Trying Traditional Japanese Food | Tofu Dishes in Nikko, Japan!

In this video we'll be trying traditional Japanese tofu dishes in Nikko, Japan! During our trip to Nikko, we knew we had to try one of the local delicacies: tofu skin, also known as yuba. As we travelled around Nikko, we kept seeing restaurants with a variety of dishes featuring tofu skin. We decided to try ramen with tofu skin and udon with tofu skin, and later for dessert, a fried tofu skin dumpling filled with red bean paste.
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Trying Traditional Japanese Food | Tofu Dishes in Nikko, Japan! Video Transcript:
So it is time for lunch and if there is one dish that Nikko is known for it is Yuba. And Yuba is tofu skin and they use it in a whole bunch of dishes. We've seen menus where they serve it with sushi. Yes. With ramen, with udon, as dumplings. We had it as dessert. We had it as a street food snack yesterday. We did. Yesterday we had it as a dessert. It was stuffed with red bean paste. Yeah. Salty and crispy on the outside. Yeah. So that was pretty tasty. It kind of got us curious about Yuba.
So today while we were out sightseeing we spotted a restaurant that does ramen with yuba and udon with yuba. So we have ordered those two different noodle bowls and yeah it should be good.
And they also have dumplings but unfortunately they are not available. Not available. They are on the menu. You can get Yuba dumplings which look interesting. They've got like the picture right here. Yeah, so these would be your regular dumplings and these ones are Yuba. So they are wrapped in Tofu skin. Yeah, instead of dough. So what I'll think we'll do after eating here is hopefully go out and try to find some more Yuba dessert. Yeah. I'm not seeing anything on the menu here. It looks pretty savory so we'll see what we can find later on.
The bowls have arrived and I am so pleased with my choice. This looks amazing. It does. I'm just going to read the name of mine off of the menu to get it right. Okay, so I got the Nikko Yuba Ramen Noodles in a thick starchy soup. It is true to its description.
Like look at how thick that broth is. That looks amazing. The steam is coming off.
And of course we have the Yuba which is right here. This is the tofu skin. Kind of like all rolled up and we have mushrooms, bean sprouts. Where are the noodles? Looks like cabbage.
Noodles must be at the bottom. Let's see those noodles. Woah. Oh yeah.
This is just going to be such a wonderful meal.
Sam's bowl is completely empty. I just have a little bit of broth left but I ate almost everything. Yeah. So the total came to 2000 Yen. Mine was 1100 because mine was just slightly bigger. Sam's was 900 Yen. So that is just under $20 US dollars. Yeah, I think it is about 18 or 19 US dollars. That is really good value.
It was good. It was tasty. We're still thinking we'd like to have some kind of Yuba related dessert but maybe in a while. Maybe in a while. We're full.
Yeah. Like that was very filling. Very delicious. I'd highly recommend people come here. Mmmhmm.
Just a cool atmosphere in here as well. And the location right by the lake. Right by the lake. You've got to like that.
Yuba manju.
So you can get Yuba stuffed with like minced meat and onions and mashed potato and cheese. All of these different variations but nothing sweet. So we waited until we got back to Nikko because right across from the train station there is this little shop and they sell Yuba manju. Which we already tried yesterday. It is so good. But basically it is the Tofu Skin.
It has been deep-fried. Deep-fried. And inside it is stuffed with the red bean paste and the outside it has a little bit of salt sprinkled on it.
I think it is called Azuki beans right? I think so. I think so.
It is so good. It is such a contrast between sweet and salty.
This is part of our Travel in Japan video series showcasing Japanese food, Japanese culture and Japanese experiences as we travel the country.
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