Hidden Kyoto Food Spot No One Knows About

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I’m taking you to Kyoto Tower Sando hidden just below the base of the iconic Nidec Kyoto Tower and unknown to many, directly connected to Kyoto station through an underground passage. And at the time of filming this, it’s so surprising how little to no lines there are given that the food is so reasonably priced and rivals the taste of any shops you’d find at many of Kyoto’s traveler destinations, which is why this is has become one of my go-to spots after and before getting off the train with it’s traditional Japanese dishes and unique Kyoto specialities. Here’s the skinny, the first floor hosts souvenir shops, the second floor has a workshop type area and the basement B1 floor is the Food Hall….and where this Kyoto Food Adventure begins as I show you some of my top hitters

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these are hidden Kyoto food spots that no one knows [Music] about so I’ve been to Kyoto many times and if you’re anything like me you know when you come here and you go to some great food spots they’re so so crowded so in this video I wanted to help you guys get away from the masses while also being able to get some great food and this place that I’m going to be introducing has really really good accessibility so I’m happy to show it to all of you here we go I’m taking you to Kyoto Tower Sando hidden just below the base of the iconic nidek Kyoto Tower an unknown to many directly connected to Kyoto station through an underground passage and still at the time of filming this it’s so surprising how little to no lines are given that the food is so reasonably priced and Rivals the taste of any shops you’d find at many Kyoto traveler destinations which is why this has become one of my go-to spots after before getting off the train with its Kyoto Specialties you can even find a 100-year-old fishmonger shop from the Shiki Market a te- shop founded in 1875 conveyor built sushi bars Chinese Korean this place has it all here’s the skinny the first floor host souvenir shops the second floor has a workshop type area and the basement B1 floor is the food Hall and where this kto food Adventure begins as I show you some of my top hitters I just love when walking around here is that it’s not so proud you don’t feel like oh my God I can’t move around there’s just like so much space here number one shakiki Murasaki this K the born Ramen Shop pioneered SK Soo but today we’re going to be doing something a little bit different let me show you cuz I’m excited to have this [Music] one this shop was founded by a Kyo born Ramen Chef who honed his skills at the renowned kyoka Ramen Shop in Tokyo and the Maz soba I’ve ordered today is basically ramen noodles served without soup but rather the Shop’s signature sauce a blend of flavorful chicken oil called chiu with a sharp soy sauce to pair perfectly with a Shop’s slightly flat straight noodles Kyoto Kujo scallions are cooked to bring out its natural sweetness and Umami to finish the dish off the chef flame sear the toppings to deepen the flavors while also producing a delightful AR [Music] here we go got the ma s so a quick little story when I first came to Japan you know I would always just get Ramen and I didn’t discover Maz soba until like a few years after coming to Japan I was like alone away so if you come here you can go with the standard you can have actually have the ramen you know to get skim in but here we also have Maz SOA ma ma coloring is nice we got some onions on top quail eggs I think they have like two different pieces of chicken one is a chashu style and one is like a slice breast kosho pepper on top mix this up a little bit first actually Maz ma means like to mix so you’re going to want to like mix all of this up oh you can see how like dark that is so you do have like some fluid it’s not super super dry mix mix mix you can smell the garlic just by mixing it has a quite a strong garlic smell looking even heer and heartier as we go it almost looks like yucky SOA and take the first [Music] bite the overall Taste of this is on the sweet side you have like a slight saltiness from the soy sauce it almost has like a Chinese kind of food taste but maybe that’s because the garlic is quite strong in this the texture of the noodles they’re like thick flat noodles very similar to like Chow it’s nice cuz it has a good plumpy texture where and you get a little bit of resistance when you bite it’s really good and you got to have this uh kuo Nei that’s all flame touched because they are using the chiu maybe someone will say like it’s on the oilier side but it’s nice to have some of this green to to kind of freshen it up a little bit let’s try the chicken right now you got like these four thick pieces of chicken on the side of the meat and see like it’s been peppered a little bit or scorched wow that’s a pretty hearty piece of [Music] chicken so that was amazing but let me take you to the next spot number two pancake room so if you want to get your sule pancake on then this is the spot let me take you this spot makes them irresistible sule pancakes with its origins in kokoto known for its Airy and smooth good Goods it’s like a cloud in the sky melting in your mouth after ordering the pancakes are grilled slowly over low heat which helps create its perfect fluffiness the shop uses eggs from sufu Kon in Kyoto and flour from matsuda flour Milling Company both carefully selected for the Exquisite quality look at it this is their matcha Fountain pancake looks so good you got much ice cream got some whipped cream you got the powdered sugar let’s just dig into this wow look how jeez these pancakes are just so soft dip it in right there wow o that’s a really good sule pancake a pancake is Just So Soft Airy Airy soft that is amazing so so fluffy and then the matcha on top it’s a very light matcha not so much bitterness to that the sugar content on here is not like so so out there where wo I’m wired this is a very very subtle that is just amazing and then let me just take some of this ice cream let me throw some of that cream on there this time M the sweetness just kicks in right there when you mix mix the matcha ice cream what’s nice about this is that everything is so mild there’s not like really a strong flavor I believe this is uji matcha terms of like sule pancakes and like the overall fluffiness of this it’s pretty fluffy but there is a little bit of denseness to it although the whole thing is light this is so good this thing is so light that I like finish this quite easily I just killed all this bash a bite let’s hit up the next one so I’m getting quite full but I think we can do another one number three Nick stop now if you want to get that thick thick wagu then look no further let me show you this is a Kyo born wagu specialty restaurant and here and only here you can taste their aged wagu beef burgers a pack with Mommy now if you’re not a big eater you can go with a 100% wagy Burger which hits it out of the park but if you know me I like it a bit extra so I’m hitting for the tower on this one all right I got my wagu burger just look at this Beast I’ve got my wagu burger look at how beautiful that looks it has two wagu patties three pieces of wagu serin steak they use a white miso and Kyoto black pepper in their signature sauce which gives it a unique Umami twist it also has jalapenos and slices of onion for that extra flavor each Patty is 120 g of pure joy a so excited there’s a knife in here too hopefully I don’t cut myself when I take a [Music] bite wow holy mother of w you that is phenomenal it is so juicy and it’s cooked medium rare so it’s not like overcooked you can still get a lot of the meat juices there the sirloin steak is so soft and divine that it has its own natural sweetness and combined with its marble texture it doesn’t feel heavy I love how you get the two different textures Patty and then you get sirloin it is just unbeatable cheese on cheese on here you got double cheese double patties they actually gave me some gloves I just so excited I didn’t even put on the gloves and you know it’s pretty serious when they’re giving you some gloves take that off completely and we’ll eat it like a [Music] professional look at that Waggy be it is so tender and juicy got the cheese infused in there as well M just the meat alone is so good these patties are just so tender and soft just kind of like falls apart I don’t even know how they kept it all together also I think they buttered the bread it’s like a nice crispy on the outside but soft on the inside the bread at the bottom is actually getting super soaked from all the meat juices the Miso gives it a nice subtle sweetness which pairs perfect perfect ly with the savoriness of the meat this should be illegal wag you on wag you on wagu www3 let’s go ah it will not 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today for your free trial when you’re ready to launch go to squarespace.com from too and get 10% off your first domain or website so this is so much food let me see if we can take a little break and go [Music] upstairs so Kyoto Tower s has quite an impressive selection of Kyoto souvenir shops on the first floor they have fruit shops Japanese crackers all kinds of Japanese pickles from Kyoto yatsu Hashi sweets matcha sweets and even cute taaki so what’s nice about this place is that you know you can get gifts for people going back home so it’s right by the station so you can just pick stuff up so look at here you can get these little Japanese candies perfect souvenir for the little ones back at home this is pretty cool they have different types of cotton candy flavored kind of like a Japanese style that one says roasted Macha latte Sakura milk Mach lat it’s quite [Music] interesting Gourmet cotton candy it’s in a sealed package nice and light just take a bite that’s good that straight up matcha flavor right there definitely sweet definitely fluffy and then this is the kintoki I think kintoki is red bean so you got the matcha flavor green tea flavor and then you got Bean in the middle so this one says gon Sakai I want to get a hold of these matcha caramel sandwiches over here so car [Music] sand got the Koto matcha caramel sandwich people got mad at me in the last video I said caramel you have to pronounce it caramel are you guys going to get mad at me again if I say caramel packaging is always so beautiful right let’s try this ooh that’s good the caramel and the matcha are both really really rich and strong matcha is quite on the bitter side I love it the biscuit itself is nice and crunchy I can have 50 of these are so good let’s keep going since I’m already here let me show you what the nid Kyo Tower is like on the top floor so this is the nidek Kyoto Tower observation deck and it’s pretty awesome being able to see all of Kyoto from here located 100 m above ground and the highest point in Kyoto City you can enjoy an amazing 360° panoramic view of the ancient city of Kyoto surrounded by three mountains what’s pretty dope is that their telescopes are free to use so Wolfie could check out the city to his heart’s content number four Yaki niku hio so this is a Kyoto born shop that’s been around for 20 years years and they got that good good let me show you this shop is operated by a local butcher established in 1976 in this area sanjo shopping street it purchases whole blackhaired wagu cows making it possible for them to offer fresh and high quality wagy beef at a reasonable price there is we got it look at that you got some onion sesame seeds on top get this fresh fresh Kyoto beef man I feel like we’re doing a lot of beef today but but you all know me I like the meaty side of things you come here during lunch at the same price you get the Miso soup and you get the kimchi so this is like 980 Yen that works out to be I don’t know like five or six bucks us and you get so much food this is the deal of the century considering how much everything costs these days I don’t even know if you can get like a McDonald’s value meal set for this amount anymore just take a scoop of this ooh look at that it’s a healthy portion of rice as well at that everything got onions thank you so meat is so flavorful it’s on the sweeter side of things there’s a little bit of a savoriness but wow wagu in itself has like this fat has a natural sweetness it is nice that they have fresh onions just to kind of like balance out the flavors I think the onions also give it a nice sweetness as well onion that’s like picked up all of the marination rice here is on the softer side which pairs well with the meat and which is a little bit more dense it gives like a great platform for the meat just to shine through it’s like a very good supporting character yeah it’s like a very much like a mudon style dish almost want like a raw egg to throw in here the value is just so great here what’s also cool about this place is if you don’t want this they have wagu skewers another win at this place another win so I don’t know about you guys but I’m getting a little bit thirsty and number number five kyto Tower Sando bar so if you want to get your drink on like me with that kyto Vibe let me show you how this bar focuses on drinks with a Kyoto Vibe they serve Kyoto craft beer Kyoto tber wine and sake made in Kyoto breweries with more than 300 years of History the uji Macha used in the beer I ordered is carefully selected from Tena tea leaves used for matcha and the bartender makes the matcha from scratch after it’s been ordered the scent of whisking matcha alone is just so calming and refreshing got the uji matcha beer so they have POA they have uji matcha and they have premium uji matcha let’s have a drink of [Music] this wow you kind of expect like it to be really really strong tea but you still get a lot of that beer taste with just a little bit of the tea flavor so it’s like more like a tea flavored beer if that makes any sense it’s so easy to drink the guy actually like whisks right in front of you so it’s nice and cppy still so you come to Kyoto you want you know some drinks with your friends you can just like come here no worries about waiting in like long lines to get to the bar this one all these seats all around this place opens up I think until 11 if you did want to like grab a drink with your friends before you go on the train or go back to your hotel this is great there you go so that is my full tour of Kyoto Tower Sando and all the great food spots here how to get away from the crowds if you guys like this video help me out and hit that like button if you guys want to see more videos like this or anything Rel live Japan hit that subscribe button and the bell button I’ll catch you guys in the next one