I work in electronic factory and often bring home leftover rice and stews from cafeteria. The cafeteria owner is kind enough to pack all the leftover in several plastic bags and put it on the table for the employees before he closes the shop. Thankfully my wife and daughter are not picky about food. It saves me a lot of money each months. If only more people could do this, we'd end up having less food wastage problem

@shabrinaparamacitra8428

Ай бұрын

You're very lucky to be able to save on living costs in that way

@calvinwong365

Ай бұрын

We kinda do this at work. We eat the leftovers or veggies that sit. These days in restaurant business and grocery market waste a lot of food. From bones to animal fats, broth. so much natural collagens. Why Chinese restaurants in America can survive. Plastic bags..etc you need to reuse those if clean. Operate your business and lifestyle within the health code/ safety. Be smart and work smart. Especially in food business. If you work like you still in the 1980s. Good luck

@raid1010

2 күн бұрын

Problem is, most of those business owners would rather throw the food away than giving it for free?

This will not only benefit his savings, but it will help him be healthier!

Actually this is a very SMART MOVE! That's how our great great grandparents stay alive when things got tough. Hats off to this young man!

My husband and I started doing this so we can spend more time with our son during the work week. We didn’t even think about the financial benefits but it’s cut our grocery bill significantly. We can’t believe we weren’t doing this before.

My mother always said, "Cook once; eat twice!"

This is very true. I also recommend following a very set cooking routine like using instant pots, rice cookers, etc. This will save you so much time. My current routine is as follows: 1. Buy bulk meat for the week 2. Use my large instant pot to batch cook the meat 3. While #2 is going on, use my rice cooker to cook rice 4. Distribute cooked meat to containers 5. Cook other vegetables or make stock from the leftover juice from #2 6. Distribute vegetables to containers 7. Distribute rice to containers Boom done. This works for majority of foods. The cleaning is also very easy with an instant pot since it's high pressure cooking and so doesn't leave any food stuck to the stainless steel pot. Rotating meats keeps your body from getting allergic to one type of meat. Then, since you don't use much oil, it's also very healthy. Not to mention, pressure cooking and steaming is very healthy as well. You can cook hot dogs, minced meat, chicken, dimsum, soups, and so on with an instant pot. And all the work only takes at most an hour for a whole week's worth of food.

@adamtanpahawa850

Ай бұрын

Good sharing😮

@Dreamer10888

Ай бұрын

Any vegan version to this routine

@stevethea5250

Ай бұрын

is this promo for a instantpot i should get ?

@sparkdorable

Ай бұрын

​​@@stevethea5250I use Philips rice cooker. Its come along with mode slow cooker.soup. fast cooking.OH HEAVEN for me N

@heuredux

Ай бұрын

then put on freezer right? or its okay if not?

Kenta, its the same here in the US brother. I have been cooking my meals and eating out less for years. Even though I am saving a lot, I do see the price increases when I go to the supermarket. I like pepper steak for instance but I'm only able to have that like every couple months and I have to go to a Japanese supermarket to get the cheapest cut of meat to make it. Its more than inflation, the money is going somewhere and our wages remain stagnant. The rich just keep getting richer and we are supporting these pointless wars abroad.

@luisa146

Ай бұрын

Well said. Same situation in southern Europe. I'm used to cook for myself as my family has always done it, but the prices of food are rising. for example olive oil, which is our cuisine's staple, is getting so expensive that many families can't afford it anymore so they have to use lower quality oils. Our government cuts social services, health and school saying there's not enough money but somehow they always find the money for tax cuts for companies, military expenses and useless construction projects.

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

@@luisa146 Govts do this because we allow it. Time to revolt. Stop buying from corporations that are greedy and taking advantage of us.

Cooking and eating at home should be something obvious. I was born and raised in a east Europe country. My both parents had 2 jobs, we always cooked at home. During my entire life with my parents they ordered only once food. Now I live in West Europe. I cook at home every day, because I learnt that at my parent’s house. My coworkers can’t understand why at work I always have my own food from home, and I don’t want take a way with them. At the office, they complain about take a way food prices, but it’s not enough for them to cook at home. They say that they are tired, they don’t have time. They prefer to bing watching Netflix and scroll tiktok than spend 15mins a day by cooking something simple and healthy. A lot of my coworkers are obese of eating out.

@EVL-xj5vc

Ай бұрын

Yeah it’s the will you must have to cut down costs and live healthier.

@warrenleezy

Ай бұрын

Dah! Davay!😂😂😂👏👏👏

@chrisblue4652

Ай бұрын

Because we don't know how to cook. And the big part of that is knowing what ingredients to buy, how much to buy, how to make sure we are using them before they expire, and the recipes to utilize the ingredients. What takes you 15 minutes to cook takes us 1 hour, and it doesn't taste good and isn't satisfying and generates tons of waste/unused ingredients which ends us costing us more than eating out.

@rnmatsuda

Ай бұрын

Yeah, I guess the coworkers never learned it from their parents but in this age of technology you can learn this skill easily from watching videos on KZread, so I guess they don't want to or are lazy, or are scared to fail, or another reason they can't think of.

@sepilokfui

Ай бұрын

good for you, not just money, but Wise and life wisely🎉

Yes, by cooking my meals, not only i lower my food expenses, i eat more healthier... When i cook in a day , i divide my meal for lunch & dinner as well

There are a lot of lessons from this video. For me I'll meal prep on the weekend, take care of routine tasks like laundry, and so some self study. It makes the work week easier when all I need to do is put food I prepped in the microwave.

I live in the countryside, so I always make my own meals. I buy groceries from Gyomu Supa, and buy only discounted meat / vegetables or whatever is cheap that season. My yearly food bill is around 1/5th of my friends' who live in Tokyo. I also try to buy products that have a longer shelf life (i.e. rice, flour, etc) in bulk.

True, previously I worked 5 days a week, and I spent 2 offdays to shop for grocery and food preppings. When I have more free time, I will visit my brother in the same city to share the foods with him. Food prepping saved me a lot of time on weekdays, and I spent less money eating out during meal breaks.

For the last part:Just add oyster sauce. It will make a lot of difference. Or even some dashi.

@MarztheStoic

Ай бұрын

This guy knows what he's talkin' about. 👌

@JM-ml3ch

21 сағат бұрын

Chili oil

As a Japanese, he should move to country side of Tokyo or Saitama prefecture or Chiba prefecture ( because Meguro is very expensive for living) He went to supermarket that not normal price for food. Anyway, that’s good idea for making lunch ( and dinner) By yourself. Good luck all of you 😊❤

@___beyondhorizon4664

Ай бұрын

Expensive? A studio cost less than $500 in Tokyo is expensive? I'm California, even low income apartments cost over $1,600/ month! In LA, this same amount might get you a room only with share kitchen! It drives me crazy that he doesn't scope out of 🫑 before Cutting it, the seeds are not good for our digestive system. Just wanted Jamie Oliver, he will show you how to de-seed in 2 minutes!

@mmsumi668

Ай бұрын

@@___beyondhorizon4664 I know. I’m not taking about “rent” These vegetables.

@mmsumi668

Ай бұрын

@@___beyondhorizon4664 $500=¥80000- I think not expensive. But it’s depends on how much he earn per month:)

@kazamiyuujiconnoiseur1118

Ай бұрын

​@@___beyondhorizon4664 True, just remember Jamie Oliver is an embarrassment to all chefs, Uncle Roger would like to have a word with you 🫵.

@kape2377

Ай бұрын

@@___beyondhorizon4664maybe… just maybe, you have to put it in relation to their salaries too. ;) they might not earn american wages… 😅

Interesting to me how people don’t learn from the past. 60 or 70 years ago we just called it eating leftovers. I grew up doing it in the 80’s and have done it most of my life. Cook a big meal then eat it for days until it’s gone. It saves time and money. Now people think it’s a new phenomenon called “food prep”.

@yeowchongong5608

Ай бұрын

Because these days a lot of experts and concerned aunties spew common wisdom that it is no good to eat leftover food in the fridge. I never understand that 😬

@cookingwithfluffytiny4371

Ай бұрын

People learn to vote the opposite parties to bring inflation down,

@ienmIE

Ай бұрын

yeahh my family and I do that too, and we also grow our own vegetables so our food costs are quite low every month.

@matreen427

Ай бұрын

you can’t compare the past and today. In the past, there were little knowledge on food safety and no proper freezing of food. I would not eat vegetable leftovers. Knew of some people from that generation who kept such food in the fridge for many days- unfortunately all subcummed to cancer. Even if I were to do “food prep” today, it would always be already portioned vegetables or meat frozen in their original form, and taken out to cook when required

@atlnla4112

Ай бұрын

@@yeowchongong5608 that’s incorrect and not scientifically true and, technically what’s the difference?

Oh that was actually a really good tip he mentions: plan to spend time not spending money.

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

We all live in cities that have free activities. Now that Summer is around the corner, my Canadian city does free films in the park all summer long. Just search whats in your area.

As humans we eat daily. So it's best to focus on minimizing this spend.

Lol, I felt his last comment. I tried the whole making multiple meals in advance on the weekend thing to help me save on time but storing in the fridge, the food starts to taste worse day by day and some things are just not edible, and in the freezer, some foods just don't defrost well and become mush/soggy when heated up. In the end, I just skip breakfast and try to make an extra large portion that will last for 2 -3 meals so at least I'm not spending the whole evening every day after work cooking.

@laurenjhjh

Ай бұрын

Yeah you definitely need to figure out exactly which ingredients/meals can be refrigerated and even frozen for 5 days. Tbh there are tons of things that do last 5 days.

@luisa146

Ай бұрын

Yes! I've never understood how to meal prep for a whole week without the food going bad. For instance rice keeps in the fridge only up to 4 days. I don't trust eating anything that was cooked more than 4 days before. Adding to that I only have a small freezer above the fridge and I don't have a microwave so I can't easily reheat frozen foods. I do often cook more than one portion so I have leftovers to reheat the following day, but I can't do a full fledged weekly meal prep.

@mae88b.16

Ай бұрын

What i do is i heat them in a pan instead of microwave. I add a bit of olive oil. Food is fresh cooked again

@bleachedkon

Ай бұрын

@@mae88b.16 Thank you. That's a good tip for refrigerated food when I'm at home! Unfortunately I don't have a stove at work so I need some ideas for frozen meals that taste good when heated in the microwave too. I think I'm also impatient. Lol, I tried reheating some rice I put in the freezer in a pan today and I was getting so annoyed because it was taking forever

@mae88b.16

Ай бұрын

@@bleachedkon frozen rice i put a bit of water it won’t take time to cook. I take the food out of the freezer during the night and cook them in the morning. My meal prepped is good for 1 week.

There is only room for growth 🙌🏻 great mindset

I used to live in the same area as him, went to that same supermarket, and just down the street there is a discount supermarket with white label products. A lot cheaper and the quality isn't bad. To keep costs down, I would suggest him to shop there. I feel the inflation here in Tokyo, but I end up going to different supermarkets for different products because praice varies from store to store, and obviously from neighbourhood to neighborhood. Takes a lot longer just to save 500 to 1000 yen, but it's savings at the end of the month.

Smart. 8 hours of work a month he saves at least $133 a month, or $16.60 an hour or more. And it’s healthier too.

He can still save more, maybe around 10-20%, by buying from discount supermarket or local shops.

@mmsumi668

Ай бұрын

Yes I agreed with you. One onion 🧅 ¥110? That’s insane. I know that supermarket. It’s not fancy supermarket. He should more carefully consider what he buys .

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

Or end of day clearance. I shop late in the evening/early night to buy discounted bread here in Canada. Always 50% off. I put it all in the freezer.

@angellover02171

Ай бұрын

He can save more money by living on the street

Ppl always say they are too busy to cook. But meals can be prepared easily like Overnight Oats also.. containers of oats and yogurt and fruits can be prepared at night and just bring them out to office for lunch instead of expensive cai fan and meals.

@annaviedoux9028

Ай бұрын

Hmm...could you suggest any recipes for this? I live on top of a shop house with other people and there's only 1 kitchen so cooking is hard. Would love to know easy recipes for my meals at the office😢 😢

@conybrown1600

Ай бұрын

They are too busy to cook, but they have daily time to watch netflix and scroll tiktok. I’m waiting for the time when people will be too busy to go to the toilet and wearing diapers will be normalized, as people are too busy.

@conybrown1600

Ай бұрын

1. take a jar 2. Put 50 g (pr more of oats) 3. put a spoon of chia seeds and 1-2 nuts 4. mix everything 5. add half of sliced banana and other fruits like 1-2 of spoon of berries 6. Fill the jar of the yogurt / milk / plant based milk (you choose) 7. Close the jar 8. Put it to the fridge for the night. Rice cooker recipes: 1. Put the rice to the rice cooker 2. Wash it 3 times 3. add some water 4. add some meat if you eat (can be minced 5. add vegetables: onion, garlic, red pepper, muchrooms, etc. 6. Add soy sauce, sesam oil, ect. Turn on the rice cooker. Cook it as you would cook only rice. You don’t have to check it. You can use this time to take a shower, clean the flat, etc. The ricecooker will turn off by itself when the dish will be ready. Puttings ingredients to the ricecooker takes max 5 minutes. You don’t have to watch the food, so there is no excuse that there is no time for cooking.

@annaviedoux9028

Ай бұрын

@@conybrown1600 I got questions. 1. For recipe 1, can I use a plastic container instead of a jar? 2. For recipe 2, is it okay to mix raw meats with the raw rice? Will it cook properly?

@Wonwonssi

Ай бұрын

Oats, yoghurt, fruit for lunch? Where I came from, we call them 'snacks'. Not 'meal'. Rice is mandatory😂

Why does he have such great skin 😭😭😭

@vane8062

Ай бұрын

Its the vegetables + Asian genes 😂

@Mintimiruku6369

Ай бұрын

Men in Japan use skincare and they have hot bath everyday (which is great for detoxing and blood circulation)

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

​@@vane8062Asian dont raisin. 😉

it is HARD cooking for yourself when you work a full time job and live alone (so have to do all the errands, maintenance, health stuff for yourself). it's really exhausting. especially if you don't have a lot of good recipes to pull from for eating! wishing luck to Kenta, tastier food will come with practice!!

@asimskentzos9231

24 күн бұрын

no it isnt

This is what my grandmother from both sides and my mother do also when I and my siblings are still younger.they cook a food that last for 2 days and we eat just enough for meal ,and until now I adapts these culture of my family as working here in other countries i prepare extra food during my day off and it last for 3 days and it saves me time and money too.❤plus it’s healthier food than buying food outside

Very proud of this young man. This is something we have done most of lives with take away being only once a week on payday as a treat when we were doing very well.

I started doing something similar to this (making batches for lunches and dinners for the week ahead on Sundays) around November last year and apart from being able to save more, it's also much healthier (my cholesterol levels went down).

Everything is going up but not wages. Wages just cant keep up.

Eating outside in SG cost about USD3 a meal. Cooking wont save much money. If want to save money, skip breakfast and ask for extra rice for lunch and dinner.

@adamcairos6206

Ай бұрын

I would try to take a short nap during lunch hour, or just fill my hunger with plain water, you will have a bigger appetite for dinner, just make sure to not take dinner too late bcs it will affect your morning appetite the next day As someone who have been living alone, cooking actually cost more for me compared to tapau outside

@jefri4176

Ай бұрын

How can cooking cost more? Buy from market,not supermarket.

@ditsygirl5409

Ай бұрын

lol.. skipping breakfast means intermittent fasting! 🤣

@starshine9836

Ай бұрын

Cooking Rice one portion $0.40 Veg $0.80 Chicken breast $1.5 Condiments $0.30 S$3 = USD$2.20 About 1/4 saving. From $800 to $600 a month, it can be quite significant

@daisylai2991

Ай бұрын

Go where to find a portion of rice for $0.40? It usu cost $0.50 to $0.80 at FC.

Cooking at home and packing lunch for work is not only cheaper but also healthier and helps you grow up as a person with new knowledge about how to make tastier, cheaper and nutritious meals!

I would spend close to $40, just myself, a day in the US if I eat out. That equals to $280 a week. I spend just about $180 a week for grocery for a family of 3.

This is how I do it for myself and my cockatiels/budgies too. Bird food prices also had a rise in cost for some reason, pellets cost up to 20 Euro (not even a kg) and seeds (the bird version of mcdonals) also gone up to much. So now I cook for myself and my birds the same stuff (vegetables with a bit of rice). Not only do I spend like 20 Euro a week on food now, but my birds weights have gone into a healthy ranges too. Even one of my zebra finches, who was bone skinny for years no matter what I did, now has a healthy weight and some body mass.

Can't believe that as their population is shrinking together with the wages. Won't this make younger peope struggle more in life and stay away from marriage due to the commitments it has 😢 married women there also not treated well in work because them being pregnant is seen as a liability

Im from Singapore where canteen and food prices are okay. But i also meal prep due to health. Caifan are super oily, yellow vegetables and long queue. the oily air and warm environment make me break out in sweat and acne

Actually, it’s healthier. Though cost saving is

I know he has to max out the budget however the way he prepared his capsicum, oh man.

@adamcairos6206

Ай бұрын

😂😂😂 i feel you, but props to him, he will improve along the way

@Dreamer10888

Ай бұрын

How else r u supposed to do it

@yanyuet

Ай бұрын

Yeah the way he cut it too

@stevethea5250

Ай бұрын

@@Dreamer10888 normally i see people remove the core of the capsicum

@Dreamer10888

Ай бұрын

@@stevethea5250oh yea for sure lol. Didn’t notice that part

So much better eating your own cooked meals. It’s healthier and more cost effective.

Simplicity and Energy . . . Please and Thank You : The Magic Words . . . 😺😺😺

as I aged now 50, I ate out less, not because I do not have the money, but to be more healthy, with the money I can buy the best ingredients and cook nutritious meal. moreover, I can control the amount of sugar, salt and msg that I can consume. I cook using olive oil, well if you know Spanish they will tell you those said dont cook with olive oil is nonsense, buy the fresh salad and even for beef, we can get good one and cook delicious one.

we become lazy because of easy fast foods and these days using our phone food is even delivered to our doorsteps cook yourself even simple meal can be delicious and healthy and stop buying expensive coffees make your won save you even more money

I used to like going out for dinner... but for lunch I like to have it prepared. No need to worry about what are the options, it saves me a lot of time and money AND I know exactly what I am eating. 😀

I am a man but raised by my Mom to be a scratch cook. I do enjoy eating out. But I literally paid for my last month-long vacation in Vietnam by cooking all my meals for 2 months. I stayed in five star hotels for 1/3 of my stay. And all of this was subsidized by simply not eating out. FWIW: An economical meal for two in my Western City is 60 bucks.

I think Japan has so much contradiction. Used to be the second richest highest GDP country not too long ago but ever since the Japanese economic stagnation, the yen has depreciated, salary has not kept up with inflation... And it seems like the country is going downhill.

@hailyrizzo5428

Ай бұрын

a good example of how a society of smart and hard working people can 'fail'.

@jin_asap

Ай бұрын

@@hailyrizzo5428 They had to obey their master US, who impose restrictions on their manufacturing and exports, just as through the Plaza Accord. And they've been printing tons of money to buy up US bonds, creating even more inflation.

@stevethea5250

Ай бұрын

low birth and high working hours . its very backwards in these aspects

@l_ifeefi_l1998

Ай бұрын

I think this phenomena is happening across the world. Rising inflation, stagnant salary raise, and overpopulation...

@jin_asap

Ай бұрын

@@l_ifeefi_l1998 Inflation yes, because US is printing tons of money to service their debts. There's no overpopulation. In fact, the world is at risk of a collapsing population

Budgeting is important.

the skill of preparing simple, healthy and economical dishes a thing of the past at least in many places. asides the usa consumer throws away 1/3 of the food actually purchased.

I do intermittent fasting for health benefits. Unsurprisingly, I saved money too.

Meal prepping leads to huge savings if you have a large family or if you eat like a professional bodybuilder. If you live alone, the saving may not be that much. But if you have the time, can take advantage of bulk buying and enjoy cooking then all the better.

I also know that I can't afford only eating out. The other reason I cook for myself is that I am sensitive to many foods that are usually put in store-bought or cafeteria lunch meals (like bell peppers, for example, they're almost everywhere). P.S. Ha-ha, the last comment is really on point! It took me a few years of practice to be satisfied with my own cooking!

He is doing great, keep it up!

My life and I live in Arizona USA. We do an Americanized version of this for our weekday lunches. We both work corporate. We have been doing an Americanized version of this for the last 10 years. This is our way to rein in costs and live without debt. We all should adopt a version of this. This is similar to a Mumbai India thing called the dubba wallah. Except there is no wallah...just the dubba. The worker schleps the dubba to work.

Food prep or bento or whatever you called... Important is can save more money as inflation is getting higher year by year.

A good cookbook might help make his meals tastier. I cook everyday but have to have a cookbook. I envy people who can cook delicious meals just from memory. He’s got the right idea though!

@zensoundsarah9209

Ай бұрын

agreed. I can cook a few dishes but i've been searching up recipes more often it's pretty hard to set up a meal plan. Was thinking of buying a planner book for what I want my regular meals to be, hopefully it'll also be recession proof.

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

Or just get a good cooking app on your phone like Tasty here in N. America.

Fully understandable that people from an Asian country are frustrated that they cannot afford to buy food outside, which is very traditional in countries like China and Japan - but there are many more countries where people almost always bring homemade food to work - so there is no shame in that. The prices in Japan for ready-to-go meals are quite high even for a foreign salary now.

You got no money cause you live in Meguro, bro. Move to Kamata you can live decent or two stations over in Kawasaki and be ballin with 2DK for the same price. Shop at Hamamasa or Gyomu super and 100 yen lawsons

My cooking isn’t great either but it’s kept me alive lol

the Plaza Accord seems to be working as the US planned even after 40 years

@jin_asap

Ай бұрын

That's what they do. Step on others to remain on top. Why the japanese keep tolerating this is sometimes incomprehensible.

its important to invest the left over money from savings so it can start working for you and upgrade your future life

Ive been doing this for quite a While now because I don’t have time to cook everyday so i meal prep life is much easier and i save lots of money for eating out. I meal prep a chef style meal so I don’t need to eat out.

I live in Honolulu and those prices are not so bad at all! I am about his age and the interest and dividends on my savings as of now could easily pay for the living expenses in Japan without having a job or cooking my own meals but immigration is tough and it would be hard for me to get residency in Japan since I wouldn’t be working and just living off passive income.

No money just buy at Seiyu lah, still want to buy things at such a higher end supermarket.

I hope he has a KZread channel to show his cooking. It's gonna be another stream of income for him while helping spread information to others.

looks so good and healthy man!

He reinvented the wheel

A relatively healthy bento from a convenience store in Tokyo being less than $4 is cheaper than meal prepping grocery store food in the US lmao. But I suppose wages could be very different there as well

I definitely need to learn some recipes from him :(((

Why do i feel the price of food and accomodation he mentioned is cheap. I"m from Malaysia

preparing your food and he's storing it for days? thats risky for health and food in fridge for 3 days depending on the food wont be good in taste. go shop for food at least 3 x a week , cook your meal everyday, buy fresh vegetable and it will last longer and add leafy greens on that diet. since he is alone ditch the fridge and that grocery store isnt a cheap place , wet markets are cheaper and you can get discount sometimes if you are a regular customer.

@madridring699

Ай бұрын

He is using the freezer.

@asahel980

Ай бұрын

@@madridring699 Im guessing youre not knowledgeable in freezing food , some food are not good in texture(like gooey) and taste after freezing them and also they lose some of its nutrients when frozen.

@ItsMe-zg1mc

Ай бұрын

This is focusing on cutting budget and we don't know how "healthy" his former diet/eating habits were. And i don't know where you are from but buying frozen foods is very popular in US/Aust. And he has one unfrozen meal a day so no that bad I guess.

@asahel980

Ай бұрын

@@ItsMe-zg1mc its a home cooked food then frozen, not frozen food which is designed (preservatives) to last for a month even years when in freezer. Try freezing a cooked rice and putting on a microwave or whatver you do to warm it up , I assure you wont like it.

@ItsMe-zg1mc

Ай бұрын

@@asahel980 i do microwave frozen rice pretty often and that's fine though you may not like it. And again, this piece is about how someone tries to live on the budget, not how you have great nutritious meals each day. Shopping at Wet markets is a good idea but not available where he lives (I live in Tokyo,) all eplaced by a super market like the one he shops and it's one of inexpensive supermarket chains. Some wet markets are in north/east parts of the city and it'd take at least half an hour from his area so it won't be that practical. Great suggestion though. And thanks for your great information on frozen foods👍

It would make sense for him to get a Costco membership. Those medium supermarkets in the city are the worst value

@madridring699

Ай бұрын

Costco sells in bulk so probably too much for a single family household.

@susiex6669

Ай бұрын

I find Costco here in Canada overpriced and its ridiculous to pay membership to shop in a store. Youre better off following the sale cycles of your local grocery store and buying in bulk on sale items.

I live alone in Brazil and do exactly the same thing: I make a huge meal that yields somewhere around 8 or 10 dishes, freeze them, and then defrost them throughout the week as needed. Do I like cooking? Hell no! But I get to learn how to cook, save money, and appreciate my own food. I also like to alternate between days of eating frozen food and fresh food (either takeout or homemade).

only in 2024,someone discovering that cooking ur own food at home helps to save money is newsworthy on mainstream media.

Now that I think about it those are American prices. they're getting pretty close to what we're paying for our food now.

Remove the seeds and white portion from the peppers. It's just bitter.

I think it's interesting that more ppl aren't living like this. Is it laziness, lack of energy (health issues or body not being fit), or lack of cooking knowledge? Maybe a little bit of everything? 🤔

How is cooking meals at home such a novelty that they need to run a news special on it???

How much he spent on the utilities for preparing the meals?

Though this is great, it's sad to need to worry so much to save $129 per month. Salaries in Japan and many other places aren't so high.

yup

I've come to realize those who live in the city eat out A LOT. Those who live in open spaces, cook a lot.

we will overcome this.

According to Australian Retirement Trust, we need around $1,000 per person per week to retire (excluding surgery, medical bills and funeral expenses). 

If we live from age 65 to 108 (43 years), 43*52 weeks per year = 2,236 weeks = AUD$2,236,000 per person (excluding inflation, medical surgery costs, lawsuits, prison, victim of crimes, diseases & other uncontrollable, & unexpected financial disasters). What will happen to us and our loved ones when we cannot pay for our life saving medical surgeries? Should we be spending our time and money on activities apart from earning income? Memento Mori. Jianfa Tsai

His name is Kento? And he's making Bento? KentoBento just like the youtuber? Ha!

Only a few dishes can taste better the next day (eg. casseroles) but eating some fried/stir fried food, after it has been in the fridge for 5 days😂, is not tasty)

So at 32 years of age he realised that he would save money by cooking meals rather than buying take out food ? Wow ,he really is the modern day Archimedes.

@pinkcrayon1382

29 күн бұрын

Give him a break. At least he realized it. I have a 35 year old and a 33 year old I am still trying to teach this skill to. I guess that is the downfall of being a good and generous traditional mother, as well as a good cook. My family just naturally congregates at my place about dinner time! 😂

welcome to my world, japan.

If this is lucrative we must find a way to tske over the business or apply more tax

$100 bucks is nothing in the Japanese supermarket. This is why I don't like being in countries with no wet markets.

🤔 I was always told that the food shouldn't stay in the fridge for more than three days

@njrom2975

Ай бұрын

That’s a lie , lol who told you that ? 😂

@pinkcrayon1382

29 күн бұрын

I was told the same. Actually, its more of a guidline and a good one for most non processed meat products. It's not a hard and fast rule, however.

Thanks to that old man who still dreaming of his great empire.

or he could move a little bit farther away from tokyo which costs cheaper and just take the train to work...or he could also go to a cheap wet market for his grocery instead of going to a higher end grocery store...its a no brainer...

@SonnyBCreative

11 күн бұрын

his rent is already cheap. time is money as well. saving another 10,000 yen isnt going to make up for the time lost from commutes and stress of trains etc

As a Japanese, the background music was a bit annoying. Very stereotypical.

But you're not supposed to buy takeout everyday. You're supposed to cook food at home. That's considered normal practice in most households or an I mental. Did I not get the memo.

While there are many japanese youtuber do massive mukbangs and 10000 yen in a day videos!!

didn't Japan have next to no inflation for like a while?

@madridring699

Ай бұрын

Now it’s inflation everywhere. The value of yen declined, so inflation will be the new normal for Japanese.

I rent a room and it is $645 a month.

This is the type of bootstraps video that boomers like.

What the heck ? Why aren't you not cooking already? Apparently not everyone cooks. Well....

Called meal prepping or home making, crazy how they treat this like an alien ritual or something…

@pinkcrayon1382

29 күн бұрын

It actually is for so many. I am pleased to see younger people finally learning. My own mother mockedme for buying 25lb bags of sugar and flour, saying she probably didn't use 10lb of sugar per year. Oh, she did, just from takeout and processed foods are raised us all on. She never cooked from scratch. Never. She is 78 years old now. I have cooked from scratch for years and years simply to survive and feed my family. Now I have stepped up my game to optimize health with less additives. Fresh fruits and veg, wild caught salmon, cage free organic eggs, homemade european artisan breads, and almost all treats are from scratch.

The food prep is his second job.

huh, cooking your own food is somehow revolutionary?