I have found them in my local Asian market, just look for the Japanese sweet potato. though I must confess the ones I have found have been kind of small.
Put a sweet potato in the freezer for a few hours, and then put it in the cold oven as it preheats. It makes it taste sweeter and the texture way fluffier (although it obviously increases the bake time).
I was in Seoul in the early 2000's and I can tell you the fruit dealer playing the first notes of Beethovens' "Für Elise" at 6am every morning did drive me nut.
mangoinparis
In Taiwan they were sold as street food. Delicious on a cold rainy day.
VindictiveBathToaster
I still dont know why we don’t have Taco Trucks roaming the neighborhoods playing LaBamba?
akambe
Oishisoooo yakimooooo yakimo
I guess they've changed their tune since I was there 40 year ago
OhIfIMust
Rapbot20
Now I want sweet potatoes.....nice job
ILikeFood2000
They had me in the first half…. Had me in the second half too.
Heavychunkymoisture
I see no potato. Where is the potato?
UneventfulLover
That is joke. No potato.
SuperfluousMeh
I love the hanging Lantern in the back
TheFastpaws
This is what you get when you have walkable cities. It becomes profitable to do this. You want this in the states? 15 minute walkable cities baby!
Daraanel
They do chestnuts, too.
duktayp
That's my new ringtone
OozingRabbit
I buy them at the supermarket. They're heated on hot stones and it's freaking delicious
umlcat
Cool. BTW, in Mexico regular potatoes are called "papa (s)" and sweet potatoes are called "camote (s)" . In spain, potatoes are "patatas" ...
XanNing
Visited in 2024. Those were absolutely the best I've ever had. I would like to know what variety they used.
Jeep360
I have found them in my local Asian market, just look for the Japanese sweet potato. though I must confess the ones I have found have been kind of small.
ArcherPointingFromTheComments
Purple Okinawan sweet potato
FlatPlutoSociety
Put a sweet potato in the freezer for a few hours, and then put it in the cold oven as it preheats. It makes it taste sweeter and the texture way fluffier (although it obviously increases the bake time).
jlist
I love those! Sadly they are largely gone from our part of Japan.
3ifish
Yaki Imo are great. When you say gone, you mean gone for the season don't you?
OhIfIMust
Damn, I'd forgotten you were here!!
McPuffinStuff
freakdiablo
"What do you call this?" Fucking amazing is what it's called.
Clockworkdancerobot
Like the food truck Baked potato, I can see that being really good.
OhIfIMust
theskepticinme
Japanese reggae was not on my list of cultural mashups I had ever considered
UneventfulLover
Nobody expected Japanese reggae. On the other hand, we should, because they will embrace the randomest things
https://youtu.be/vY1X1elcdNU?si=vYDO0tdXHsG8s9Uu
Harm
At first I thought it was a Japanese version of the Bad Boys theme.
RipThemUpRatchet
I want a potato truck :(
WienerFart
RipThemUpRatchet
sneakypoo
How do you listen to that on repeat for the whole day and not go insane?
cyclone0619
Who says he's sane. https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1OHE0Z2Z0bXhmNXAyMjJrcnR5aDB5MWo2d2tvc3BtNjhxNnRveWtwOCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/qF0m8bMSYsb0Q/200w.webp
MistryBabylon
I was in Seoul in the early 2000's and I can tell you the fruit dealer playing the first notes of Beethovens' "Für Elise" at 6am every morning did drive me nut.
OobieDoobBenubi
With the healing power of POE-TAY-TOES.
IakobZ
welluhwhatdoyouwantmetosay
Japan has an incredible amount of noise pollution. They have politicians broadcasting their messages like this.
GravyEducation
Can't go to a place you're already at
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
I am going insane! Its a half hour past crazy on the way to schizophrenia.
StubbDubya
Have you ever been to Menards?
PipWhipple
You'd be surprised the things you can tune out, especially when in patterns!
FortifiedWhine
Be insane to begin with...
emberfish
DON DON DON, DON QUIIIII! DON QUI… XO-TE!
choppedliveraldente
Tell me you've never worked in retail, hospitality, warehouses or restaurants without telling me.
DdCno1
I still have flashbacks to a trade exhibition and the inane music that played on the other stands next to ours, all day long.
vicvalour
At least you'd have a 10-20 song playlist of music, but a 5 second loop?
Also, warehouse?
BabeAfett
Seriously.
FlatPlutoSociety
Did the music not drive you insane when you were working retail? It sure drove me insane.
choppedliveraldente
Sometimes I hear the phone ringing in my sleep and it wakes me up. What fucking demon is going to try to crawl through my head
sneakypoo
But there you get at least SOME variation, even if it aint much. Here it sounds like it's a 3 second loop.
choppedliveraldente
Its like asking if you would rather be burned or electrocuted. The anticipation is torment.
leviaton
My exact thought. I used to know it's my break by what song was playing
choppedliveraldente
I know the words to more songs than names I remember. Who the fucking fuck memorized Beck lyrics? THIS asshole that's fucking who.
leviaton
Christmas starting Nov 12 was a fresh hell and burn down every place that played the music past Dec 26