How One Dish Has Kept This Japanese Restaurant Around for 250 Years | Eat. Stay. Love.

Japanese Chef Yamada Kosuke is the 8th generation owner of the Tamahide Restaurant in Tokyo, a restaurant so popular that people will line up for hours to taste his most famous dish, Oyako-Don. See how Chef Kosuke honors his family’s heritage while continuing modernize his recipes.
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[@MrM5exy]

I liked how this was done completely in japanese with no commentary, it was immersive.

[@Nozthedon1]

I was glued to it.Very immersive.Its good they did it in Japanese.It was a wonderful story.

[@devko3967]

Weeb

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

👏👏👏

[@Rebelass74]

The only problem I have with subtitles is you tend to miss the content of the video because you are trying to read what they are saying, especially watching Sushi documentaries. I have to watch it for the second time.

[@tatotiteta]

@@Rebelass74 Ive used subtitles for so long, ive awakened the Sharingan.

[@keithcleghorn5102]

I hope that 250 years from now, this family restaurant is still making good food and forging relations with customers. Awesome place. and if I ever get to Tokyo I will stand in whatever line there is to sample this dish.May God Bless tamahide and the family that has feed people for over 250 years.

[@theuglykwan]

+Keith Cleghorn As long as his descendants can both preserve as well as adapt i am sure they will continue to be around in some form.

[@Dragonzeri]

The production value and content is crazy good, glad i found this channel! Way better than the competition when it comes to food channels and networks, great stuff.

[@mirrorflame1988]

250 years!!!! My God, that is a long time - forget restaurants, many nations haven't been around that long. Awesome!

[@shidoink]

Fuck this was a good ass video. So damn beautiful. When people cherish something- food, tradition, ritual, and especially each other, thats really what's wonderful to me.

[@alexruan5639]

I like that they did not include hipster pseudo intellectuals like over at Munchies. They respect the tradition and the culture behind the food.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

holy shit just shut up

[@alexruan5639]

Iggy Tubmen u shut up

[@sometimesitdown]

要

[@JedaqiaAngel]

Goes on a date with a pretty girl. Normal dinner would take 1 or 2 hours. Convince her to wait with him for 4 hours & got her attention. Smooth move, bro.

[@mr.gardevoir3204]

Only in Japan~

[@realjiaxiong4764]

nah the 100th like

[@hazelpogosa4989]

Just the for the sake of good food? why the hell not. its worth the wait

[@156892]

I don't think this would work anywhere outside of Japan lmao..

[@ryanpanji7639]

Dont forget for Tokyo Vibes at Night owww great feeling....

[@ShaneEuston]

''Thanks to you we even got 3 kids'' Yes, Chef Yamada Kosuke has been a bad boy.

[@ShiningIcePearls]

Faqih 5:05

[@tmspica]

Would have been nice to know more about the dish instead of this couple's relationship with the owner considering the title of the video.

[@talonlan]

+Thomas Spica my thoughts exactly.

[@jasona7029]

I know right

[@MrBlazemaster525]

Actually reinforces how good the dish must be IMO if you think about it why would people line up for 4 hours for what is essentially a chicken omelette unless it was really really good?

[@BruceNorris1990]

+BlazeMasterGaming isn't that totally besides the point? We know it's good, but tell us more about why it's good.

[@MrBlazemaster525]

+gabriel liong Don't the lines/long-term repeat business speak for itself?

[@youtubeuser6004]

Everything was great about this video, the owner, the camera work, the music, the couple's story. Loved everything about it.

[@sharonsolana]

Subarashii desu!

[@chrispycrunchy101]

She was willing to wait 4 hours in line... Shes definitely a keeper.

[@PozoBlue]

I spent 7 minutes watching this with a big smile on my face, even though I didn't quite understand what the dish was, but still, it was so lovely and warm, about human ties and tradition. A guy who loves what he does and pays homage to his ancestors through food, and a couple who fell in love waiting for his food and who also revived an old family engagement tradition. Wonderful!

[@karjeecheng9024]

My sentiments, precisely!

[@richter85]

Oyakodon translates to "family bowl". The bowl, in a sense is called family bowl because it has chicken and the egg (family). It's fitting for the story in a sense that this dish created a new bond with people who are eating it to transpire the new generation.

[@diary3745]

so they cooked the whole family lmao

[@petesookkhoo45]

KFC ain't got shit on Oyakodon.

[@Jendude321]

+diar y loool

[@nbartlett6538]

More literally it means "parent-child bowl". Oya=parent, Ko=child.

[@forbeshutton5487]

It's a fucking omelette!

[@pamcayabyab3390]

Massive respect. It's beyond dining, I believe...will line up there also when we go to Tokyo!

[@CoconutJewce]

Why is this making me feel so much? lol All the people complaining about not knowing enough about 親子丼, meanwhile I'm here about to tear up.

[@gabrielabarrios1675]

same 😭😭😭

[@fjs1571]

I like the fact he says " its not famous because of my efforts but because of my ancestors n I'm thankful to them". Its a thing of EASTERN culture.

[@eyebeebak]

Well most western restaurants don't last over several generations by the same family, so it's hard for a westerner to say i'm thankful to my ancestors.

[@volikoto]

I thank the guys that made the KZbin. Hands down to you'll.

[@nos5822]

volikoto meh looks like chicken and egg soup..

[@nos5822]

Wi-Fi why wouldn't it ?

[@nos5822]

Wi-Fi but it is what it tastes like

[@nos5822]

Wi-Fi I try it of corse

[@nos5822]

Wi-Fi it would take alot of "secret" ingredients to make egg and chicken taste different

[@HELL0NESSA]

it could be the bottle of wine I had, but I almost shed a tear when they mentioned they had a good conversation in the 4 hours wait and it led to 3 kids. So sweet

[@rensedoornink1693]

This channel is pretty underrated, because the content is realy good! Keep it up

[@jeantsu6850]

+rense doornink Yeah I completely agree. I love this channel.

[@dmjdmj]

+rense doornink And here I was thinking that the channel is underrated because the content is bad. Silly me.

[@ernestkj]

4 hours of queuing! u can queue right away after lunch serving and wait for dinner!

[@JohnQuach]

Love these fun fact videos on the history of a dish. Never realized that it was a dish reserved for royalty.

[@BossSmiles3]

Awesome awesome stuff. The food, the owner's respect for tradition and his ancestors, the couple (tears formed at that point), video content, quality, camera shots, music. Absolutely stellar, definitely going to subscribe!

[@AM-qr6qw]

This video brought some tears, for sure. Reminds me of what my father is trying to do and the legacy he's trying to leave. Much respect, amazing videos.

[@Obelixlxxvi]

What a lovely story. So hard to find such places in today's time.

[@bomapdich]

Seriously, this video just bring tradition and culture to their finest value. We often in this day and age urging for revolutionary changes and forget about the past. I admire countries like Japan, Korea who keeps cultivating new idea whiles perfectly balancing the harmony of good old tradition

[@J.5.M.]

I would have liked to learn a little more about the actual dish.

[@lynguini]

its essentially eggs, veggies, meat on top of a bowl of white rice, and all of that is seeped in broth. IT IS SUPER YUMMY and traditionally a very cheap dish in japan, costing usually about $5 per serving which includes sides usually too.

[@icyticey7656]

lynda y SO it's basically a Japanese omelet?

[@lynguini]

Tice Cream nooo far from it. there is a huge difference in both texture, taste, and way of making

[@a04Xavi]

Japanese style omlet is called Tamagoyaki/Dashimaki. This is quite different.

[@xdeadheadx]

what dish?

[@kKizz]

「家族が中心になって、店をやっていけば、店はなくなることがない。」に、感動しました。

[@joaoaurelio1534]

so humble, this was completely moving. This is why i love japan, it's a profound feeling

[@Morrissey2k]

Ok but i still have no idea what the fuck the dish is

[@Mumeisan]

It's a type of "donburi" which means it's served on top of rice. In this case, oyakodon is egg, chicken and seasonal vegetables, cooked in a broth and then served on top of rice.

[@Morrissey2k]

Thank you!

[@ericallnight]

yup totally failed to actually explain the dish. Nice story but pretty big blunder for a wide audience

[@Fome]

Notice how the video is entirely Japanese with no foreign commentary whatsoever? It's supposed to be as authentic as possible, and since every Japanese person knows oyakodon, of course they wouldn't explain it.

[@EllisYuuka]

Oyakodon means chicken and egg rice bowl, Which also means parent and child rice bowl.

[@sankarshanlodh3227]

family+love+food= what more do you need in life

[@SLPC_]

sankarshan lodh sex

[@sankarshanlodh3227]

lol

[@FelipeCruzMelo]

So beautiful thaht I cried. Thanks +Bon Appétit, that's a documentary in his pure state of art.

[@InfiniteRhombus]

you should go see a doctor, you might have a brain tumor.

[@Jendude321]

+Iggy Tubmen wait what?!

[@orhunolgun8303]

u r stupid

[@MonkTheWorldTree]

1:43 most important part of this video. btw, Gordon Ramsey needs to visit this place maybe just for experience :)

[@seikibrian8641]

Gordon Ramsay would probably spit it out and yell, "The chicken is fucking raw!"

[@emilia2411]

SeikiBrian hahaha there are some places with serve semi raw, like beef. But it all adds to the texture of the dish.

[@raizelm1578]

Beautiful and touching film. Thank you for sharing this story of love, tradition, and good food all coming together.

[@Pliskin0207]

that's the awesome kind of content I want see on this channel

[@michaeljudianto1924]

250 Years of Family Business.. Dang.. :O

[@sidneyreyes3832]

The feels in this video is strong...:)

[@maggiebrayton4258]

what a wonderful story. I really want to go and try it, now

[@teojiahui]

I saw "Fat. Stay. Love" at the beginning of the video 😂😂😂

[@cantalizer]

Stella Ella Its actually Eat. Stay. Love. tho😂😂😂 but i guess Fat works as well lol👌

[@kilamkam]

Stella Ella That moment when I read this comment and think "Wait that's not what it said? O_o".. Lmfao rewind....

[@nomoreidolatry9845]

Stella Ella Nice sun glasses

[@Tzadeck]

In case anyone was wondering--this dish is super famous in Japan, so it's no wonder the video didn't think it necessary to explain. It's just chicken and egg cooked in a bit of sweet and savory broth served over rice.

[@kobzster06]

Wow this restaurant is older than the United States!

[@tekkenfan01]

kobzster06 but USA is more famous

[@bebisibeb]

@@tekkenfan01 what's your point?

[@tekkenfan01]

鄭漢洋 you know the point

[@bebisibeb]

@@tekkenfan01 looks like you were not happy with someone pointing out the obvious and in a way you felt slightly belittled since you're a patriot judging by your picture, so you proceeded to try to point out the fact that people knew more about the US than this restaurant which is strange because it doesn't really scale well and you're comparing two very different things. you couldn't just let go of the fact that your ego was challenged even in the slightest so you had to write that comment to pose a challenge. of course, I knew what your point was. I just wanted to hear you say it.

[@tekkenfan01]

鄭漢洋 same as you just now, good job

[@aprilczareen5706]

I love Oyakodon. If ever I find myself in Tokyo, I would love to visit the place and eat the dish as the original makes it. I love the quality of this video and the message, kudos to this channel and everyone behind it. These stories are inspiring. 🙏

[@ainadena7318]

Oyakodon is the first Japanese food I have ever eaten. And it made me fall in love with Japanese food ever since then.

[@WorgenGrrl]

What a lovely story! May this restaurant continue for the next 250 years times 250 years.

[@theuglykwan]

Constant refining of things, even simple things like this is amazing.

[@namnhan2003]

I love the traditions of Japan...that makes it quite unique.

[@karjeecheng9024]

Thank you for a charming tale filled with sincerity.

[@MsThisIsAllRandom]

Keep making videos like this!! I love it!!

[@red_ashcroft]

there's an adage "Food brings people together." I believe in that.

[@MultiPizzapizza]

I went to Japan in 2006 for work....probably one of the best countries I have been to...I could live there! Incredible!

[@elmccaskill8931]

This is amazing! Great friends, great food!

[@vronskibeat]

Beautiful video. Made me cry.

[@xochiltg.s.4935]

Wish I knew what was so special about this dish to make such a long line, but the couple's story was really adorable.

[@evalaylatusstatistik1710]

Love the dedication of the chef

[@ferchizvalle1217]

Falling in love with this channel

[@justarandomperson2020]

This is one of the best videos I’ve ever watched

[@boris.dupont]

Fascinating! Thank you!

[@KNewsEntertainment]

Really enjoyed the video, hope to go Japan soon to have a chance to experience the food and culture, love the channel!

[@plushbatfan]

That Oyakodon restaurant is packed all the time!

[@BuddhaKING86]

Man I remember when I visited Japan, I came here on a whim from a random food blog suggesting this place. Little did I know that this restaurant was 250 years old and I didn't ecen know the name of this restaurant until today

[@maritnmetal]

Wow this is amazing

[@caryhuff8924]

Beautiful story well told by the producers of the video. I felt like I was there with them. 5 Stars!🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@np2679]

Beautiful

[@FlavioMarceloSousa35]

Wonderful love story and the Oyakodon looks great!

[@jco2273]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@azharjamaloddin5630]

Oh wow, I would love to pay a visit to this restaurant. I love Oyakodon .. thanks for posting this :)

[@isolin]

This is so typical Japanese. It's not really about the Dish, it's about Tamahide Restaurant and people around it. The title of the video says "how one dish has kept this Japanese Restaurant Around for 250 years" and the video shows this 1 dish is not the only secret, its the people and tradition around the owner of the Tamahide Restaurant and their customer, it's a taste of culture and tradition. And the dish is super simple to cook :) there are so many Oyakodon videos online, but only this one is about its founder and tradition :)

[@rickylovesyou9063]

Bla Iso someone that gets it.

[@popcornt111able]

So humble

[@peggy8519]

Wow. This was amazing!!

[@AinslieCheung]

love places like this in Japan.

[@GrillWasabi]

Great content! Definitely enjoyed watching this.

[@AGTsakumis]

Outstanding!

[@skye7104]

brought tears to my eyes

[@unaanguila]

So interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@mai3794]

The moment I heard "Oyakodonn" my mouth watered ♡

[@MLD.Ltd.]

I love the couple's story. Imagine 130 years worth of stories and decades of people converse while waiting in line. From national politics to favorite band, from people coming from places thousands of miles apart to local dating young couples this couple once were.

[@HO-mm6ob]

Ill be sure to visit this place in the future.

[@philgoodinc2]

The production quality is great, but the subtitles are super hard to read at times. They need an outline.

[@starmarzuq9718]

massive respect

[@pontageek]

this is so amazing.

[@hiotakshe]

This chef be balling and really love his art. If you guys see at around 3.55 all his shallow pan looks like its made from copper, and copper pans aint cheap. In fact one of the most expensive pans out there

[@pacefka]

This is my tokyo dream. My ultimate bucket list.

[@abotellojr4943]

Sweet love story with amazing host and food. Amazing!!!!

[@artee0]

Thank you, that was fantastic :)

[@AX7razor]

A great story and a great restaurant. I will definitely visit this place when i land in Japan someday.

[@digits001]

Jeez you guys can't google what dish this is? "Oyako" means "parent and child", and it refers to the chicken and egg. The chicken is simmered in a sweet soy broth (sometimes onion as well) and egg is added slightly after. It's pulled off the heat while the egg is still nice and soft, and laid onto hot white rice. "Don" means bowl, a katsu bowl is "katsudon", yakiniku (Bbq) bowl is "yakinikudon" and so on and so forth.

[@boredbeingbored894]

This just reminds me of Maisen in Tokyo- best tonkatsu I have ever had.. You could taste how much care and thought put into the dish.

[@OneManOneCamera]

That was very, very nice and it made me hungry.

[@aoinanase19]

Wow simply amazing!

[@silvez]

The way they film is so good!

[@gaiseric9518]

This is entirely based. I wish to visit someday. It is rare that a craft is passed down through so many generations. Truly a gem.

[@ariestns]

infectiously inspiring

[@BlueGlow26]

He said they stated serving oyakodon in 1979, so I guess it's not just one dish sustaining this restaurant... Wonder what other dishes they had, and have, sukiyaki maybe? Since that's the sauce they use, and how the waitress was cooking by the customers with that kind of pot also makes me think of sukiyaki

[@IridescentJello]

I think they mean they started serving regular oyakodon as opposed to royal oyakodon.

[@Vulcapyro]

When Mr. Utsunomiya came to eat they were having sukiyaki before the oyakodon :)

[@eyebeebak]

The dish was being served 250 years ago only to royals. Only until 150 years ago, his family created a similar dish to serve to regular people. Only until 1979, that the royal dish is being served to everyone. Got it?

[@brylepimentel2575]

I love Japanese food. make ma hungry always

[@deepblue2]

I'd love to try this dish!

[@patriciamurashige6879]

I love the story!! It’s a real love story of both kinds💕😍💕🥰

[@namorie3176]

Oyakodon is always good and that looks like the best

[@Julianna_w]

He has his heart and passion in the right place. I would've liked to know more of the history of this one dish though - being served to only royalty in the past makes it pretty intriguing

[@1995Rebel]

this was really beautiful man great video

[@shababsbotten69]

this video made me smile

[@Outwardpd]

Seemed more like a documentary on a husband, wife, and their friend rather than about the food the restaurant serves, nice video nonetheless.

[@crazchiknoodles]

the best things in life are truly worth waiting for