imagawayaki dough is silky and has the sweetness of the egg The fluffy dough is filled with red bean paste made from Hokkaido red beans It has the natural sweetness of the beans The taste fills of the history Next we introduce you to this stall Surumeika squid from Matsumae, Hokkaido is grilled over charcoal You can smell the squid's savory smell The lightly charred squid is crushed with a roller press It's getting thinner and thinner The squid is stretched to more than 10 times its original length The squid is fluffy but has a good amount of chewiness Hokkaido squid has a rich and sweet taste It makes a very good match with sake The last restaurant we would like to introduce is located at the end of an alley Yuyu is popular with locals There are a variety of dishes on the menu, but this time we introduce this onigiri This ham onigiri is a ham cutlet wrapped by rice and nori seaweed The ham cutlet is fried to order so it is hot and crispy The ham cutlet is large enough to stick out of the rice and is very satisfying The sweet and rich sauce goes well with the rice It's a gorgeous onigiri If there's a restaurant you'd like me to introduce let me know in the comments Please like and subscribe to my channel, too Well, that's it for today. See you in the next video