Osaka's Flamethrower Street Food Chef ★ ONLY in JAPAN

When a sushi chef meets a flamethrower, it creates the hottest street food restaurant in Osaka!
There's a chef who has been cooking by flamethrower for over 25 years and the food ー is gourmet quality delicious!

In this episode, I travel to Izakaya Toyo (居酒屋とよ) to experience Osaka's "hottest" street food. Now you can see Toyoji-san on Netflix STREET FOOD Chef’s Table series.

Toyoji-san opened his street side izakaya on the site of a parking lot in 1992, and today it's one of Osaka's most notable sushi stops. With a flamethrower, Toyoji-san can grill up a lot of maguro cheek meat for dozens of hungry customers in minutes, and the fire attracts an audience! The chef is a real entertainer and the food is outstanding, but it's the reasonable prices that keeps regular customers coming back for years.

Eating flamethrower cuisine is amazing! The outside is cooked well and the inside remains moist and juicy. Toyoji-san's secret is to balance the hot with the cold. He has a bucket of ice water next to the grill. He periodically dips his hand into the ice water to balance the temperature and allows him to amazingly cook barehanded with the flamethrower!

Where is Izakaya Toyo?
Station: Kyobashi (Osaka)

Open 4 days a week from 14:00 to 22:00.
Closed Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays

Featured in this episode:
★ Uni | Sea Urchin
★ Ikura | Salmon Fish Eggs
★ Grilled Maguro Cheek Meat
★ Unagi | Eel
★ Umi Budo | Sea Grapes

STREET FOOD SERIES on ONLY in JAPAN

The video was produced and created by John Daub. ONLY in JAPAN is a registered trademark and all rights are reserved.

[antuanduran]

You're my first YouTuber I ever subbed to

[Kera]

He was my favorite out of the whole series. He brought tears to eyes. Love the way he considers his staff the children he never had and his customers family.

[septarap]

*"Show This To America!"* lol 😂
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The chef has great enthusiasm, and is proud of his food. Exactly why we are tempted to try it 👍

[mactian]

"SHOW THAT TO AMERICA" lol..

[ramsessilent]

Fantastic! you can tell him amarica saw and loved it! amazing showmanship that could only come from years of honing his art! thanks for the wonderful share and always staying awesome!

[shuhao]

I saw him first on Netflix series street food ❤ his way of living and personality is amazing ❤❤

[TP_]

Oh I just watched him on netflix series"Street Food" and 2 days later Youtube just recommend this video!

[oregonduc]

I just watched the mini documentary on him and it was very well done. Deep emotions portrayed in the video and even though many hardships and sadness he still smiles and exudes happiness through his cooking. No matter how much he got literally beaten he never let that stop him from getting his dream. I love his saying, “better be a chicken head than a tail of a bull”

[mariahrichardson]

"Show that to America."

Me: This guy is awesome.

[Stone_Horn]

Not gonna lie, cooking with a flame thrower is pretty badass.

This has to be one of your best videos by far, next to the man who made mochi

[CardinalKaos]

My mans smokin a cig, grillin a legend lol

[yewnammak]

This was the original reason why I watch this channel. The food and exposure to the culture ! Great vid mr John

[mikelanding]

Netflix new series: Street Food just shown this restaurant while you did it year ahead of them. :)

[MrBadack]

The chef is not working at all, he's having fun!

[MinhVu-zwih]

The old chef's personality is infectious even with his hard upbringing. I have so much respect for him!

[zerosternritter]

"Show that to America" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[bikecommuter]

love these outdoor-street type food vendors, they usually have a lot of personality, Bravo Toyoji-san

[aware]

I teared up on this episode for some reason. This guy alone makes me want to go there and just experience his presence.

[backdraft]

Visiting Japan is on my bucket list. The trip may be the bucket itself with all the locales that John makes me want to go to!

[levivue]

Wow most gangsta chef cigarette in mouth in all! Love it!