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Welcome to Kevin's English Room Podcast.
Hello, hello, hello.
You know, we talked about, you know, the restaurants you go to during vacation,
and then you come back to your hometown, Tokyo, and then it's right there next to you, right?
And that's disappointing, right?
シンガポールのカヤトーストの体験
I've had that happen. One of the most extreme ones was I went to Singapore.
You know, I went to Singapore, right?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And one of the breakfasts I told you about.
Kaya toast.
I've never seen that before. I thought that's very special.
That's in Yurakucho, man.
Kaya toast, you can go to Yurakucho and get Kaya toast.
It's the, didn't I show you a picture?
Yeah, I saw the picture.
With jam and coffee and stuff like that, and butter.
Yeah.
It's in Yurakucho. However, however though, and I was so shocked.
Yeah, I can imagine that.
I went there, actually.
Oh, yeah.
Like, fuck, I'm going there.
I'm gonna overcome my pride.
Yeah.
Go there.
Is it like the exact same store?
Exact same brand.
Exact same logo.
Wow.
Exact same kind of menu, I guess.
That's shocking.
I ate there.
Okay.
Good news. It was different. It was so different.
Nice, nice, nice.
日本での味の違い
The quality was different.
Right?
You went to see the different taste, like test it.
Yes, it was a relief.
Oh, good, good, good.
The bread was very different.
Oh, really?
The bread in Singapore was much more lighter and crispier.
Whereas the Japanese bread, much more moisture and dense.
It's heavier. It's like, it doesn't have that sort of like a, you know, crisp joy.
Right, so.
Yes.
It's different. It's actually different.
Oh, good, good, good.
Yeah, it's actually different.
Wow, even, wow, that's very surprising.
I thought it's like very local shop in Singapore.
Yes, yes.
Yeah.
It's crazy.
But true, if you find something in abroad, like USA or France or those places,
you know, for example, like France, we have the bread shop.
Yeah.
Like the same brand.
In Japan.
But it's not the same.
You said it was different, right? Because of the butter, you said.
Yeah. Or I don't know what's the reason.
Maybe the flour, the water, maybe.
Yeah, the nasi goreng.
Yeah, the temperature, the humidity, maybe.
I don't know.
It's just all different.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So it's not the same experience.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So that's good.
That's good. It's so good.
It's so good.
It's so good.
But like Hokkaido, well, Hokkaido is kind of...
So if the temperature, like the condition, like climates are very different,
such as Singapore, it can be different.
Right, it makes sense.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For the quality to be different.
Right, right, right.
Hokkaido, well, kind of different, but, you know, like Sendai, Osaka.
Yeah.
How different will that be?
Yeah.
You know, yeah.
For like gyutans.
Yeah, for the...
Right.
Well, yeah, they're different, actually.
But do you want to see if there's a gyutankaku in Tokyo?
Do you want to...
Are you ready for the reality?
Okay.
Try that.
Yeah.
So yeah, gyutankaku is the place that we're, me and Yao-chan as well, went to.
And it was a great gyutan place.
That was great.
Right.
Okay.
Let's see.
Yeah.
It's a half-chained shop in Sendai, right?
Because, right, because there's like several, I think four or five locations in Sendai.
Yes, yes.
Right.
There are no shops in Tokyo.
Oh, yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Please do not come to Tokyo.
Thank god, please don't.
Kaku, everybody.
Yes, thank god.
Please, the CEO of Kaku, you guys are very good, so please do not come to Tokyo.
Do not come.
We have a very different temperature and humidity that will ruin your dish.
Don't let that ruin your dish.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, good, good, good.
Great to hear that.
Completely different topic, though.
We were talking about soups earlier.
Yeah.
And that reminded me.
I had the best soup I've had in my whole fucking life.
Really?
I can't believe how good that soup was.
Really?
I gotta tell you.
Tell me.
Yeah.
And it's not even a fancy soup.
Okay.
椿屋カフェのコーンスープ
I think it was a corn soup.
What?
It was the best fucking corn soup I've had in my fucking life.
Really?
Yes, I can't forget.
I can't stop thinking about it, man.
Wow.
Tell me.
Yeah.
So, and it's the last place you'd expect.
Okay.
It's the last.
I had it at the Tsubakiya Cafe.
Tsubakiya Cafe?
Yes, it's a chain cafe.
Yeah.
You went there before?
I'm sorry, I've never been there before.
But you know what it is, right?
Yeah, I saw some kanbans.
Yeah, I know the place.
Tsubakiya Cafe, it's a little bit of an expensive cafe.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It's a little bit of a higher sort of...
It's not like a super casual cafe.
It's more like...
It looks like kind of authentic looking.
The old-fashioned kind of cafe.
Pretending like an authentic cafe.
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
Okay.
But yeah, I understand where you're coming from.
But they serve this when you buy a meal.
Okay.
They give you this like...
You know when you go to like a Famiresu, you buy a meal.
They come with soup and drink.
Yeah.
It's like that.
I bought pasta.
Okay.
It came with a drink and a soup.
Okay.
And that soup was the corn soup that I drank.
椿屋カフェでのコーンスープ体験
Really?
They give you the soup in like this tiny, tiny-ass cup.
It's like a shot glass.
Okay, like this.
Like an espresso shot glass.
Yeah, even smaller than I would say.
It's like that.
They give you in this tiny-ass cup.
Okay.
But it's so dense.
Wow.
It's so dense and the umami is fucking...
Crazy, man.
You should go there.
Really?
You gotta go there, man.
You gotta go there.
It's...
It's...
I'm sorry for saying this, but it's just a chain...
One of the chain...
One of the chain...
Yes, it's coffee shops.
Yeah, it's one of the chain coffee shops, yes.
It's not even a restaurant, right?
It's just a coffee shop.
It's just a coffee shop.
They just do like lunch, meal.
Yeah, right.
I went there because the only reason I went there is...
You know how I love eavesdropping on dating app people?
Okay.
And Sudakia Cafe is one of the great places.
Oh, really?
Yeah, to go for a first-time date.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I only went to eavesdropping, that's why I went there.
And Sagao, of course.
Yeah, yeah.
And Sagao, of course, right?
But mainly, yeah.
But you know, I have my earphones on, but no music's playing.
Exactly.
But I was so surprised with that corn soup, man.
I mean, how can it be that good?
Just a corn soup from just a random coffee shop.
I don't know, man.
Wow, I'd love to try that.
I mean, it's everywhere, so you'll probably find it at any station you go to.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
But just try...
But you can't order...
I don't know, I think you just can't order just the soup, though.
I think you gotta...
I think it comes with a meal.
Okay.
Yeah.
I've never been inside of this store before.
Yeah.
You watch out, though.
The coffees are like 1,000 yen.
Yeah.
Okay.
It's expensive.
Yeah, it looks...
But meals look nice.
Yeah, they were a full-sized meal, you know?
It's big.
Yeah, yeah.
You know, you'll get full.
Yeah.
I see.
They don't even show the soup on the menu list.
I know, the amount of disrespect, right?
It's so underrated.
Yeah, it's so underrated.
Wow.
Try searching Tsubakiya Cafe corn soup.
Okay.
They don't...
Yeah, that.
This one?
That one, yes.
This one?
Yes.
That good?
It is so good.
Wow.
I can't imagine that.
Yeah, so do try it.
Yeah.
Look at that.
Other people will say the same.
Tsubakiya Cafe, bad.
Tsubakiya Cafe, expensive.
But I guess it worth.
Yeah, you try the corn soup.
Yeah, it's definitely worth trying.
Wow.
If you don't mention it, I would never ever try in my life that soup.
Yeah, right.
Wow, thank you.
Yeah.
椿屋カフェのコーンスープの美味しさ
Was it Reisei Corn Soup?
The cold one?
I don't remember.
It might have been cold.
Okay, okay.
It says salad, Reisei Corn Soup.
Oh, okay.
Can be cold?
I don't think I've ever...
I don't remember choosing.
Because I would definitely go for the salad.
I don't go for the corn soup.
I see.
Yeah.
Then maybe...
Yeah, it's like five, four years ago.
Okay, okay.
Yeah, it could be different.
Yeah, please go try it.
Yeah.
It's so good.
I would love to.
Yeah, right.
All right, thanks for listening, guys.
Thank you.
Bye-bye.