Hello! Hi guys, my name is Amanda. I'm from Los Angeles, California. And today we're going to have sukiyaki. And I've never had sukiyaki before, so I'm really excited. Yeah, I think sukiyaki is pretty good. Like Japanese food, so. That's right. Okay, we'll get out of here. They have a song sukiyaki, right? Oh, please. You don't get to actually try the food. Yeah, yeah. Takashima-ya is actually the famous department store. Okay. And that's on 14th floor. 44th floor. Yeah, so we're gonna go up. Yep. All right, let's go. Let's go. So you've been here for a long time? Yes, Japan. I've been here for four years. Four years? So why did you decide to come to Japan? So I lost my job. I broke up with my ex boyfriend. And I had all these signs telling me, okay, time to start a new chapter of my life. Yeah. So I always wanted to try living in Japan. Even when I was a young child, I will always go to Japanese things. I like Japanese food or. Japanese restaurants. Japanese restaurants. So just naturally, I was going to these things. And then I guess it kind of blew up when I found Sailor Moon. Yeah. I think during that time it wasn't popular. There's a small community that likes Sailor Moon. But for those people who like Sailor Moon, they never stopped liking Sailor Moon. So even today, I still love Sailor Moon. Which city are you from in America? I'm from Los Angeles. Los Angeles. Lots of different cultures. I'm used to a lot of different cultures. And I guess I can adapt to different cultures very well. Because it's natural in Los Angeles and America. They have like a Japanese community in Los Angeles, right? Yes, and they even have a little Tokyo. Little Tokyo, yeah. What do you miss most about? What do I miss most about? Probably Mexican food. Oh, yeah. I miss Mexican food. It's very good in Los Angeles. California is very close to the border of Mexico. So a lot of Mexicans come to the western part of the United States. So Mexican food is really good and authentic. What is a typical American food? Hamburger? I guess that would be the stereotype, right? Yeah, but Hamburger is good. Very, very good stereotype. Yeah, and there are so many kinds, right? I think it could be a small one. Yeah. Could be a small one. Could be a small one. Yeah. My favorite burger joint, we say joint, is in and out. In and out? Yeah. Never heard of it. I mean, not here, right? No, they're only in California. And I think there's one in Las Vegas. But their selling point is they want to stay in California like with the state. And if any of your viewers go to Los Angeles, please try in and out. So good. Nice. Nice. I think that's it. Food's coming. Yes, the food came. It looks really delicious. How do you about try a steak? Actually, I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. I've never tried steak. Actually, I've never tried steak. So like I told you I've been here for four years. But I've never had steak. I've had shabu shabu. And I do love eating meat. So this is perfect. This is really perfect. It's a soup with some mushrooms in it. We use chopsticks, a bit mix, and sip like this. Oh, that's good. That's good. It's so soup. And there's some type of mushroom in it. Yes, nameko. Nameko? There you go. I got it. Wow. Good job, chopsticks. Oh, thank you. I was struggling. I love mushrooms. My husband doesn't like mushrooms. Oh, sad. I'm really sad because I love mushrooms. It's very typical skemo. I love it. So when we eat sukiyaki, we mix egg. Okay. That's good. Okay. Have a bite. That's really good. That's really good. Very soft and like melts in your mouth. Easy to bite. Sometimes meat is like you don't bite. Right. But this is really nice and delicate. Before I came to Japan I will never have raw egg. And I don't know what change. But one day I was like, you know what I want the raw egg. Now it's natural. Yeah, yeah. Maybe I saw so many people doing it. So we dip this in the egg as well. Yeah. Okay. This is chiro taken noodles, right? Chiro taken. Chiro taken. That's good. No. Because I really love konyaku. So. Everything's so far I like. The egg makes it very creamy. So it's really good. It's a combination of more about texture. So it's really good. I can't believe I can eat raw egg. I can't eat raw egg from Japan. Let's try to go. I like Japanese food that I really love. It's a konyaku gobo. I love kono. To me it tastes really good. You've been to konyaku park in Guma? Oh no. I didn't know that. It's like that kind of park. Yeah, no. So there's a konyaku park in Guma and it's big. They have a factory and you can like make the konyaku and everything. But also they have a konyaku buffet. They make konyaku karage. Oh really? Yeah. They make everything konyaku noodles, konyaku pudding. Anything you could imagine. Oh. Thank you. If I go to your hometown, what are the places I should meet for a sightseeing? I think there's so many things you can see in Los Angeles. But public transportation is not very strong in Los Angeles. So if you go to Los Angeles, you will need to bring an international license so you could drive a car. Otherwise, maybe you cannot enjoy the trip to the maximum amount. It's very much a driving state. Most people own a car. It's really hard to get to a place to place without a car. That's traffic. It's bad door. That's right. Traffic is really bad. Really, really bad. I used to commute to work. It would take me three hours. What? Sitting in the car. If there's an accident on the road. Three hours. That's one way. That's usually coming home. But if there's something happening going to work, it's really stressful. Because you cannot be late. Because of a... You cannot call your manager and say there's a car accident. I'm going to be late. Really? It's unacceptable. I saw more Americans more generous to be late. I don't. I think if you say one or two times in the year, okay, but you cannot always say it. Yeah, yeah. I really like... Silver Lake area. Silver Lake. It's like a park and it's like a town area. There's a lot of shops and stuff. Other vintage stuff or records. But maybe it's similar to Shimo Kitazawa. I see. I tried to recommend something that maybe not everybody knew about. Overall, I think the Miyaki place was really good. What is the restaurant called again? Ima-han. Ima-han. It's really famous, Jay. Okay. So Ima-han in general, I thought was really good. Quality was excellent. The meat texture was really soft. Like melts in your mouth. Every day, presentation's good. The service is really good. I definitely want Tsukiyaki again. I'm going to have to come back. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, take your husband here. Yeah, bring my husband here. Maybe I'll have him pay. Yeah, sure. And I have a YouTube channel called Tokyo. I do Tokyo lifestyle. I do videos about fashion, about trends in Japan. And so please come to my channel. If you don't understand English, I have Japanese subtitles on my videos. Please check out my channel. Okay, thank you. I put the link of the channel in the description. Thank you so much.