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Welcome back again to another episode of Kevin's English Room Podcast!
Here with Yama-chan.
Yes.
So we're gonna talk about french fries today because last episode you mentioned you love french fries.
Yeah I do, I do.
But before that, please check the YouTube video that Kevin has cooked his great hamburgers.
Right.
Thank you for the shout out.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, what it seems like in the last episode, you love french fries.
I do, I do.
More than...
I really do.
More than you should be loving.
Yeah, thank you for mentioning that.
I really do, thank you.
The aggresiveness that you're putting out here is just like...
Yeah.
I don't think that's normal.
What is it about french fries you love?
You like french fries that much?
Yeah, the taste, the texture, and you know, looks.
Okay.
I have a question.
What?
What is the...
You know how there's a lot of, many kinds of french fries?
Yeah, right, right.
Like the ones that are really...
The thin ones.
The thin ones or like the potato-y ones, right?
Or like the ones that were like really like bendy.
Like...
What do you mean?
Like okay, so, so, so, so, okay.
You...
I get it grilled.
I get it...
Yeah.
Right.
After it's been like grilled, freshly grilled, right?
That's really crispy, right?
Yes.
But when you take that and put it in like a bag, like a paper bag, and after 30 minutes, it's really soft, right?
Oh, yeah.
People really like that kind of texture.
I enjoy it.
But I don't enjoy that.
You don't enjoy that?
I know.
I have to say no to that.
You have to eat as soon as it will be grilled.
So you like it fresh from the...
Fresh oil.
Right.
Right?
That's what they are.
Okay, so, so, so, so do you like the really potato-y ones?
No.
Where it's really thick or like the really thin ones?
Thin one.
Really they are like...
Like thin one.
Okay.
Like TGF Fridays.
They give you the thin ones?
Yeah.
Like really like sticky ones.
Sticky ones?
Yeah.
So like the ones that were like 70% oil.
30% potatoes inside.
Oh, yeah.
Kind of...
Yeah.
But...
But they are good.
Yeah.
They are good.
I prefer the...
Right.
The thin one.
Thin one.
Oh, thick...
Which is that?
Thin one.
Oh, thin one.
Thin one.
Thin one.
I prefer thin one.
Not the big potato-y ones.
Okay, so name me a restaurant.
Yeah.
Or whatever.
That serves your best potatoes.
Yeah.
McDonald's.
That's good.
Don't they give you like the soft ones?
What?
Do they not?
No.
The soft ones.
Sometimes they do.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Then I will be disappointed.
You'll be disappointed, right?
But sometimes they'll give me the really fresh ones.
Then I'll be happy.
You'll be happy.
Yeah.
I'm talking about the thickness.
Thinness.
Thickness.
Thickness, yeah.
McDonald's and TGF Fridays.
I don't know if you know that, but Popo.
Do you know it?
Yes.
Itoyokado, right?
Popo.
Yeah, yeah.
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Food court.
Yeah.
I like the Popo's french fries.
They are good.
I guess like in like cost-wise, like production cost-wise,
I think the thin ones are cheaper to produce than the thick ones, right?
You don't have to use potatoes.
Right, right, right.
You should get like the one that they sell in Gyomu Super.
Right.
I tried it before.
I loved it.
You can do that, right?
At your home.
Yeah, I've done that before.
Me too.
Oh, you've done it before?
But I bought the potatoes and I cut into the size, which is like the best for me.
Really?
Yeah.
Okay, show me how thin you made it.
Like this.
Okay.
Like this.
That's pretty thick, man.
Well, this, like this.
Okay, maybe like this.
Show it to me in fingers.
Like, what do you mean?
Like this.
That's pretty thin.
Like this and this.
Yeah, that's pretty thin.
Right?
Yeah.
That's like the size of McDonald's, right?
Yeah, right.
Basically the size of McDonald's.
Basically, it is.
What is, okay, do you like to put ketchup or do you like to put like a barbecue sauce?
Oh, that's a good question.
But I prefer without nothing.
Just salt.
This is the best.
But sometimes I cheat on myself by using ketchup or barbecue sauce.
It's okay to change your sauce.
I feel guilty about that.
I'm sorry, potatoes.
That's okay, dude.
Sorry, potatoes.
I know you.
They have no emotions.
I love just the way you are, but sorry about that.
So you like the, do you like just the salt?
Yeah.
Sometimes the ketchup?
Sometimes.
Really, very sometimes.
Have you went to, where is it?
Torikizoku?
Oh, yeah, but I don't.
Torikizoku?
The Zakaya chain, right?
Yeah.
Of course, I've been there, but I don't remember the potatoes.
The TV show, Matsuko-san's TV show, Maruban no Sekai.
What was it? Matsuko-san.
Matsuko no 70 no Sekai.
Right.
They, okay, so this guy came, he was like the expert in potatoes.
Oh, really?
French fries.
He said that the best potatoes, like he gave us the three best potatoes.
One was the one from, I think, I think it was Torikizoku.
Okay.
Right.
And the reason why it was good was because they give you a sauce where they just melt a butter.
Right, they give you ketchup and melted butter, right?
And then he loves the one with the melted butter.
Right, I have to go there.
Yeah.
I definitely have to go there.
I had it last week.
Really?
Yeah.
How was that?
It was pretty good.
Oh my god.
And I think the size of potatoes is the size that you like.
Oh, I have to go there.
I'm gonna go tonight.
Yeah, you should, you should.
Right.
Oh my god, I've never tried that.
Okay.
You should go.
And I think also another store was like Manga Kisa, like the...
Oh.
Right.
That's strange, right?
Right.
The biggest chain.
I forgot what the name was, but like the biggest chain of the Manga Kisa.
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They gave you...
No, Internet Cafe.
Yeah.
Biggest chain of the Internet Cafe.
Is that the same?
Jiyu Kukan.
Yeah, I think that's the same.
Yeah, same.
Like Yuyu Kukan.
Oh, okay.
I forgot.
I think somewhere around there.
They gave...
He said he loved it.
It was like the original, the...
Like the...
Like the...
Like the back in the old days potatoes.
Oh, really?
I forgot the thickness.
I know that's important to you, but like...
Yeah.
Yeah, that's what he liked about the potatoes.
Just check it out.
Well, then I have to...
I definitely have to go to the Torikizoku right now.
But like I went there last week for...
It's been a long time, hasn't it?
Yeah.
I went there.
And then like...
So many young people.
Oh, really?
So many...
Like...
I must talk to noisy...
Yeah.
Like...
So many like...
Wow!
People.
Yeah.
Like it really reminded me of college.
Oh.
Is that bad memory for you?
No, no, no, no, no.
Like you remember how...
I'm not saying that the circle we were in was like the...
Yeah, I feel good.
I'm saying that like when we do nomikai in the circle.
There are people at different tables that like fucking go crazy when they're in groups in Izakaya, right?
Those people were there and I was like, "Oh, God."
Yeah.
Giving me headaches.
Okay.
Right?
Yeah.
I was just trying to have a good time.
And now all of a sudden the table next to me is like...
Jesus Christ.
God.
Young people.
Yeah.
That's true.
I didn't enjoy that.
Oh, yeah?
That experience I didn't enjoy.
But I don't blame them.
It's cheap, right?
Yeah, of course.
This is the place where they go.
Yeah, yeah.
Well, let's talk about Izakaya in the next episode.
Sure.
Because in the United States, do you have Izakaya things?
No, no.
We can address that in the next episode.
Yeah.
All right.
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I don't know.
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Right.
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Oh, really?
Right.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
I don't know if we can adapt to that.
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Yeah.
All right.
See you in the next episode, guys.
Thank you.
Bye bye.
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