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Payday in Japan🇯🇵No Bonus...Monthly Grocery Shopping & Meal Prep

Ai - Life in Japan

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📹Grocery Haul series
🔗Grocery Haul

Thank you for watching!
I'm Ai (notAI🤖）

Last week was payday, so I went grocery shopping for the month. 🛒✨

In previous years, we always received a small bonus, but not this year...
I know the company may be going through a difficult time, but it definitely changed some of my plans.

So this month, I'm being extra careful with my budget while still making sure to eat healthy, homemade meals. 🤍
Good food always helps me take care of both my body and my mind.

I also shared my favorite fluffy Japanese-style hamburg steak recipe in this video! 🍽️

🥩 Japanese-Style Hamburg Steak Recipe

Hamburg Steak

300g ground pork & beef mix
100g ground pork
Tofu
1/2 onion
1/2 cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
1 egg
1 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp miso
5ml milk
4g salt
Black pepper

Japanese Onion Sauce

1/4 onion
30ml mandarin orange juice (or juice from 1 mandarin)
30ml water
30ml soy sauce
30ml sake
30ml mirin

Thank you so much for spending time with me today. 🤍
If you enjoyed this video, I'd really appreciate it if you could leave a like, subscribe, and say hello in the comments!
I always love reading your messages.

See you in the next video! 🌿✨

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20 Comments

@ByronCrocker-o8m 2 months ago

Always enjoy your videos for a day in your life. Sorry to hear that you did not receive a bonus. I know it’s not much but sharing a little from a small bonus that I received this year.

@HaLifeInVietnam 2 months ago

Meal prep adds practical value for viewers.

@ThahHaiVietNam 2 months ago

Thank you for sharing another month of your everyday life. I was really hoping you'd get your bonus this year, so I felt disappointed for you when you said it wasn't paid. Even so, I admire how calmly you adjusted your budget instead of complaining. Watching you carefully plan your groceries, prepare meals, and still find joy in simple things is always inspiring. I'm also trying to build a simple life while working hard on my own goals. I make videos too, and your videos remind me that consistency and gratitude matter more than having everything. I truly hope your company does well again and that you receive a well-deserved winter bonus. Wishing you good health and happiness. Looking forward to your next video!

@warrenj3204 1 month ago

In the United States we make meatloaf which is very close to hamburg steak. Beef, pork, bread crumbs, onion, an egg. We do not steam it, however. We put it in an oven and roast it. Served with ketchup or mushroom gravy.

@Retro_AC1 2 months ago

Payday, Shopping, Prepping, Freezing, Cooking and Eating......This video had it all! :)

@KennyAkiraly 2 months ago

Don't cry, of course, it's hard not to cry while chopping onions 😅, I'm crying too 🤣

@braddobson2060 2 months ago

Thanks!

@bigdaddyjoe2819 2 months ago (edited)

Hello dear, I always love how conscientious you are when it comes to picking out the food you purchase! You considering additives is so much above and beyond what I do or have ever done!!! I guess I need to get you here to do my shopping!!! haha! You definitely do better than I do!!! And I've been shopping since I was 7 when I would go with my mother!!!! And keep the natto away from me!!! hahaha!!! Love the vegetables you got!! They look really good. Hope everything else is good there! BTW, love the new hairdo!!! Be well dear, and as always, sending love from Delaware!!! Great Vlog!!!!!

@skyprince42 2 months ago

Like for u to go back n get the fish u wanted that way u can enjoy it 🫰🏼

@savage_rants 1 month ago

You’re so cute! 😊

@aseemkelkar4841 2 months ago

Thank you for sharing part of your daily life girl. It really motivates to work harder than ever. Arigato

@sherlys8022 1 month ago

Halo beautiful Ai,.. thank you for wonderful video. I miss Japan. New subs from Bali

@allynroberts4588 2 months ago

❤

@normaacevedo2183 2 months ago

Your meal came out delicious. Enjoy my dear. God Bless you.🥰❤🙏

@muffimufft8576 2 months ago

14:24 👍

@ahf5471 2 months ago

❤

@sollowayg 2 months ago

Terrific video - love the idea of adding tofu and miso to the hamburger mixture!

@robertfujisaki5348 2 months ago

Hi Ai! I love your videos! I especially like your healthy cooking! I know that you like to use your steamer baskets for healthy meals. It was really helpful to list your recipe in the comments like you did for the hamburger patty and the stuffed bell pepper. Please continue including the recipes if it is not too much work. Also your shopping trips are very helpful too! You are my favorite YTber!❤️

@AlBall-oc1ql 2 months ago

Good Morning Ai,
Thank You for showing us your grocery shopping. It must be hard to figure out your list. You’re such a beautiful person and great cook. The food looks so delicious. I hope you had a relaxing weekend a will have a wonderful week. May you always be happy and healthy. 😊

@BergkampHenry-v5o 2 months ago

No bonus on payday, but you still directed an absolute masterpiece of a grocery and meal prep vlog?! 🛒🍱 Even when the budget is tight, you put in so much effort to show us that it can be done.

I hope your company's finance get better so that they can pay you a bonus to replace your refrigerator too. You're a talented girl honestly, maybe you will do better in other area too.