Why cooking for Japanese is intimidating

Dave explains cultural expectations around food criticism and differences in directness between cultures, with Hikari adding context.

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Dave makes karaage for special guest, HIKARI, director of 'Beef', 'Tokyo Vice', and now her new movie 'Rental Family'. HIKARI and Dave discuss why Osaka is so unique, the idiosyncrasies of Japanese life as seen by both of them while living in Japan, and even a little about the dark underside of such an amazing country. Dave also answers an Ask Dave about knives and asks some inappropriate dinner conversations to his producer Young David.

Follow HIKARI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thehikarism/?hl=en

Watch Rental Family at a theater near you: https://www.searchlightpictures.com/rental-family

Watch Beef: https://www.netflix.com/title/81447461?source=35&fromWatch=true

Watch Tokyo Vice: https://www.hbomax.com/shows/tokyo-vice/e7d93204-7f98-4e62-ab52-6c1da053f942?utm_source=universal_search

Learn more about Cuckoo Rice Cookers: https://cuckooamerica.com/collections/rice-cookers?srsltid=AfmBOoqKKH6idxt7URkt0WRD9tmKwN00UphoWNeBAX7HdTA2oCmsEMw0

Learn more about Otafuku: https://www.instagram.com/otafuku_restaurant/?hl=en

Learn more about the movie Chef: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2883512/

Learn more about WUSTHOF Knives: https://wusthof.com/

Learn more about Henckels: https://www.henckels.com/us

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