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[Martina] When some people travel to new countries
[M] they like to visit museums and palaces to get a taste of history
[Simon] We would rather eat at historic places
[S] This is that place, this is Iseya!
[M] Now, when we say this place is historic, we're not like
[M] "It's been around for 20 years"
[M] It's been around since 1928
[S] Almost 90 years!
[M] That's insane! So it opened up originally as a butcher shop
[M] and then in the 1950's, it became like an Izakaya/Yakitori joint
[M] There's actually two locations, both down the street from each other
[S] What I love about this place is how old it feels
[S] You're gonna see smoke billowing all over this place
[S] because they haven't really upped the health and safety standards that much
[S] the ventilation is horrendous
[S] you step outside and smoke is just coming out of here like a chimney
[S] And also you can see old art from like back in the day
[M] We're sitting in a chair and sitting in a spot that somebody from the 1950's sat in
[M] Imagine all the history that's passed through here
[S] This place is so shabby looking
[M] It's amazing
[S] And it warms your heart, it makes you so happy to be here
[S] Now, one of the reasons why this place is so popular is because it's so freaking cheap
[M] For 80 yen a stick, we're talking like under a dollar a stick
[M] It's not the most mind-blowing Yakitori on the whole planet
[S] But I'm pretty sure it's the cheapest in Tokyo
[S] Most of the places we know are like 1.80$ or 2.80$
[M] We've had everything on the menu
[M] and there are some absolute favourites that we definitely recommend you order
[M] Torikawa, that's chicken skin
[M] This sells out fast
[M] I think we've come here like five or six times
[M] and we've only managed to have it like twice, maybe
[S] If the sun has set, there's a very small chance that you'll get this
[S] I love crispy chicken skin
[M] The crispy burnt edges almost taste like a piece of bacon
[M] And the center part is a little bit chewy and fatty and has a taste of like
[M] ultimate chicken
[S] This is Chicken Bacon
[S] Look at that, you can see the blackness from the grill
[S] all the stains on there, oh yeah
[M] This is something you can't imitate at home
[M] cause the grill has the flavour of all the meats and sauces on top of it
[S] It's like they haven't cleaned their grill in 90 years
[S] and all that history you can taste in every bite
[M] Ok, now the key here, you wanna have a little bit of green onion with a little bit of chicken
[M] So it kinda like
[S] You forgot the most important part
[M] What most important part?
[S] You have to sprinkled some of this stuff on
[M] I'm going in
[M] The charcoal really bring out the sweetness of the spring onion
[S] The scariest part of eating here is when you get to the bottom, I'm always worried about stabbing myself in the mouth
[S] and dying
[M] And then you go side way and kind of like slide it off the edges
[S] This is my first time doing this
[S] I've seen lot of people do it
[S] Supposedly is you gonna get a glass of Shochu, and the table has this like Plum Syrup juice
[S] that you suppose to pour it
[S] I have no idea what it taste like, we gonna try this out today
[M] Well syrup is quiet sweet so
[S] It's smell really sweet
[M] I'm wonder if it gonna be like umeboshi, like ume
[S] No, still taste like poison
[S] Fruity, fruity posion
[S] Gangster son - [M] We have matching tatoo
[S] That was gangster
[M] I like that matching one
[M] We both have cat, and we both have sakura
[S] I mean come on, how could you go wrong?
[S] Shumai, ah ah ah
[M] I actually have no idea why shumai is on the menu, and it is not medium by the way - [S] No
[M] But it is like a chicken skin, chicken part, chicken heart, chicken liver shumai
[S] And delicious dumpling, ok
[M] They are homemade, and they are always like pre-steam ready to go
[M] Sometimes they are over cook, sometimes they are not
[S] I can definitely see this one over cook, it's a little bit like tough on the edges, it's still gonna be wonderful
[S] This right here, it's one of my favorite thing on the menu
[M] Oh, he just went for it
[S] The dough, so over cook
[S] A little dry corners, chapping in your mouth
[M] But the pork and you chew them... - [S] But the flavor inside is so juicy and moist
[S] Now one thing I will say about this place, I think this is a place for old people
[S] looking around here, I think we younger than everybody by like 30 to 40 years
[S] a part of the staffs that working here, this possibly expand why this place closed at 9p.m
[S] 9p.m, it is not a late night thing, most yakitori places are open a lot later than this
[M] They open in the afternoon though, which is rare, so like if you are trying to plan for your afternoon in the neighborhood
[M] you can come here maybe for like lunch
[S] So that is for this week food adventure programs for awesome people, we love this place, I really hope that you check it out
[M] Uh, can we just mention that when we sitting there, three of us at the table and the four chair was free
[M] so they like "sorry we need to add additional person" who happen to be from Korea
[S] And we spoke to them in Korea, and it was great, and i feel like I'm home again
[M] Two of us was like sweet
[S] This place is awesome, come here, enjoy it
[S] it gots that crunchy, dirty feel that you gonna love
[S] this is a famous hole in the wall, you gonna love it
[M] Now let run away from the shoot and show what it's look like in the background
[M] Ready??
[S] Did i emphasize how great this place is, cause this is a really nice place
[S] I'm not sure if Dan can focus
[S] because he got a lot of drink, how much can you focus?
[S] not that much
[M] I'm come back in the shoot, tell you that we live around the corner when we first move to Japan
[S] Our service department when we first move to Japan was literally the building touching this building
[S] we literally live right beside it, we ate here all the time
[S] We didn't tell you about that
[S] It used to be sunshine when we started filming video this and not it is really dark
[M] We had so many Shochu, so it's better at the end right?
[M] So everybody knew that we are from Youtube
[S] We have no.. How did they know? I don't know. I'm not sure