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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Check out this bread I got. I went to a 中華街 yesterday.
And I bought this, what do you call it,蒸しパン. There was a Chinese name for it.
Three kanjis. I forgot. I don't know.
Well, there was a name for it, you know. You mean the Chinese name?
Yeah, but it's a classic 蒸しパン, you know.
Okay, yeah, basically, okay.
I ate half this morning. Decided to bring the other half for the show.
Because it's 500 calories.
One and a half.
So for one?
Two fifty.
Two fifty for, so yeah, one is 500, two fifty a half.
Mm-hmm. Man, you should eat a whole one for your breakfast because you need to gain.
I should have done that.
Your healthy mindset is like, stuck in your mind.
That's right.
Naturally, it's got to happen.
Yeah. Is that sweet?
Yes.
Nothing inside?
Nothing. Just classic egg 蒸しパン.
I didn't know that they sell that in 中華街. Is that a famous one?
No, it's not famous.
I walked into like a random gift shop shit.
Okay.
You know, where they sell baked goods.
What?
Homemade baked goods.
Oh, baked, yeah.
Like homemade, I don't know, homemade breads.
Yeah.
Their own classic homemade 月餅, like cookies.
Okay.
Chinese cookies.
Yeah. So cookies and 月餅, I kind of get the image.
But they sell breads?
I'm talking about these breads.
Oh, those breads.
These are breads, right?
But that's a good question.
Cakes? Is that bread?
Okay, bread. Yeah.
Wait, cakes? That's a good point.
Is cupcake a bread?
Cupcake is cake, no?
Because it says...
Okay, so then this.
Yeah.
Is this closer to a cupcake?
I mean, if I look at that, it looks to me, it's very similar to cakes.
But we say, we call it 蒸しパン.
Right.
Then that's obvious.
How about castella?
That's a cake.
Cake.
Yeah.
Okay.
Oh, that's a good question.
Yeah.
How about dorayaki?
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That's a...
A cake?
I mean, we don't call it as cakes.
But obviously, it's in the sweet section, not in a bread section to us.
It's a sweets, you know.
They're sweets.
Yeah.
They're not bread.
They're not bread.
Or...
They're not bread or cakes.
They're sweets.
Sweets, yeah.
Yeah, お菓子.
和菓子.
But it's just like Pokemon Pong, right?
It is just like Pokemon Pong.
Yeah.
That's a bread.
Pokemon Pong is a bread?
Because it says Pokemon Pong.
Shit.
It's confusing.
Yeah, it's very confusing.
Very confusing.
True.
Yeah.
But you went to...
Sorry, you went to...
Yeah, I went to 中華街.
Random gift shop.
Yeah, I bought this at a random gift shop.
I like it.
You like it?
Yeah.
Yeah, Yokohama...
I've never...
I've been...
I haven't been there for quite a while.
Oh, really?
Yokohama 中華街.
I used to go there once at two months.
That's a lot.
Yeah, I actually like that.
Yeah, I mean that was a little bit too much.
Once at three months.
Yeah.
Still, that's a lot.
Yeah, still it's a lot.
Yeah, I love...
You know the champions, Nikuman?
Oh, yeah.
You know the champions?
The one with the big window?
Yeah, yeah.
Big like huge...
You can see the kitchen?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big like kanban, right?
Yeah.
By the way, there are many champions.
That's true.
A lot of number one.
Yeah.
A lot of number one yakisoba.
Yeah, but I love that.
I love that champions, Nikuman.
And also I had one...
Did I talk to you about this before?
But I had a favorite store, very Chinese store.
It was a Ma-san no Chūka no Mise.
It is basically just a Chinese restaurant.
Okay.
And you have a small box.
Just like a telephone box.
But it's open.
One side is open completely.
And Ma-san is sitting inside.
In the box?
In the box, yeah.
Okay.
Ma-san is a grandpa.
He's like 80, close to 90, I guess.
And he was sitting in the box.
Okay.
Yeah.
And then when I go to the store, he would be like,
Ah, greet me.
He greeted me.
And then, you know, that's it, basically.
He's like...
Where is the box located?
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Just in front of the store.
First floor?
Facing...
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Facing the street.
So...
I mean, it's on the street.
Okay.
It's facing the street.
Yeah.
So everyone can see the inside.
Yeah.
What?
It's a very small box.
He's like, he's sitting kind of on the street.
Hmm.
But it's protected by a box.
Yeah.
Like, like this box.
Why would he do that?
He's like a kanban ojiichan, I guess.
Oh.
Yeah.
I see.
He greets people.
He welcomes people.
I see.
Yeah.
In the wintertime, he has...
With tons of like futon, like mofu on him.
Like surrounded by it.
Wow, okay.
And he's like...
Yeah.
He greets people.
Yeah.
He greets people.
And I love that, you know, Ma-san's place.
Every time I went to the street, I, you know, select the place.
And so that I can say hi to Ma-san.
Yeah.
Is it good?
Is the food good?
Yeah.
Foods were great.
Okay.
Yeah.
Well, I mean, just as good as...
As anything else.
I think so.
They're all tasty.
Yeah.
They're all good.
So this is good.
But yeah.
A few years ago, I went to that store to see how Ma-san's are.
Yeah.
And then like the box was empty.
With some mofus left.
And I was like, oh...
And went in.
Okay.
Still in the restaurant.
And I asked to the store clerk, Oba-chan.
Yeah.
Where's the, you know, Ma-san?
And she said...
She pointed her finger?
Yeah.
Upwards?
Yeah.
Well, that's scary.
It's not scary.
Okay.
Yeah.
I mean, he passed away.
Oh, shit.
And then, yeah, I was like, oh...
That's sad.
Yeah.
That's my memory.
But they left the box of the food on there.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like as a memory.
Yeah.
I think so.
Everybody can, you know, remind him.
That reminds me of him.
Have you had conversations with him?
Yeah.
I mean, not like very long conversation because he doesn't speak a lot.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
But like, hi.
Yeah.
Something like that.
Yeah.
Like, it's cold, isn't it?
Yeah.
Something like that.
I'm not sure he understood or not, but yeah.
Is the store still there, do you think?
I mean, I think so.
But it was a few years ago.
Like three years ago, I guess.
So I'm not sure.
But that store was like very famous.
Oh.
Taste was good, you know.
So I think it survives still.
I believe so.
Hopefully.
Yeah.
That's my, that's the biggest memory.
Masa-san?
Yeah.
Ma-san.
Ma-san.
Yeah.
Oh, I didn't know that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
What's your favorite Chukagai food?
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Okayu.
Okayu!
How's that different from a normal okayu?
You mean Japanese okayus?
Yeah.
So basically it's not that different, you know.
Rice with lots of soup.
Yeah.
But it's more, Chinese version is more...
It's like, you know, Japanese okayu is very good for your health.
You know, the one you eat when you're sick or something.
But Chinese version is you put, you know, oil on it.
You got garlic.
You got, you know, rayu.
You got like a petan eggs.
Okay.
You got, you know, otsukemono in it.
It's more like a dish.
And it looks more...
It's more junky.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it has more thick taste.
That's cool.
And I love it.
Yeah.
Didn't know that.
Didn't know that.
I should have tried that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But it's, be careful, it's big.
Oh, is it really?
Yeah.
It's something you, I guess it's like for sharing with people, I guess.
I see.
Yeah.
It's like this big.
Wow.
Yeah.
I want to try that.
Yeah.
Do you eat it with like, is that like a substitute for like rice?
Yeah.
So you would sort of maybe order like a chicken something and then an okayu?
Right.
Right, right, right.
Oh.
Yeah.
As a substitute of the chahan.
Yeah.
But I personally, it's, as it's big, I just order okayu.
And that's it.
And that's it.
It's enough.
Or maybe just small salad or something, but.
Oh, okay.
Yeah.
That's cool.
They have meat in it?
It depends on the menus, but.
Sometimes they don't.
Like chicken okayus or like beef okayus if you have, or like seafood ones.
Oh, that's cool.
Yeah.
That's cool.
I want to try that.
I love that.
Nice.
Yeah.
Nice.
Makes me want to go to the Chinatown again.
Right.
That would be fun.
It's been a while.
Very fun.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Is it a big restaurant?
The Masan place?
Not that big.
Oh, yeah.
It's just as you imagined.
Like a classic Yokohama.
Right.
Chinatown style.
Yeah.
One thing that was surprising was there was a lot of people lining up for uranais.
Oh, Chinese uranais?
Yeah.
Oh.
Like there were more uranais than several years ago.
Really?
Like on the main street.
Oh.
Yeah.
I think, so one store had like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, seven people.
You mean?
Like seven kumi.
Yeah.
Like some of them were couples, right?
Oh.
Seven, nanakumi, who were like waiting.
Oh, nanakumi is waiting.
Okay.
Yeah.
Wow.
For the uranai shop.
I didn't, I don't remember it being that popular, right?
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Right.
I didn't even remember there were.
The uranais, right?
In the Chinatown.
But yeah, there's a lot of stores.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Didn't know that.
Yeah.
How, but maybe that's Chinese.
Chinese way of.
Yeah.
Of like evaluating your shit.
Yeah.
Yeah.
True.
I remember it wasn't Chinese, but Taiwan.
They say there are like very famous uranaishi.
The strongest uranaishi in the world.
Okay.
Many of Japanese people visit his place to, you know, get his uranai.
So maybe, you know, there was like Asian,
ancient special ways of Chinese uranais, maybe.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Yeah.
Did you have a fun moment?
No, no, I didn't go.
No, you didn't.
All right.
Thanks for listening guys.
Thank you.
Bye.