Name: 6 Must Try Japanese Foods | Iwate
Uploaded: 2017-09-06T04:55:35.000Z
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I do think Americans are more polite than
British people sometimes.

A lot of British people aren’t very friendly
though are they?

Japan is home to arguably the finest cuisine
in the world.

At the hands of some of the the world’s most disciplined chefs.

Now all we have to do now is get out there
and eat it all - which is a sacrifice, I’m willing to make.

I recently won a competition called Tohoku 365

To travel around the entire northern region of Tohoku, through 6 different prefectures

In the last episode we explored Miyagi prefecture,
eating our way through 6 delicious must try local dishes.

There seems to be a worrying pattern emerging
around the number 6.

This week we’re continuing our journey around
to Iwate prefecture, Japan’s second biggest prefecture

Where I’ll be catching up with
Natsuki and trying one of my favourite Japanese dishes

And meeting a local expat from America, who’ll be showing us around one of Iwate’s biggest street markets.

But like all good trips, we start off with
a bucket of Genghis Khan…

I won’t lie, I was pretty excited when I
heard of a local dish in Iwate, called Genghis Khan.

I was even more excited to discover the dish
involves barbequed lamb

A meat which is pretty rare to find in Japan.

Despite the name Genghis Khan is a Japanese dish

It got its name as Japanese people commonly associated Mongolia with sheep.

And naturally it made sense to name the dish
after a historic dictator from the same country.

My only criticism was the dish didn’t come
with a side of Chairman Mao.

It’s the only time that I’ve had lamb
in Japan.

Lamb is actually my favourite meat, but I’ve
done without it since living in Japan.

It’s nice to finally get hold of some - and
cook it on a bucket.

The best place in Iwate to enjoy Genghis Kan,
is the countryside town of Tono.

It turns out people in Tono like to wander
off into the countryside for bbq’s

And the bucket is their answer to a portable bbq.

What I like about this is you put the lamb
on top and the fat on top

And then the juices run down into the vegetables on the side to give them a meaty flavour.

And you’ve got this sauce here which is
soy sauce mixed with ginger

With a population of 300,000 Morioka might
not be a large city by Japanese standards,

but it’s certainly bustling with character.

And as luck would luck would have it, I’ve
managed to find myself a tour guide; a local

American expatriate called Quinlan, who I’ve
met through Airbnb.

It’s worked out pretty well as he’s kindly offered to show us around the Morioka’s bustling street market.

One of the most popular stands in the market
is a stall selling smoked goods.

Mr Toyama sells a variety of food that’s
he professionally smoked himself

Ranging from fish to vegetables and even cheese.

And it's not long before I’ve snapped
up a plateful of smoked camembert.

He’s got a lot of smoked internal organs
if you’re feeling adventurous.

It’s funny I always talk about how there’s
no cheese in Japan and yet we’ve found cheese

in Miyagi prefecture and now cheese in Iwate
prefecture as well.

I haven’t been looking hard enough for the
last 4 years.

I could take you to see some cows tomorrow.

No, it means smeared with Miso and then fried
or grilled.

So Tofu with miso smeared on it, cooked over
charcoal.

Tofu is flavourless, so it’s nice to have
a bit of flavour on it.

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