1:01 Japanese people are so polite, it's crazy.

Imagine if Sam turned around and saw Mike Chen Microwaving some noodles in the microwave beside him?

As a Japanese, I can confirm the food you showed were pretty good and they are not expensive at all. And the citrus thing you were saying might be Shiso leaf. Sorry I don’t know the English word.

This Japan tour with Sam and crew is great!

For people who didn't visit Tokyo...might be hard to understand...but... when I visited Tokyo few years ago and was less flexible because of traveling with a baby and bit tired of the hotelfood... the 7 11...was really blowing my mind....the Japanese people are totally quality driven.... great out of the box episode Sam, keep going, keep exploring.

I wish the 7-Elevens in the States were like the Japan ones their food looks so much better I've always wanted to try a Japanese egg salad sandwich

And we mix is “そして混ぜる” (Soshite Mazeru) in Japanese! Just a heads up, from a huge fan in Japan👋

Was in Japan last month and ate a lot of convenience store food. It was fantastic, but Lawson was my favourite spot, I preferred that to 7-11. Lawson's chicken burgers were amazing.

Sam looks like a man-child in a toy store lol

Tbh Sam, I appreciate your authenticity and your willingness to be vulnerable in a foreign country. You make such good videos dude.

Alternate title: "large white man terrorizes local populace in a fit of delicious consumption"

“Shit Son this is good” That one had me laughing so hard😂

Fun fact: Tokyo alone has 3000 7-elevens, which is about 5% of all the stores worldwide

This was so fun watching you adventure through all their amazing food. Love your honest little kid in the candy store descriptions. I have always wanted to visit Japan & Korea for the culture, architecture, gardens and food. So happy you are having this wonderful adventure. Enjoy every minute! 💐

Fantastic Japanese Convenience Store! Thank you for sharing!😊🇯🇵🌸

7-11 Staff: This guy has some serious munchies.

this man loves food so much you cant trust him to review anything! he'll always like it lol

Bro I swear they are like the kings of food everywhere you go there is loads of amazing food it’s crazy their culture is amazing I love it even tho I have never been there

"The stick is a little sticky" You're not wrong.

7-11 in Japan was one of the best things I’ve experienced

Nice T shirt. For the ones who can’t read Japanese, it says “Sam the cooking guy”.

I wish our stop-n-robs had food that looked that amazing.

I`m Japanese and that Japanese on your T-Shirt looks like "Samthecooki ngguy"

"What are these?" "What kind?"

You eat you drink..... I think of my father who passed away years ago. I love your content. Keep it up Sam your content means more then views. Thanks you for everything.

Sam: What have I done?! Asian standing next to Sam is thinking: You've f*cked it up!! 😂😂

“and we mix” goes like this in Japanese. “Ima mazushiteiru” lol

watching your whole reactions in Japan are pure, funny and interesting. Thank you for making the nice videos about Japan

“Suck the life out of the culture” Genuinely one of the funniest things I’ve heard you say😂

When he said he was going to try and push the hotdog out of the corn dog, I was praying for a re-enactment of that scene in “Role Models”.

🤣🤣 dude you forgot to pack your roll of paper towels 🤣🤣🤣👍, great show thanks

Pretty amazing the food selection in the 7/11’s there. Hell, I won’t even buy milk from the 7/11’s near me.

7 Eleven Stores in Asia have best options to eat whether quick snack or meal.. unlike the stores in US with the rolling hot dog that is been there all day

i love this channel the creativity and food combo has me truly binge-watching

It’s hunting season, we need Sams take on a great Venison or Quail or even Pheasant dinner... Come on Sam the south is watching.. By the way you have brought my family back to the dinner table, anything we cook of yours, the kids (teenagers) eat and enjoy helping.. THANK YOU!!! Side note, my kids agree, Max is a baby.. Hahah sorry I had to mention it..

Oh man after 8 years stationed near Tokyo I can't even begin to tell you how many meals i had from 7/11. this brought back some awesome memories!

After watching so many people perfectly know what to do seeing someone a bit inept at it is kind of satisfying.

I've never seen anyone burn himself as much as Sam does. Somebody get this man an oven mitt!

The intro hit every time, cudos to the editor !

You should open the first Japanese 7Eleven here in USA

For being a cook you sure have some sensitive fingers LOL

Ahhh I love these guys! They crack me up! Thanks for representing San Diego so well for us natives!

Another great travel video, thanx Sam! 🤗

"Sometime after 4:20 in the afternoon...ROTFLMAO!

I remember what my chef told me, "if your finger can't feel the heat anymore, use the other one" I'm down to my last finger. After that, I'm just going to buy/rely on meat thermometers.

5:32 instant noodle 1 7:06 omurice 9:49 griddle beef and cheese 11:29 chicken karaage 12:33 corn dog 13:31 yakitori chicken 14:22 Korokke 15:58 fried fish 17:29 instant noodle 2

Yakitori and an Asahi...heaven on Earth right there!

Who dislikes this video is crazy. Sam, Max and Jili you guys rock. Greetings from Orange County, CA

Japan’s 711s are on a whole other level! Quality food.

Please do a taste test of food from Japanese vending machines!!

Back in a previous job I would have to travel to China for weeks at a time. I only agreed to it when my boss agreed that I could spend a weekend on my return trip in Tokyo. One of the first trips I mentioned this to my coworker from Hong Kong, and he jumped at the chance to go to Japan as he usually went through HK. It was easy to justify as I had business in Tokyo and could have a Friday meeting. Honestly I always made it very affordable. The fun memory is eating the chicken guts pieces (gizzards, livers, hearts, etc) at the Izukaya that he had ordered but suddenly balked at. Great times and looking forward to another post-COVID trip back

If that was Mark Weins or Mickey Chen, they would have eaten everything and not just taken a bite of each!

The food at 7/11 in Japan is truly good. Also great is Denny's. Their menu is incredible!

Their premium gold instant ramen Is my fav especially from Ippudo & Sumire..... I would buy some to bring back to my country

Our 7-11's really do need to upgrade to that level! Looks so awesome!

I could move to Japan and have 7-11 food everyday. Also mall supermarkets & train station supermarkets in Tokyo are amazing, heavily discounted feast meals 1 hour before closing time

Between this video and the one about the fast food restaurants, my desire to go back is only further fueled. I was absolutely blown away by the 7-11s, all the food we had at various restaurants, and the vending machines...oh man! Actual HOT coffee (different varieties, with and without cream/sugar and all as lovely as Sam says) came out of the same vending machines as cold drinks. And the variety of beverages in each machine, just so wonderful! Plus, the vending machines with the different beers and liquor in them...come on! I actually made an unnatural sound remembering the yakitori chicken and the Asahi.

4 years late to the party. I visit Tokyo often for business. The Corn Dogs are called "Big American Dogs" which I find hilarious!

welcome to japan🙏

Everytime you pull out one of those bags in the hotel room I start hearing an alien language!

I love that Sam goes into a Japanese 7-11 and only talks to them in English. lol.

I'm a Japanese reside in the US and these convenience foods are what makes me homesick all the time! Sam you gotta try "Oden" that is cooked at the counter with varieties of commodities (veggies and all the what not) in a soup. You find more surprises and also they are very seasonal for traditional food! The little fragrant leaf with chicken breast is a plum leaf! (Hi-So)!

I remember my BF visited me in Japan and we spent NYE in Roppongi, and the next morning, we had to get on an early bus to my friend’s ski cabin in Nagano prefecture. We needed to get on the bus, and we needed to eat something before the bus ride. I casually said, “There’s a convenience store right next door to the hotel. We can get something.” My American BF looked at me like I was insane, and then I realized he didn’t understand food at Japanese convenience stores, or “conbini”

Fun fact, the corn dog is called an “American Dog.” You should’ve tried the mustard catchup pack contraption that mixes together as you squeeze it out!

Alternatively, you can get affordable quality ready made Japanese food from all supermarkets. For budget travellers, most supermarkets would discount their ready made food after 8pm.

"I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese I really think so"......music.....

Hey Sam, that fired chicken thing, it's chicken breast with a Japanese Shiso leaf, battered and deep fried. SHISO is a kind of Japanese mint leaf, but has some citrus undertones. It's awesome. It's Paul, we met at your meet up in Tokyo. Loving the content...keel it coming

wow the people walking around you look extremely pissed off lol

I think it's great your family is involved in your work and you share new experiences together. My question for you is how is it that you are not 300 lbs? Love watching your videos. Thank you!

I love how everyone's looking at him

I absolutely fell in love with the food from 711 and Lawsons when I lived in Japan for 4 months!

Excellent!!! Sam and Max!!!!! I really enjoy these videos..and you make me laugh 🙂

You can tell all the locals can't wait for sam to get the hell out of that store 🤣 lol

Sam - just moved to Iwakuni Japan, and Kewpie mayo was included in our first grocery haul. We always see you use it and recommend it but had never had it until now. This is the best mayo out there! Thank you for introducing it to us. If you are ever in Iwakuni Japan, let us know! Keep doing what you're doing!

The ¥100 pork buns are amazing. As was all the hot food. I could’ve just eaten at connivence stores and been totally happy.

Wow! 7 Elevens in Japan know how to do snack food right. It is like who can be the best! My family wants to go to Japan and Korea in two years' time for about 2 weeks in each country. So excited to try all the wonderful food.

The alcohol section is where the real magic happens in Japanese convenience stores....

Junk food and you like it all!!! hahahahaha Oh man, I have just realised that I never saw you reject something you tasted... you just eat AND LIKE it all lol

A bottle of hot Royal milk tea and the 7-Eleven Teriyaki Chicken and Egg sandwich is the perfect combo!

"...sometime after 4:20 in the afternoon..."

We were there May 2019 for 10 days. Can't wait to go back. The triangle sandwich on the top shelf is meat, usually salmon, wrapped in sticky rice and is really good for about $2.00. The hotel you went back to has to 100% be the Conrad Tokyo Bay and that is where my wife, son, and I stayed. Fantastic hotel! We had a two bedroom suite facing the bay and, being aviation geeks, my son and I would sit up at night in his room with the lights off and watch the air traffic coming in over the ocean. Just a really good trip, the town is spotless, you could eat off the subway floor, and we never felt unsafe at night anywhere.

I'm booking my flight to Japan tomorrow!

Sam! Next time you go to Japan. Try a place called Bikkuri Donkey and another called Jolly Pasta. I think you will like it.

No, no one in Japan thinks the convenience stores food are bad at all! They are great and factories work 24/7 to keep up with the demand and making sure everything is fresh. Plus the factories have an extreme policy for quality and cleanness!

The egg sandwich is a must try I've heard.

You look like Tom Hanks. It makes it all the better to learn how to cook and be entertained by hungry Tom Hanks. You're the best

I can't believe you didn't try the rice wedges 😯

Love it! Like a kid in a candy factory!😂 I would be too. Wish the 7/11's around me would be more like that. The owner is taking advantage of the best situation he can. Good for him.

7:10 the noise is really annoying, i think its noise cancelation but no matter, it does really make me throw my headset away :) hope you guys get forward with better audio

Im surprised you didn't buy the full microwavable meals that are in the fridge section. They have full plates of spaghetti and stuff that look horrible when cold but taste really good when microwaved.

I lived off that karaagi chicken for breakfast every day on my way to work when I was over in Japan. Those 7-Eleven's are life savers

It's funny and weird at the same time to see "Midway" movie ad on this video, if you know what I mean

Japanese- "this food is shit" hahaha true for the most part but junk food is hard to resist.

While the ramen noodles were heating you should have layed the wet ingredients on the lid to heat through also you should have tried the broth. Just sayin'. That being said I have tried that ramen and it's delicious. 👍🏻

I always buy a few 7-11 Premium Gold Instant Ramen to bring back home especially their collab with Ippudo & Sumire

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING BACK THE INTRO

Fairly sure the word 'corndog' isn't really a thing outside of the US so the clerk probably thought if you were asking if it was corn or dog.

I'm japanese and I am fan of your channel! Japanese convenience store is heaven.. should try Family Mart spicy chicken is so good. You walk 10min you find 100 place to eat and different styles.Btw, bend it half for ketchup and mustard so mix it up together.

@14:40 those potato croquettes I think are called Potato Kotokke. They sometimes have ground beef and cheese and onion all ground up with the potato. Delish.

I love this. Do you ever do a Tim Horton poutine in Canada ???? Please please thank you.