Japan’s worst sandwich

[@MarxistMomentum]

JapanEats canonically looks like Handsome Squidward after eating that sandwich.

[@Instanence]

You try to hard to be funny and it's not working

[@chungiboii8924]

@@Instanence it was funny, you wet blanket

[@shiannafoxx]

@@InstanenceI laughed

[@GothicOctopus]

1000% accurate. Can confirm. Had to sign an NDA before I saw his gorgeously chiselled jawline.

[@Ayalaula]

I think it's hilarious ​@@Instanence

[@GingerSid]

That sandwich just feels messy to hold. I rather humor a spaghetti Taco really.

[@articusramos808]

Hey! Voice cat boy.

[@Eldiran1]

Yakisoba doesn't taste like spaghetti, i didn't even acknowledge that they look similar because of that. To be fair, yakisobapan (this is what this sandwhich is) are generaly smaller and cheaper. This one seem, like you said, messy to hold so it's a meh for me. I prefer going with the smaller one with a side dish to go with it (like a onigiri or if i've the chance, my favourite, the tonkatsu sandwich! )

[@EditUnivers75]

I used to want spaghetti tacos for my birthday as a kid because of iCarly. They’re surprisingly not half bad. Has to be better than this sog fest.

[@TdotFunk]

Spaghetti sandwich on wonder bread with butter and shredded cheese is goooood

[@stephenboyd0187]

@@GingerSid it's gotta be cold, day after moms spaghetti, right out the fridge, on some ms Baird's white bread. Change your life brother.

[@kboogie8622]

I bet the marketing meeting for this was hilarious

[@Moonstone-Redux]

Yakisoba sandwich is a pretty well known recipe, so I am not surprised at this one's existence.

[@kueapel911]

It's a damn popular school lunch item in japan.

[@deker0954]

I made one of those.

[@aohige]

Marketing meeting? We've had this since I was a little child, and I'm almost 50. Yakisoba-pan has been part of Japanese culture for students since 1950s, like less than a decade after WWII

[@kueapel911]

@@aohige IKR, it's japanese version of carbs on carbs. The brits have fries sandwich, americans have hash brown sandwich, chinese have noodles on rice, etc. Popular among kids who need a lot of energy to be kids, thus school lunch stuffs.

[@joshuakahky6891]

You can tell his opinion of the food before he speaks just based on the Animal Crossing music in the background 😂

[@fizzy_blizzy]

The discord vbs groups meeting is so true lmao

[@lucasgarcia8285]

That joke literally murdered me!!!!! 😂

[@stuffthatijustsay5523]

So spot on 🤣

[@MusicLoverGurl]

I went to a friend's wedding and met their MMO friends. The MMO friends felt like a different species of people, but it was nice enough, since we were all there out of love for our friend. Anyway, that sandwich has always looked garbo to me and I'm glad it's not just me.

[@TheMister123]

@@lucasgarcia8285 Please send my condolences to your surviving family.

[@Selunara94]

Between the VBS jokes and the Veggietales references I feel seen in a very specific way I'm not used to on the modern day internet 😂

[@Yolipow]

Was not expecting to see Jerma

[@saltybskut3654]

Jerma is the ideal human form. He must eat 5 of those sandwiches a day to have such attractive facial features

[@El_payaso2006]

Mustache hair

[@GayBearBro2]

This man is dissing yakisoba pan?! The legendary meal of beautiful fried noodles, meat, and veggies in a soft, sweet bun?!?!

[@aohige]

ikr? Of course he might just not like the UFO version of it. I seriously doubt he is ignorant of yakisoba-pan in general... it's a staple in every convini in Japan lol

[@CondemnedGuy]

Yakisoba pan is F tier.

[@hauptmann25]

Yakisoba is great, adding shitty bread just makes it worse.

[@user-wk3ig3wl5q]

W 13 sentinels reference

[@hayley179g]

Why would you put bread in bread to make a bread sandwich?

[@churchgest]

Looks like a cursed epic meal time collab

[@desireer6915]

Yeah! Looks like a worm sandwich

[@Graemyr]

Where I grew up, we had "chow mein sandwiches", which was just a soft bun topped with a mountain of "Asian" noodles in gravy, topped with the other half of the bun. As a sandwich, it's absurd, and really not that different from just eating chow mein, but also no one pretended you were supposed to eat it without a fork and knife haha

[@baltakatei]

The Grandpa Killer. Your side drink better be prune juice.

[@hayley179g]

Why would you eat it at all? Why not save the bread for later when you have sandwich ingredients, or make toast separately?

[@nathan_p_band]

fall river?

[@stephenboyd0187]

that sounds pretty dope. I would 100% try that

[@Appaddict01]

Asian carb maxing.

[@Mlemmyk]

Been too long since I got a VBS joke, gracias

[@eduardor8437]

I'm an old man, please keep up your content. I enjoy it and your editing is top notch.

[@dfquartzidn6151]

“It’s like two of my closest friend groups meeting at my birthday party.” God, that’s way too real. Would either end in chaos or awkwardness, lmao.

[@epictoe7179]

I’ve learned of Yakisoba pan because of 13 sentinels

[@kcStranger]

I never even got to thank her. My Yakisoba Pan Angel...

[@Moustache_D_Luffy]

Was about to paste the same lol

[@ncp9095]

I was gonna say lol

[@tulenich9948]

I mean, you can also see it in literally every slice-of-life anime when the characters get lunch from the school cafeteria

[@vladik87]

Same here. Great game, btw.

[@kowozy]

What does that mascot look like jerma

[@gibs9211]

Ngl man when that sandwich got lifted and Jerma was there insisting that noodles mske your fave stronger, I almost had s full brain anyerism

[@fen8321]

Giving the spelling errors in your post you should probably still get checked out anyway 😂 *this is a joke in good nature

[@meiyou-ren]

Almost?

[@ZaZaZoo22]

Jerma friend

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

I think the joke was "it'll make your facial features stronger!" No, it'll make your facial features softer and rounder

[@Peanut664]

My dumb ass thought it was worms 💀

[@BakeXlove11]

It's okay, before I clicked on the video, I was thinking "Please, don't be worms."

[@myrraroberts9574]

💀same

[@lkaolane4403]

Why would it be worms ​@@BakeXlove11

[@Brim_the_Wizard]

You're eatin' worms Michael

[@desireer6915]

It really does look like worms tho!

[@jordantaylor4390]

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim tells me that Yakisoba Pan is to die for, literally the best this there is

[@asskicker4000]

He is the reason I wanted to try it so much

[@lolapop2010]

Little does JapanEat know that while a single bite can turn you into Handsome Squidward, finishing the WHOLE sandwich turns you into Squilliam Fancyson... 🐙 💰 😅

[@Actar_Raikit]

If Japanese popular culture is to go by, it's a really popular food item.

[@aohige]

It is. Every Japanese grew up with this as a staple menu in the school cafeteria.

[@ohthatdemoness6]

you could tell me Jerma made this and i would not be surprised

[@vitorkk328]

Vacation Bible School was fire tho. I miss those days...

[@treesoul00]

The crafts. The nasty playground banter. Learned so much and still have the war trophies. For some godforsaken reason they made us put felt strips on the bottom of our wood napkin holders, probably bc it was cheap materials that would scratch. And some guy was actually lacquering wood plaques of the Lord’s Prayer. Toxic wood all around.

[@burneraccounthandle]

@@treesoul00 the being touched inappropriately by my pastor...

[@markcarter822]

We always had great homemade cookies of all sorts and Kool-Aid. Even till this day when I have a taste of Kool-Aid it takes me back.

[@M98747]

Making vinegar and baking soda rocket ships.

[@RandyButternubs917]

I remember it was family day, where all your family comes and sees what you've been up to and sits through evening mass with you. I saw some goth dude and whispered "can I touch your head?" Cause it was shaved on the sides, and he was like "of course". So I did and said "it feels like a shark" and gave him a piece of string I pulled off my shoe. The whole camp was a fever dream every year I went.

[@aiza4777]

As a Filipino this doesn't seem that weird considering the people in our hometown would occasionally eat pancit-filled pandesal 🫶

[@the.wickedman]

when I hear that song, I know a roast is coming 😂

[@Werewolf_Korra]

Reminds me of when I would pile spaghetti into garlic bread crust to make a spaghetti sandwich

[@deker0954]

Oh yes.

[@amugom00moo]

exactly what i was thinking! 🤤

[@EigramGn]

Yakisoba pan! Bakeries do sell them fresh too

[@mewrpuff]

We Asians love our noodles on bread 😄 Carbs on carbs ❤

[@jeremydolot2083]

In the Philippines we have spaghetti sandwich and stir fried noodle sandwich, but not for me, I prefer a sandwich that has protein in it, not carbs on carbs.

[@lqr824]

The super-soft bread you sometimes see in Japan is loaded with preservatives BHA and BHT. This are used across the board in American grocery store bread, albeit at modest levels, to keep it fresh-ish for a week. In Japan bread's sold in 2 to 8 slice bags without preservatives. But as an exception, they have a few bread products that really go overboard with it. My wife had one that literally brags about the BHA and BHT in a call-out balloon on the front of the package.

[@jplays3]

What about a spaghetti and meatball sandwich on garlic bread?

[@BakeXlove11]

That's just delicious.

[@quinnsearle9977]

Remove the spaghetti and you've got a top 10 sandwich.

[@hayley179g]

@@quinnsearle9977Or remove the bread and you've got top 10 spaghetti

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@hayley179gRemove the meatballs and bread and you have a light dinner/struggle/depression meal.

[@angelmartin2243]

Someone was inspired by kids making sandwiches with the Olive Garden breadsticks when their parents aren’t looking.

[@aohige]

Olive Garden opened its first store in 1982. This dish, Yakisoba-pan has been a staple food in Japan since 1950s. Just. Sayin' 😂

[@E-A-Z-Y]

Nuh uh, any form of “carbo sando” is elite

[@fevley]

That friend group joke was solid! Wife and I both laughed

[@hyyh2015]

ngl yakisoba pan tastes better when the yakisoba is made fresh from scratch and not instant, but then again we ppl from ph like to have our instant pancit canton sandwiched in between bread

[@isaiahblackbeard]

U.f.o. Logo looks like a wrestling brand 😂

[@seelezero]

I will not stand for this yakisoba-pan slander

[@aohige]

Yeah I'm fuming at this comment section lol

[@ieshi23]

No commentary on the cultural implication of post war scarcity cuisine leading to the popularity of a carb on carb dish? Maybe a parallel to British food rationing and how similar restrictions made that cuisine infamous?

[@hayley179g]

he's not a food history channel, he just reviews the food, but that would be a fun detail to include

[@collidgemart7959]

jesus christ you are no fun

[@madensmith7014]

I think it has more to do with bread culture being imported into the area and the locals were looking something within their preferred palates to use as a filling. We Asians don't exactly have slices of ham, salami or cheese readily available, nor do I think people back then wanted something that looked raw, so we tend to go for the next best thing. Carb on carb due to scarcity is a true thing in many places, but yakisoba pan doesn't seem to have that history. This is more in line with things like anpan that uses red bean paste and ice cream on bread.

[@ieshi23]

@@madensmith7014 It's true that there was a great deal of exposure to american culture post war, and while certainly the most impactful, this wasn't the first big cultural exchange. There was contact with their neighbors pre-isolationism, and with Europe after that. Eventually the Meiji restoration brought about a rapid wave of industrialization and for a while Japan shunned away from their culture, which would come back as nationalism in the 20th century. The Japanese, like any other culture, have preserved foods which they combine with staples (mostly grains). Apart from anpan and natto I'm not aware of any other staple on staple dishes, and even then, there's an argument to be made about beans being globally treated more as a protein than a carb source. Which bring me to the idea that this wasn't caused by scarcity as much as by rapid urbanization: traditionally preserved foods are harder to come by in the quantities needed to serve fast food to an incoming wave of displaced and/or immigrating people from the countryside.

[@Branogeni]

People do literally eat this in the UK & Ireland to be fair haha. I had this growing up (well something similar) but it's much better warm. Super noodle sandwiches :)

[@stephenboyd0187]

Ummm..... Hell no my brother. Lol

[@EeveeRealSenpai]

People have to stop violating the Geneva Convention with these noodle sandwiches. 😭

[@ThatGuyNamedRick]

It's not a war crime when everyone does it. Ask the Philipines, they've been on the "College Budget Cuisine" since the Spanish.

[@sentakuNopey]

Southeast asia would just disintegrate if it was a warcrime 😂

[@aohige]

The Geneva convention is only 10 years older than this dish lol.

[@shiram88]

I am living for the voice over 😂😂😂

[@-Raylight]

We will never know whether Japaneat looks like Handsome Squidward or not because we can't see his reflection xD

[@Taolan8472]

reminds me vaguely of the ramen sandwiches i would make myself for dinner as a kid on ffy nights. adult me looks back on some of those creations with... disappointment.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

im assuming ffy means "fend for yourself" If thats the case: my family also calls it that, or Scrounge Night

[@Whatever-human]

The people on that sandwich look like beans can’t explain they just… look like beans ig Or pills lol

[@ylive5169]

"I'm just a rambling cowpoke in Japan" 😂

[@treepea5123]

That's a spaghetti sandwich if i ever seen one and I want to try it.

[@JustCallMePaper]

In all seriousness the discorders and the VBS staff would get along phenomenally.

[@moraggilad847]

Just because you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD

[@aohige]

Well tell that to us 70 years ago when this was invented and has been a staple menu on the school lunch for that long. Seriously, wtf is up with these people crapping on a staple dish. So many disrespectful people here.

[@moraggilad847]

@@aohige again, just because u could didn't mean u should

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

@@aohige You can call anything a "staple dish" it still doesn't make it good and immune from mockery automatically. Y'all shit on Brits for this kind of stuff like it's a second job.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

​@@THENAMEISQUICKMANNobody has cared about what the Brits are up to in a very long time, stop working yourself up.

[@aohige]

@@THENAMEISQUICKMAN Your food is globally mocked for being garbage. Cry more.

[@Powered1Buttercup]

The little guy in that ad just looked like Jerma to me lmaoo

[@psykodactyle]

Jerma coaxing a Japanese woman to eat spaghetti sandwiches

[@bomanisntsad]

japanese lesson pls day 46 of asking

[@stephenboyd0187]

Spaghetti sandwich however....❤🤯

[@Murderotica.]

I was literally looking for someone who offends the Italians as much as me. Highfive! lol

[@stephenboyd0187]

@@Murderotica. lmfao, I swear my brotha, give it a shot. Cold mom's spaghetti with white bread. Promise you will not be disappointed.

[@tigerbalmespresso]

dude, you are funny. I love the low key humor/sarcasm. you and funny cat videos make me lol

[@A1somniaaa]

Reminds me of the (leftover) spaghetti sandwich my Dad would make me. My dad could not cook, but as a kid I thought it was the best thing ever :) The mayonnaise on that sandwich is a no-go already for me though

[@ThatGuyNamedRick]

I remember when I visited the Philipines a place called "Chow King" had a Pancit Canton and Pandesal sandwich. I'm jealous that in Japan you at least get a little glob of Mayo for it to go down easier.

[@hyyh2015]

that's peculiar; i'm from ph and i haven't ever heard of chowking having pancit canton and pandesal sandwich in their menu before (maybe it's a place with a similar name and not the fast food chain itself?) i do know that we sometimes eat our pancit canton (and also spaghetti) sandwiched in between bread, even ice cream like in singapore but still

[@Itsnotworthit-cd2kb]

The specific relatabilitt of my friends from discord not getting along with my vbs friends is so accurate. I just went to a bday party like that.

[@Wha0e0er]

wow cant believe jerma is in japanese ads now incredible

[@superzwiebel]

Personally, when my inner 5-year-old comes out and demands a noodle sandwich, I find that yakisoba pan is perfect for those times. I devour it, my inner 5-year-old is satisfied and smiling, and all is right with the world for the next 5 minutes

[@LunaBloom99]

Instant ramen and bread, sometimes with some melted cheese is a staple poor-meal in some South African communities. I was hit square in the tatas by the university dorm nostalgia. 😂

[@yrbelite8450]

The music you chose for this short is something I could listen to everyday.

[@hotel-california]

ur insane yakisobapan is incredible in every form and i am craving one like a feral animal rn

[@Mrfroggy_]

Bro The 2 friends groups are so accurate 💀, I have close friends on discord who would hate my friends in real life and Vice versa it’s so funny

[@StaubZuStaub]

Noodle or pasta sandwiches are something that is hit or miss. I grew up on these so I adore them but I can understand that others would be freaked out by the carb supremacy 😂

[@_Stian]

that two group getting along is hella relatable

[@suziscool]

Discord friends meeting your vacation Bible group... I want to see this movie.

[@matt27taylor]

The music selection is just perfect!

[@Rorschachqp]

This is like a common cheap lunch in high school animes.

[@Archamedes]

I got blasted back to memory town for like three loops when you mentioned mixing friend groups. So uncomfortable to be the only common connection in a social setting!

[@jasc0458]

That looks rlly good, you should try Jollibee spaghetti with bread; since it's Filipino brand, the spaghetti will be sweet and savory due to the sauce and meat, contrasting with the bread, which depends on which one you get, my parents usually get pandesal from a local bakery, and the bread there is squishy and sweet.

[@williamglass2223]

I see Jerma on the comic.

[@taik3tsu]

Thats the type of sandwich i make at 3am when the fridge is empty lmao

[@user-um8zt2ke8o]

You narrate like macaulay culkin in home alone when he talks to stray adults

[@deusexaethera]

So it's what a sandwich would be if it were also somehow a tentacle beast.

[@abomiyeti7440]

Japanese Jerma isn’t real, he can’t entice you. 0:11 Japanese Jerma:

[@Owl_bee]

I love your “this food sucks” doofus music 😂

[@brancracker]

Carb on Carb: The Many Faces of Me

[@cherrynellieperiod6283]

The VBS reference SENT ME 💀

[@MrXtacle]

U.F.O has the sickest commercials. There is this Vtuber called Towa something that sings a really cool metal song, but it's actually a commercial for UFO

[@Fedico7000]

Erin Hanson as the sandwich guy is so goofy XD

[@Branogeni]

Japan has discovered UK struggle meals, this is what your dad who can't cook makes for lunch when your mum is gone for the day. Super noodle sandwich

[@THENAMEISQUICKMAN]

What's funny is that when the UK does this the internet has a field day with it, when a country like Japan does it they 180 and try to insit you making fun of it is "rude and disrespectful to their culture" lmao

[@Khornecussion]

I know if usually means the food is so-so, but I really like the Animal Crossing music. Always makes me happy. Reminds me of playing the original Animal Crossing on the Game Cube.

[@kcvriess]

This concoction looks like it was made by a kid trying to annoy his parents.

[@amazinggrapes3045]

I'm watching the noodles falling out going "why... why???"

[@SomeGuy_Somewhere]

200% daily recommendation of carbs 200% daily recommendation of sodium 0% nutrients

[@articusramos808]

A noodle bun. Neat

[@christopherberry3036]

As a Southerner, childhood memories of my sister and myself eating ramen noodle and collard greens sandwiches come to mind. We have weird things we masquerade as food in the South.

[@irfans_AA]

Give me that, I'll definitely be an イケメン　after eating it.

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Oh boy, I can’t wait to dig in to my BREAD SANDWICH.

[@lutherfrank6864]

Instant noodles on a sandwidge is usually what I do when the instant noodles isn't enough 😂

[@blinkwire01]

The number 1 sandwich that grade school bullies make people get for them in anime.

[@Itsallsotiresome]

I thought noodles and bread was weird when I was a kid, and a classmate and friend who was doing that with spaghetti and garlic bread in the school cafeteria saw me going what the- and then told me to just try it. It was amazing. I still do it to this day. Not as a full sandwich, but just spaghetti heaped on to the garlic bread. The key was the crisp toasted garlic bread. (If you've never tried it before, give it a shot. Bet you'll like it) But soft bread with noodles, at least for me, unless I was starving, nope.

[@mxnsab8461]

This would fix me frfr

[@Darkmage1293]

Ah yes, carbs stuffed with carbs. I've never thought to shove chow mein in-between a couple slices of white bread.

[@ChipmunkiousD]

Makes me think of the spaghetti sandwiches my mom told me she used to make for herself. Never thought I'd see it as an actual product, though XD

[@billotron5521]

My dad would call this a carbohydrate redundancy

[@workingclown]

Still better than Mom's Touch.

[@barahng]

Noodles on bread is amazing. Every time I went to Olive Garden as a kid I would eat out a little hole in the bread and stuff a bunch of alfredo noodles in there.

[@kuyaChrischan]

Yakisoba bread hits so much better when it's served in a shrine festival stall. Now I wanna see Japan Eat review a random festival stall.

[@haitiangrimo]

That’s a spaghetti sandwich. Now I’m feeling nostalgic.

[@RoseOfMadina]

That's a lovely look. In the phase I am now, I do prefer punchier looks. I am going to recreate this with the brown from Ritualistic rose, and indeed the duochrome from MS1 🤩

[@Leonlion0305]

All I am thinking is just Towa’s U.F.O song. A banger song that turns out to be an ad collab

[@user-cl5yb3vj2l]

The kind of sandwich you make at 2 a.m. when you're hungry and low on groceries.