Having Oyster Ramen w/ my classmate in cooking school Bjorn Shen. 😋
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I like the cold version.
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We're coming at the start of summer so they should be serving cold ramen.
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So it's like a cold, dry ramen with oysters on top.
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So I hope that there are still open. If not, there's other things to eat.
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We haven't really explored that area.
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That's called Nakano.
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So Bjorn is Chef Bjorn of Artichoke.
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If you watch MasterChef Singapore, this is him.
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And what's your other show on Netflix?
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I was talking to Tracy today.
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She said that, hey, when I watched Bjorn's story, I cried.
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Because you just opened up, she said.
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And somebody told me that your episode was one of the best.
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So Bjorn flew all the way from Singapore to hang out with us.
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And to eat good pizza.
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I travel for pizza. Look at this.
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You know what? I'm going to get a pizza tattoo too.
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We're going to have a house in the future. It's going to be a tiny house.
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Can it be this house? This one?
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Could be. Yeah. We have the same style.
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Malaki yan, Dave. Huwag na, huwag na.
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Where are we at again?
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We have to make it, right?
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I know, I know, I know, I know.
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We're going for a oyster ramen.
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Really, really good oyster ramen daw.
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Basta sinabi ni Bjorn, tara.
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Kasi si Bjorn, yung mga alam niyang lugar...
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Yung mga alam niyang lugar, yung mga hindi normal.
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We have to run kasi they're going to close soon.
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Alam mo yung paggutom ka.
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Well, paggutom ka, pahungry ka na.
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At walang sabaw yung utak mo.
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Yan yung feeling ko.
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At saka, sobrang pagod from the event.
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Oh, wow, what's this?
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You just wanna do nothing.
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Pag day off mo, diba?
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It closed already.
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Well, that looks like a barbershop.
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Seabream and soy milk soup.
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Can I order one of each so that we can try?
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You ordered them, but I ordered the spicy.
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From the machine.
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I can smell the oysters already.
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Oh, I can smell the oysters.
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I don't mind a cold too, if that's what you recommend.
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Oh, I love the cold.
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Wait, you just Googled this?
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I was just exploring the neighborhood on Google Maps.
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As I normally do.
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And I came across this place.
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Blew my balls off when I first had it.
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So, what's the broth?
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So, I think they use the seabream, pork, and oyster.
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But then they have different broths.
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And the last one that I had here was a cold oyster dry ramen.
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So, it had almost like a lemon mayonnaise base with a oyster, like a condensed oyster reduction.
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So, it's almost like a noodle salad with roasted oysters, and char siu watong, and onions,
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and all that other good crunchy stuff.
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I copied your same one here.
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This part looks spicy.
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Spicy is a good base.
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Oh, this is so interesting.
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Oh, this is so interesting.
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Oh, this is so interesting.
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I'm just so curious.
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This is going to be a good meal.
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Wow, look at that.
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Look at the smile on his face.
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Smells like oyster paste or something, I don't even know.
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Wow, so they separate it.
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So it's cold noodles and hot soup.
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Si Dennis, sobrang gutom na yan.
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Where is he from? San dami in order.
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Palagi naman tong excited.
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In here or in here?
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Mushroom and oyster paste.
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So it's a mushroom and oyster paste.
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So this one doesn't actually have any oysters in it.
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So it's just oyster this.
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I didn't even dip it in.
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I just ate it like that.
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Noodles and nuts.
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Even the noodles, it's all.
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How about the broth?
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Good too. Not too spicy.
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I guess tama lang naman yung level 1.
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Pwede pa mag level 2.
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It's so flavorful.
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I wanna try the broth first.
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Yeah, try the broth. That's all.
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That broth you pour in your rice.
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You pour in your rice.
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So you're supposed to dip your noodles in the broth.
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You're not supposed to drink the broth straight.
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Whatever you wanna do.
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I do taste the oyster and the pork.
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There's so many things happening.
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What's this fried stuff?
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Did you mix all of it to the bottom?
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There's like a dressing at the bottom as well.
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This is another level.
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This is one of the best ramens I've ever had.
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You know, you have the chicken's perfect.
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Slight hint of oyster taste in the broth.
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Oyster rice is excellent.
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First time ever I've ever had anything like this.
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Tama lang yung spice.
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Noodles are good.
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He said it's the best oi...
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Hindi siya nakikinig.
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What do you want?
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He said it's the best ramen he's ever had.
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That piss sealed this meal.
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I'm a professional.
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The other places we went to last time was recommended by this guy.
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You're a Nose Irish.
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He does, actually.
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And when he eats, he dissects every single layer.
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I'm the most professional, unprofessional, unprofessional food reviewer and uncritical food critic ever.
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So we were dissecting the broth and we still can't figure it out.
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We have theories.
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We have our speculations but they will neither confirm or limit did I.
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In all of my trips to Japan, this is the best so far.
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The only ramen I've ever had.
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So, what you should do is literally just whatever people tell you to do and try or whatever
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you see online, you gotta find the little places.
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You gotta find the little places like that.
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Because he's here four times a year.
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If you need his professional services,
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you just contact me.
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The most unprofessional,
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a good ramen broth
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Because noodles were even chewier.
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may explanation pa si Bjorn
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kailangan kasi it's cold outside
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and when he comes,
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he always comes here
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during spring or winter
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Have a cold ramen
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and then a hot soup.
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Balance, balance.
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para on to our next food crawl
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with Bjorn's share.
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Google translate.
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Everything spicy.
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mushroom and oyster paste
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which was amazing.
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nag-uusap sa banyo.
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Arigatou gozaimasu.
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Arigatou gozaimasu.
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So the name of the place is
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Transforming now, actually.
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Google Transforming now.
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a craft beer and soccer place
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but I can't drink.
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they have non-alcoholics.
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Where are we again, Dens?
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We are in Meguro.
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I come to Japan so many times
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that I don't eat Japanese food
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very much anymore.
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I used to do global food.
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this is very global.
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Thai green curry macaroni.
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with ginger scallion.
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are just commonplace
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run by young people these days.
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And, you're saying
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all these Japanese chefs,
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all these Japanese local chefs
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Japanese food anymore.
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they like to express themselves
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international cuisines.
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You find a lot of
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other influences here.
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And here in Japan, it's okay to eat your chicken raw?
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Not raw, it's just that it's pinkish.
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And what are you doing over there?
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You're vandalizing.
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Tama na, tara na.
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What's good here?
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Oden is basically different ingredients similar to Japanese soup stock.
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And then you just eat it with yuzu pepper or like a miso sauce.
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You know you're gonna get a good meal here.
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You are right, it does get interesting.
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I know, it's so cool.
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It's like if I could live in this neighborhood, I would.
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I would live on...
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Beside the train track?
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I would live in any of these apartments.
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Maybe a bit further away from the train line.
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Okay to kasama si Bjorn kasi yun nga eh normally pupuntahan natin yung mga kung ano yung nasa tourist guide
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or ano yung mga typical tempura, kongkatsu.
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This is another one I've been putting on my list for a while.
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I don't know, it's called Minato Machi Bar.
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It's been on my list for a while.
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Another like just cool izakaya sort of place.
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I don't know, it's getting more interesting.
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People, if you're ever in Tokyo, you have to come and drink chai at Chia Bar.
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Chia Bar is a Nepali chai cafe.
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So they do masala chai, spiced tea.
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The best spiced tea in Southeast Asia.
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And then my friend owns this restaurant here, Adi.
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It's a Nepali omakase restaurant.
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It's closed today.
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You can look into the kitchen.
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Looks really cool.
