We decided to check out Immermannstraße during our trip to Düsseldorf! We were very excited to see the different shops, supermarkets and of course, FOODDD! 😍 What do you like more: Boba Tea or Ramen?

Once a year there is the "Japantag" in Düsseldorf, where they do some cool stuff like fireworks and dressing up in japanese dresses etc.

Boba tea was actually really popular around 2010-2013, but most stores closed after the first hype. Since 2019, it is getting popular again and boba tea shops are opening again. I think the shop in Düsseldorf is one of the rare ones which survived the first hype and is still around.

I’ve always wanted to see what the biggest “Little Tokyo” in Germany is like so I enjoyed this video! Well, living in Düsseldorf is definitely a choice....

Yes, Deana, 'Immermannstraße' translates to 'allways man street' but I guess it was named after Karl Immermann, a German author from the early 19th century who died in Düsseldorf (age 44)

I didn't know you had "little Tokyo" in Germany. I'm glad you like Japanese dishes. Thank you!

As I started studying at the university of Düsseldorf I went to the Immermannstraße and was so overwhelmed! For someone who likes Mangas and is addicted to Sushi it was a blast. I absolutely love the okinii and the little book store called Takagi . Enjoy the rest of your stay!

Man, I really miss Düsseldorf. I spend sooo much time on the Immermannstraße. Stopping there after work to grab food, visiting my best friend that worked not to far away and me and my best friend spend every single one of our birthdays for the last 8-9 years in one restaurant or another there. I especially love some of the smaller "family resturants" that are of on the side streets. I remember when I was 12 or so I went there with a friend and his and we ate at one of those smaller restaurant. I just ordered the "daily menu item" they had without knowing what it was. All of a sudden I had this plate with a whole fish, head and all, sitting in front of me and the two women that ran the restaurant were just watching me with anticipation to see my reaction. They even clapped when I cut the head off of the fish. I sadly never found that restaurant again. Such nostalgia on this street alone. Btw: For anyone that wants to go to this street specifically for asian food, make sure its relatively early and visit "Bakery My Hear". Its a japanese bakery, and everything there is amazing. Especially the Macha Melonpan. I'd kill to have that right now.

You missed "Bakery my heart" it's a japanese bakery, they have very tasty things

I am a simple man. I See Asian Food, you get thumps up🤙🏼 ... of course you two get that like on Every Video. Im from NRW, Germany and since i started to watch your videos my english skills became much better haha

Deana seems to be very very happy about all the asian stuff. Watching you makes me hungry ...🙈

There are also some great japanese bakeries with all those crazy filled buns and stuff...as you said, japanese food is so damn good!

Great video! I love the playful teasing between you two. Long time viewer, first time commenting.

Trains was my local when I lived just around the corner. Love that you love my favourite noodles to. My kitchen was full of them. In Spain now, and miss them so much.

Bubble tea is everywhere now in Berlin! There are so many shops around! By Alexanderplatz, there are some Japanese book shops! I was quite surprised that there are K pop stuff at Saturn

My work is right around the corner from there. I sometimes forget how lucky me and my colleagues are, being able to get our lunch from these stores, restaurants and take-aways. It's so normal to us. This is also an area where we've been used to seeing a lot of face masks in Germany even before corona. For living there, this used to be a relatively cheap area (compared to other districts of Düsseldorf) as it is part of the sort of sleazy and loud central station area (yet with some quiet and nice side streets), but this is currently changing. The area has become sort of trendy and there are some upscale building projects there (one of them you can see in the background at the Ramen place) - even though there is still some drug dealing and street prostitution going on in the area. It is very urban.

The green tea with the tapioka pearls is called bubbletea in Germany. Some years ago bubbletea shop popped up in many places, the tea was hyped and two years later all of them are vanished. So, i guess, what you consider to "become more popular" is just the rest which was able to survive.

Absolutely banging, love from the UK

Anywhere in the world where there is Japanese South East Asian Business it is a true indication of a economically prosperous. And Surely Germany is one prosperous nation.

Living 20 min away from Düsseldorf and i still didn´t try some real rahmen.... really have to do that

Phil made me laugh out loud today, i enjoy watching you guys and Phil is such a nice guy and Deana is such a beauty

looks like a nice area! and now i want some good ramen soup.

Just in case you're still in Düsseldorf you should visit the 'eco Haus'. There is a japanese garden and a buddhistic temple.

thats where i chill everyday lol

so cool you guys went to Dusseldorf :) that's my German home city and both my partner and I love the Asian area!

Great video thanks greetings from Germany

You guys were lucky to get a table at Naniwa Ramen. Usually the lines are miles long there.

Yum Yum :-) I love to see you happy and satt :-)

I grew up right around the corner of Immermannstrasse ... the NaNiWa noodle's is about 150m from my childhood house :)

southern US here; i've had my bamboo steamer for probably 20 yrs and i love it, i've recently had to purchase a new one since the old one was falling apart probably due to how i cared for it, i mostly use it for steaming fish & veg over a wok

That boba looks interesting. I've only ever seen white tapioca pearls. Deana's ramen looked very good!

Omg, these sushi snacks are my food goal! ♥️

Schöne Tour die ihr da gemacht habt :)

Toll. Genau wo ich im Urlaub bin seid ihr praktisch bei mir zu Hause... Viel Spaß beim Trip. Bleibt gesund🙃

When I lived in SF. California,Is go to Japan town just for the Udon Noodle bowls. Need to go back Soon! You both seem to much more relaxed now that you can ,roam free! Yeah!!!

"Immermann" is the name of a German writer who was born in Düsseldorf.

Hey you 2 I love your vlogs of different German cities. In Frankfurt there's a big Korean-based community. I would also recommend you to visit Frankfurt for Korean stuff. Me and my family go once or twice a year to Düsseldorf to do our Asian grocery shopping. As there are so many Asian grocery stores- even Korean bakeries; I even saw one in your clip - it's even nearer from Bonn/Cologne to drive to Düsseldorf for grocery shopping. Keep up your videos. I am still going through your playlists, but I really really enjoy and appreciate them. Mostly because nowadays going to a foreign country requires regulations for Corona. Thanks soooo much for the super distraction. Keep up. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻♥️

The Bubble Tea Hype in Germany is over since nearly 10years. Between 2010 and 2012 there were Bubble Tea Stores on every Corner even in smaller Towns.

So if you`re looking for an asiashop that`s a bit bigger, i remember that you were shopping at the IKEA in Kassel(my hometown). We got some small ones and one thats bigger than those on Immermannstraße. Its near the Klinikum Kassel and got at least most of the essentials i`m looking for in an asiashop.(pretty big aisle with noodle) Don`t know if you live close, but if you pass by you should give it a try. And as mentioned already try to go to Japantag once. Its so packed with japanese culture and its got the biggest fireworks i`ve ever seen.

It's already past 12mn here in the Philippines, and i kinda regret watching at this very hour coz it made me hungry. ICH HABE HUNGER. 😭😭😂😅 But I love you guys so I'd watched. 😘

I love you . Thank for this video

Congrats Phil on your first real ramen in a Japanese restaurant! Maybe Deana can talk you into moving in or closer to Dusseldorf. Also mustard is really good there too.

Düsseldorf it is for my next Urlaub! :) And, I'm also hoping to improve my Deutsch through Manga. Saw a few sold in a big bookstore in Hamburg yesterday and my Otaku heart got all giddy.

Rewatching 09-09-'23_Day of the Homeland (GERMANY)

Love your videos! I love Dusseldorf. I fly there each year to go to Dortmund! Well, maybe not this year... HAHA. Prost!

thanks for sharing :)

I never really got into manga even though I tried a few. But I am IN LOVE with Fruits Basket, it is so cute and just... GOOD! 👌

Deana is so much like me when it comes to food 😂 Ps.: we just say it was the half

Very interesting video. Somehow I have never liked bubble tea despite its popularity in my country, I don't know what those "pearls" are made of. LOL.

In Cologne there are many good Asia-markets and asian Restaurants too.... We also have a china-day once a year and a China-Light-Festival at the Zoo every Winter.... 😊

Super Vlog! :)

Cool! I love asian stores! In Stuttgart there is a big supermarket.

Hope you checked out some of the asian supermarkets during your stay in Cologne... (eg: Heng Long, Aachener Straße / Seng Heng, Mauritiussteinweg, near Neumarkt / Wing On Hong, Marktstraße, near "Großmarkt")

Next time try Yaki-the-emon, if you want to know more about Izakaya culture. They have nice dishes and very good sake!

in Köln you can find at least 4 bubble tea shops. they are all good.

Karl Leberecht Immermann (24 April 1796 Magdeburg - 25 August 1840 Düsseldorf) was a German dramatist, novelist and a poet.

the little tokyo or japan town places usually charge a lot for asian food. where we live in the states is a chinese section (not in our chinatown) that has a lot cheaper asian market & japanese goods shop. guessing an internet search did not turn up a cheap asian market where u r? (theyre called manga, not manga books)

thx handy information....there is also a very good thai restaurant -- Sila Thai...

Bubble Team was big in ermany in 2011/2012 :)

Noooo the white rabbit candies are so good 😭😭😭

Omg, Deana, same here. I really want to learn japanese, but all I have learned in 2 Years is ordering some food. Foody for live

This tea used to be everywhere in Germany, but it is not anymore due to various reasons (I think most people just didnt like it that much and all the shops went out of business). It is still available in bigger cities, indeed, but I dont think it is growing and they dont start having it, they are just left from the time when it was a thing...about 10 years ago.

Oh boy I heard Deanna say that Were moving here Get ready Phil!!

oh noooooo...you two visited my hometown and i didnt knew😢😅😉 In the sidestreets of the Immermanstrasse there are even some more shops and restaurants. If you(or other visitors) want to visit Düsseldorf again i could show you some more parts of my town. ps: Ich hab eure Videos heute das erste mal gesehen und finde sie großartig...die Hälfte hab ich bestimmt schon durch😅 super sympathisch und witzig, weiter so! 😎👍

If you visit Munich on your trip and want to try the best Ramen I know in Germany, make sure to check out Takumi. I have a feeling that you would love their Tantanmen. Also for me personally freshly made real Ramen and instant Ramen are very different things.

Ugh Deana had the same childhood snacks as I had! My boyfriend is also German and he really likes the 'rabbit candy'. Maybe you (Phil) can give it a try :)

As soon as i saw Japan in the video title i clicked immediately. 😊I love japan and anime so much ❤️ and I enjoyed watching you eat japanese food. Danke fur dieses video :) und mit euch lerne ich und verbessere meine Deutsche sprache :) I look forward to your next road trip adventures :)

Düsseldorf is the best place you can buy any Japanese stuff outside Japan! But you guys should come to Japan someday and taste “real” Japanese ramen!! It’s amazing for sure!!

Außerhalb Japans ist es die größte japanische Gemeinde der Welt. Parallelstraßen der Immermannstr sind belegt mit wirklichen guten japanischen Restaurants

Hi! Bin gerade auf eure Kanal gestoßen. Gefällt mir sehr gut. Weiter so. Da ich selbst aus Düsseldorf komme hier noch ein kleiner Tipp für einen noch besseren Supermarkt für Asia-Lebensmittel. Auf der Friedrich-Ebert-Straße (parallel zur Immermannstr.) gibt es den Hanaro Markt und 'Fresh Asia' mit eigener Bäckerei. Beide haben eine größere Auswahl an Lebensmittel aus Asien, da sie keine deutschen Produkte haben wie der Markt den ihr uns im Video gezeigt habt. Ein kleiner Tipp für euren (hoffentlich) nächsten Besuch in Düsseldorf!!!

Bubble tea shops were all the rage about 4 years ago. By now they are nearly all gone. I had a very delayed first bubble tea at this shop some months ago.

Try the liberdade district in São Paulo.

deana loves mangas? so adorable.

This past December, I and my boyfriend went to a Ramon noodle restaurant in Mystic, CT here to where I live and the size of the bowls 🥣 could have fed a family of five lol it was way too much food for me and of course like Phil my boyfriend inhaled his down . I took the rest of mine in a to go container and heated it up the next day was not the same taste (warning do not reheat Ramon in a microwave 😜)

Japanese and Korean. I was there a long time a go ♥ but very nice Video

As far as i know Düsseldorf has the most living japanese people living outside of Japan

I hope you guys found the Yabase Sushi Restaurant. To me one of the best Sushi I ever had. It is mostly frequented bei japanese people. That, to me seems a sign for very good quality. If you haven't been there, get back to Düsseldorf soon. It's a must have restaurant. :-)

Seems Phil, is not familiar with onigiri.🍙Man, they are so popular in Japan. It's like a tiny snack, but with rice, nori and fish instead of a sandwich with bread and ham or cheese. I love Asian cuisine, so healthy.

Awesome vid as usual!!!! Phil are you gaining weight, how is the exercise “workouts “ coming along???? 😅

Love youre city trips! For asians supermarkets check the Netherlands!

CALVIIIIIIIIIN! HOOOOOOOOBBES! :D Huge fan ever since around 90.

I believe the bubble tea hype is over already in Hannover a few years ago there had been lots bubble tea stores. Now there is maybe one or two left

Immerman was the name of a German poet: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Leberecht_Immermann

Vor ca. 5 Jahren gab es Bubble Tea an jeder Ecke, sogar bei McDonald's. Aber einige waren zu "doof" das zu trinken und viele haben es wegen Erstickungsgefahr wieder aus dem Sortiment genommen. 🙈😕

When you go to Stuttgart, let me know on FB, I will introduce some good and cheap Sichuan restaurant there. I came across some German guys who used to work in Beijing for years.

Deanna mag Püschtiere und Manga. Ich mag Deanna! 😍

There is a great benefit to being in a town with a rather dedicated non-western 'area' like Dusseldorf. The Japanese Navy arrived in the 1880's. There were larger entries into England and somewhat in France. Germany won favor because of their steel quality (ie, armor plating, gunnery expertise) while the English won most political and military contracts, the French and Germans were favorite (and sometimes dueling) rivals for 'everything else'. The Germans had beaten the French 1870-1871 and eventually this would sway the Japanese Army to favor all-things-German. But it was still The Navy that shipped everything (and everyone) from one place to another. Lotsa budding rivalries between the various Japanese factions, much less the Kaiser and his cousins!

You guys are hilarious

Phil in every food video: "That pork is so good. I'm not the biggest fan of pork"

NaNiWa is still around? I stod on the opposit side of the street at the busstop every day on may way to school. that was between 25 and 15 years ago.

You should went to "Takuma" on Immermannstraße. This is def the best ramen dish restaurant ever!!

Wahrscheinlich seid ihr da schon wieder wech. Wenn Ihr mal nach Hamburch kommt: ich hab' eine Liste von den Asia-Läden hier. In Oberhausen ist auch ein riesiger Asia-Supermarkt in der Nähe von Kaisergarten.

Boba tea became popular in Germany (or at least in Cologne) 8-10 years ago. For a short while shops popped up everywhere, but disappeared as quickly as they came. Probably in part because of media coverage calling it very unhealthy and the caloric intake of a McDonalds combo in a cup. Recently I've seen them make a comeback. AS someone from Cologne it pains me a bit to think you could move to Düsseldorf =;-) But I get it. I don't think there is any other German city that has so many Japanese spcialty shops as Düsseldorf. Plus the Immermann-Str. has a great Burger-place. The only Japanese thing about it are the Wagyu-Burgers they sell.

Hi deana,i want to visite lil Tokyo Next Saturday,do i need to leave my car out of the center Düsseldorf?

You saved my life.

OK so let me be a little local guide: you missed out on the little onigiri shop WARAKU (immermannstaße 27) und the japanese bakery (only go there before 10.....it is sold out fast....Immermannstraße 36)....also if you are not only there for japanese stuff....Immermannstraße 24 has one of the best burger restaurants in NRW (What´s beef). You had a great pick for your ramen restaurant. Next time i recommend in between eating and shopping that you also go to Oberkassel and visit the EKO-Haus (Haus der japanischen Kultur) and the area around it

Well, it is definitely the largest Japanese community outside of Japan worldwide. But many Japanese prefer to come to Cologne if they want to get to know the country and its people or to study. We have had well over 100 Japanese students as guests in the family over the past 40 years.

I think this was the real reason why they Deanna and Phil decided to move to Düsseldorf. 😆

Dusseldorf is full of asian stuff 100%% i live there.I also awnsered your question on your other video.About if the fancy cars drive in dusseldorf

I would like to try Japanesee food, 🥰