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The Sweet Potato King of Yokohama

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29 February 2020, 04:37 PM
wtg
The Sweet Potato King of Yokohama
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What’s the farthest you’ve ever traveled for a sweet potato? It’s okay, you can take some time to think. For me, it was a nearly 11-hour flight to Japan to find a guy named Eroko, who installed a giant wood-fired oven on the back of his tiny roadster convertible and drives nighttime streets of Yokohama, selling hot sweet potatoes.


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29 February 2020, 04:44 PM
Steve Miller
That article is worth seeing for the thread title alone! ThumbsUp


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29 February 2020, 05:03 PM
ShiroKuro
Oh, I didn't read the article but Japanese sweet potatos are so yummy!!

Pretty much every town has someone who sells them outside from a stand or from the back of a truck. There's a particular jingle you'll hear, announcing what's for sale.

Seriously, Japan really know how to do street food!


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29 February 2020, 05:08 PM
ShiroKuro
And of course there's a video!! This is an "ishi-yaki-imo" truck, like the Japanese version of the ice cream man!! ROTFLMAO

ishi-yaki = grilled on stone (??) plus imo = potato (it's always the Japanese sweet potato though). I bet the Yokohama guy's are better though! :P



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