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this is going to be a thrilling video on a little tour with you of my local grocery store.
This is a lob laws.
That's right.
And the joke is to be that was named after people like Karen's lob laws like Tom's Lob Laws.
And there was a guy named Bob and it would be a problem loss.
Just keep that in your mind cause you never able to get it out.
Bob Loblaw Way Have a conversation about Basil before we go anywhere else.
Look at how lush and beautiful this basil looks, and then I bring it home to my house and it just dies instantly.
It's like I don't want your water.
I don't want your love.
Everything does better with Basil dammit reporting to you from the all of section right now, which behind me is this is normally like Scoop Herbal, and I know this because I used to work in the deli in Metro was like my first jobs ever.
I just want to comment on the fact that the produce section here is like the entire grocery store in Japan, like everything is so big and spacious.
I completely forgot about these like aisles and everything.
It's crazy for me.
Look how big this is.
There's just so much room.
Mind it just goes on.
Look at all this room.
That's like two Japanese round styles.
Fishmonger, are you?
Do you monger fish?
But do you do you?
This is a bit of a Canadian bonus round to you guys.
Did you know that in Canada we use milk bags?
So these are three leader individual plastic bags, three of them, and you put them into a jug.
And I know you're not used to that, right?
Catch chips.
Very normal.
Addictive.
Never passed the parolee section off.
Okay, Hrudey's are amazing, and you generally can't go wrong with them.
Like the more homemade you get with your Perot bees, just the better that yet.
But even this, like no name brand club size to seven years to put $3 bag is gonna be amazing.
We've reached the seer file, and I'm disappointed to tell you guys that Canada is not made up of maple syrup.
I want to tell you guys it's a frickin expensive even for us.
Look at this.
$17.
I get it.
Okay.
It's a jug like if I have my friends over and it is a glug, this you're kind of like $17 like most of us have been buying like syrups that are just kind of like your flavor for like 3 29 and Jim, I'm a which is, like, super popular.
And then, like once in a while, you might get something with maple syrup in and feel like excited.
Um, but yeah, it's not.
It's like it's literally super expensive for us.
Even in Canada, it's very site.
It feels like it would be nearly irresponsible.
Do not buy a pair of pajama pants with Canadian maple on it.
Right, you guys right?
I'm absolutely aware that I'm supposed to be doing a grocery shopping video, but I just the PG section.
That's right.
They have this, like, miniature like grocery like you got the grocery store right here and then you've got, like, all this area for, like, clothing.
And this is Joe Fresh, which is like the brand of LA blows which didn't exist when I was young.
But look, these p jeez, puppies on them, you could be like about waiters all over my pants.
This is so cute Guineas and Ringo's with around the most Canadian thing ever.
I mean, very Canadian.
If I button it up, you really wear it with, like, a skirt or something?
A.
The question is, if I should get back here or not, I'm loving this ridiculous spot in a sale.
Really help the 50% off in a fixed day.
My boobs.
They finally fitting things kind of This is the like, super European side of Toronto.
This is why you always miss lunch meats, because there's just, like such this massively amazing selection of lunch meats to choose from.
So when I see, like one tiny piece of payment Tokyo Department store for, like $8 and I see this amazing selection in Toronto, it's It's pretty rough.
So two of these for 3 99 it's pretty nice.
And then we got the smoked sausage and that 13 66.
This is caramelized onion and maple coffee, which is basically like a sweet and savoury spread beat and red onion marmalade red pepper jelly so it's a bit spicy and sweet at the same time, and injury and red chili jelly fancy lives like this fancy, All right.
We hit the right section, and it's like it's pretty good considering this is North America.
This stuff up here is pretty much like just instant rice, like the biggest story I've ever seen.
And then we got the import rice.
So rice over here.
We've got rights from Thailand.
We've got rights from China and not one definitely from Japan.
But I've never seen this in Japan.
Maybe they've rebranded, I don't even know.
But like it's called Brandy, making it big in Toronto.
Get that cock.
Oh, sorry, Rooster brand.
That's real, though.
Pretty good selections.
Race here is from India.
Rice from the Middle East.
Rains and stuff Got couscous.
Boss Mahdi, That's something that I do love about Toronto.
It's It's pretty much got everything.
Rice paper.
Maybe some of you guys recognize these brands, but they might be in your home language because I remember the first time I saw, like a Korean noodle in Canada.
It was written Caden and I was like, What's going on?
Canadian in English potato Gonna grab myself My good dinner.
I'm gonna get a chicken tikka masala.
Of course, there are, like, a ton more choices.
Like when I used to work in Starbucks, I'd always get these like rice steamer bulls and stuff.
And now they have these kind of like funky looking ones with egg and cheese scramble.
I get like, this looks like gourmet, but you know, I love microwave dinners in Japan, so I've got a computer, right?
I can try them all again and compare them to the Lawson's losses versus frozen microwaved dinner Wednesday evening.
This is a craft beer section, and there's like wine over here, and I'm in the grocery store and for some of you guys is like normal.
But when I left Canada, we weren't allowed to buy alcohol, So this is all very exciting for me.
I mean, obviously where I've been living, you could buy alcohol at the grocery stores like Korean, Japan.
It's fine, but not in Canada.
So even one time I went to America and I couldn't believe this old beer.
So this very excited.
Can't you tell from my face?
Feels like it would be rude for me to not get this beer.
This is from the Great Lakes Brewery connect Haley.
Also, this is made in Canada.
I mean, she was like, You gotta do it coming together.
And I look like I don't understand nutritional balance.
Oh, there she is.
She's had 19.
0, look at that.
Look at that magic so bad for you.
I don't know if I should buy this.
No one's gonna want to eat alone way with signs of my like I sleep like I'm dislocating my shoulder like I get it Barely songs.
But I mean, that's just so big.
Look at all this cheese.
Look, look at the science size of this cheese.
I'm gonna go ahead and pause the video for a second here because I realize it's kind of difficult to explain the shock about this kind of thing.
That's 75 g to 140 g of import cheese in Japan, like 1 to 2 hamster sizes of worth of cheese.
And if you're looking at the prices, 75 Brands is selling for around six bucks, 140 grand is going for around $4.
And look at the comparison.
This is 400 g of cheese, you guys, it was $8 in on sale for five bucks, but that's so cheap.
That's why you can make, like, Mac and cheese and like different kind of cheese plates.
And that's why we can't have that in Japan If I eat this much, do that Never had a brew, but again, I think this has been a big enough adventure for me.
I'm like nodding off in having a really hard time adjusting to the time zone.
Got a little glance of a Canadian grocery store.
I've just never seen it this empty, but I guess that's the way that it is now because of Kobe.
And on top of that, it's probably like I'm used to the emptiness which is Japan, which is, like, always busy and bustling.
But this is like like I can count how long it takes for me to find another person.
But in Japan, it's like any back alleyway.
You're down here like there's a person going to cash he's out of.
I was actually really curious, but what is gonna taste like?
So this is chicken tikka masala.
It's made with basmati rice, and this is what it looks like now I gotta say this looks Pull Retty growth for microwave dinner.
It was seven minutes in the microwave Basmati race is actually like It's very fluffy, like it has that kind of texture that you should have when you have Indian rice.
I haven't tried it.
I'm just giving it a stir up.
You just kind of push it with your fork, and it's like super tender kind of falling apart.
This is Ah ha lal of yogurt.
That's just like a natural one.
So I'm just going to a couple dashes to kind of add that tartness that I'm looking for Rice, chicken, crushed tomatoes, onions, spices after me, the secret part yogurt, garlic, cilantro, ginger, salt and sugar.
Let's see how this is gonna be Accidental rhyme.
Mm, Okay, that's pretty good.
Who got a bit of a kick to Wow, I'm like, really surprised.
Right now Get is totally fall apart, like it just I shredded it with my fork in order to get it like this.
It was really, really nice.
And I gotta tell you got itself a bit of a spicy kick and said it's medium spice would probably kill people in Japan Way love some couple curry.
But Indian Curry has its own flavor.
Once again, I'm for microwave.
You know, this is pretty great microwave Indian dinners now.
Well, I'm definitely still in culture Shock.
Were both having a hard time trying to adjust back to Canadian culture Course.
Been living in Asia for over 10 years now, so it's gonna be a bit of a shock, but I'm willing to accept this journey.
You guys interested in Japanese grocery stores?
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I think it's a cool video, I think.
Groceries.
Aaron Meat.
