Name: I Spent a Day Dining Alone in Tokyo
Uploaded: 2026-03-31T18:03:47.000Z
Duration: 19 min 16 s

What do you mean you don't want to eat for lunch?

Thankfully, I've come to the right place.

In many countries, dining by yourself at a table for two usually results in a waiter staring at you with a mixture of pity and mild contempt.

在很多國家，一個人坐在兩人桌用餐，服務生通常會帶著同情又有點鄙視的眼神看著你。

But here in Tokyo, solo dining is a fiercely efficient and hyper-optimized machine designed to feed millions of solitary souls every single day.

但在東京，一個人用餐是一種效率極高、高度優化的機制，每天都在餵養著數百萬個孤獨的靈魂。

In fact, over 40% of Tokyo's households consist of exactly one person, transforming the reality of eating alone into a multi-billion-dollar hospitality empire.

事實上，東京超過 40% 的家庭只有一個人，這將獨自用餐的現實轉變成一個數十億美元的餐飲帝國。

Some ramen shops have practically turned it into a sport, like Jidor Ramen, a cheap variety of ramen topped with a mountain of bean sprouts where customers are served immediately and typically have to eat rapidly in silence and be out of the door in under 20 minutes.

有些拉麵店幾乎把它變成了一種運動，像是 Jidor Ramen，一種便宜的拉麵，上面堆滿了豆芽菜，顧客會立刻被服務，通常必須在安靜中快速用餐，並在 20 分鐘內離開。

And ultimately, they kind of need to be, as such restaurants need a large number of customers to meet their very low, very generous prices.

最終，他們也需要這樣做，因為這些餐廳需要大量的顧客才能維持非常低廉且非常划算的價格。

As for me, though, I want a more relaxing dining experience alone, and

至於我，我想要一個更輕鬆的獨自用餐體驗，而且

I'm not sure I could devour a bowl of ramen in 20 minutes or less, even if I wanted to.

我不太確定我能不能在 20 分鐘或更短的時間內吃完一碗拉麵，即使我想。

It is an absolute paradise for the socially fatigued, and

這對於社交疲憊的人來說是個天堂，而且

some of my fondest memories involve sitting alone, quietly devouring a meal with premium calories without making awkward eye contact with anyone.

我一些最美好的回憶都包含獨自安靜地享用一頓高熱量美食，而不用和任何人進行尷尬的眼神交流。

And so in this video, I want to take you to five different restaurants and show you the art, the fine art, of dining alone and making the most of it.

所以，在這支影片中，我想帶你們去五家不同的餐廳，向你們展示獨自用餐並充分享受它的藝術，精緻的藝術。

Now, I'll level with you: booking a decent restaurant in Japan isn't overly fun.

現在，我得老實跟你們說：在日本預訂一家不錯的餐廳並不是一件有趣的事。

Many places have websites that look like they were made back when I was listening to The Spice Girls, while the rest only accept restaurant reservations over the phone.

許多地方的網站看起來像是從我還在聽 Spice Girls 的時候就做好了，而其他地方只接受電話預訂餐廳。

If you don't speak Japanese, well, get ready to rediscover the definition of awkward.

如果你不會講日文，嗯，準備好重新定義尷尬吧。

But thankfully, those days are over, because we're living in the future.

但幸好，那些日子已經過去了，因為我們正活在未來。

Thanks to the sponsor of this episode, Tabelog, one of Japan's biggest restaurant reservation platforms, who have released their bloody amazing app in English, meaning you can discover and book restaurants all from the comfort of your phone without any effort whatsoever.

感謝本集贊助商 Tabelog，日本最大的餐廳預訂平臺之一，他們推出了超讚的英文版 App，讓你可以在手機上輕鬆預訂餐廳，毫不費力。

And not only are they sponsoring my lonely dinner for one, but

他們不僅贊助了我這次的獨自晚餐，

I actually use it to find many of the restaurants we're going to go to in this video.

我其實也用它來找了影片中許多餐廳。

With over 890,000 restaurants on the platform, with 88 million reviews, you can see where the locals are actually going to and where they recommend.

平臺上超過 89 萬家餐廳，有 8800 萬則評論，你可以看到當地人真正去哪裡，以及他們推薦什麼。

And best of all, on the app, with a simple tap, you can search based on your current location, see what's going on around you, and

最棒的是，在 App 上，只要輕輕一點，你就可以根據目前位置搜尋，看看附近有什麼，然後

But if you want something really special, tap here on the Tabelog 100 for the top 100 restaurants by category, and

但如果你想要特別一點的，點擊這裡的 Tabelog 100，可以看各類別的前 100 名餐廳，然後

we'll be hitting up one of those tonkatsu restaurants, and

我們要去其中一家日式炸豬排餐廳，

it'll become clear very quickly how and why that restaurant won that award.

你很快就會明白那家餐廳是如何以及為何贏得獎項的。

I think a lot of non-Japanese users are confused at first, like, why does the score always look so low?

我覺得很多非日本用戶一開始會很困惑，像是，為什麼分數總是看起來這麼低？

And it's because while in the West we typically love something or hate it, we go 1 to 5, in Japan it's a bit more nuanced.

在西方，我們通常喜歡或不喜歡，會給 1 到 5 分，但在日本就比較細膩一點。

People typically go to 3 if something's good, 4 if it's amazing, and

如果東西不錯，大家通常會給 3 分，很棒的話給 4 分，

5 if it is God himself that has prepared the meal.

如果是神親手準備的餐點，才會給 5 分。

And unfortunately, there are currently no restaurants that are 5 stars.

遺憾的是，目前沒有 5 星級的餐廳。

The truth is, 3 is good, 3.5 is exceptional, and

事實上，3 分是不錯，3.5 分是傑出的，

anything over 4 is probably going to be the meal of a lifetime.

任何超過 4 分的，很可能都會是畢生難忘的一餐。

So don't be too confused when you see the review system.

所以看到這個評論系統時，別太困惑了。

But make the most of your trip to Japan, download the app now, and

不過，請好好享受你在日本的旅程，現在就下載這個 App，

discover and book the best goddamn restaurants in all of Japan.

It's free to download on iOS and Android, and it's linked in the description box below.

iOS 和 Android 都可以免費下載，連結就在下方的說明欄。

You wouldn't normally associate barbecues with being a solo dining experience, and

你可能不會把烤肉跟一個人吃聯想在一起，

yet solo yakiniku barbecue has become pretty damn popular in the last few years.

但過去幾年，一個人吃日式烤肉變得超夯的。

And for the first stop of our trip, we're off to Shinjuku Skyscraper District to Yakiniku Like, the restaurant that pretty much kicked off the trend.

而我們這次旅程的第一站，要去新宿的摩天大樓區，找 Yakiniku Like，這家餐廳幾乎是引領這股風潮的開端。

So if you're like me and you have no friends, this place is perfect.

所以如果你跟我一樣沒朋友，這裡超適合你的。

Yakiniku Like, I like it a lot because, look, water from the server.

Yakiniku Like，我超喜歡它，因為你看，服務生送來的飲用水。

Chopsticks, towels, and toothpicks in the drawer.

筷子、毛巾和牙籤都在抽屜裡。

It's like being in a sensory deprivation tank.

感覺就像在感官剝奪室裡一樣。

And the best thing is, you don't even have to talk to humans because you just order through a screen.

最棒的是，你根本不用跟人講話，因為你直接在螢幕上點餐就好。

The tray that you get all your food on slots perfectly into the table.

你放食物的託盤可以完美地卡進桌子裡。

But it means idiots like me, who previously spilled the water everywhere, can't spill this.

但這表示像我這種以前會把水灑得到處都是的笨蛋，也不會把這個弄翻。

Normally, yakiniku, I'm sort of used to going with that scheme.

平常吃燒肉，我習慣那種模式。

And now she just eats everything, and I have to pick up the crumbs.

現在她什麼都吃，我只好撿她掉的碎屑。

在這裡，我一個人獨享所有東西。

And then if I want more, I just get more things off the screen.

然後如果我想要更多，我就直接從螢幕上拿更多東西。

We've got rice, kimchi, wagyu, different cuts of shoulder and rib.

我們有飯、泡菜、和牛，還有不同部位的肩肉和肋眼。

You can control how hot it is down here on the dial.

你可以在這裡的旋鈕控制溫度。

You choose what level of flames there are.

It recommends, it says, the best level is level 3.

它有建議，說最佳的溫度是三級。

We're currently at level—oh dear—at level very high.

我們現在的溫度是——哎呀——非常高。

So we're at level 5, which is like a forest fire.

所以我們現在是五級，就像森林大火一樣。

Don't make the same mistake that I just made.

And incinerate your beef from the get-go.

The joys of dining alone with your burnt beef.

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