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Saturday September 4th 2010

‘2- Food’ Archives

QP mayonnaise on Amazon

QP mayonnaise on Amazon

Japanese mayonnaise is a little different from Amerrican or European type mayonnaise.  I like the Japanese one. When I lived abroad, I often took it by air although it cost a lot. Because I'm accustomed to the taste, it's hard for me to change mayonnaise brands. Japanese NO.1 popular mayo is QP brand one.  Today's news said that this Mayo [...]

Beef Bowl Wars-Yoshinoya, Matsuya, Sukiya

Beef Bowl Wars-Yoshinoya, Matsuya, Sukiya

If you ever traveled to Japan, I think you remember a popular Japanese food called Gyudon, or Beef Bowl.  If you walk in Tokyo, it's easy to find Beef Bowl Stand Restaurants anywhere. Cooking way is really simple.  There is rice in the bowl, over which Sukiyaki taste beef is placed.  They are really popular among standard Japanese people [...]

Mr. Donut is the best Donut Shop

Mr. Donut is the best Donut Shop

I used to think Mr. Donut is an American Brand Donut shop.  That's because the taste is perfect. I like it, everyone likes it, and there is no fault in the taste of Mr. Donut. When I first traveled in the USA, I tried to find Mr. Donut shop in LA or San Francisco, but I couldn't even though I paid my attention to the street signboards [...]

Ramen Travelers ??

Ramen Travelers ??

Many of foreigners try Japanese ramen noodle when they are in Japan. Maybe they will be at a loss which to choose because there are too many types of Ramen. If I needed to tell about all the difference of Japanese ramen noodles in their types, maybe it takes much time and very hard to tell correctly.  Try them first, this is the best way to [...]

New York Burger sold out ? McDonalds

New York Burger sold out ? McDonalds

In Japan, among the hamburger shops McDonalds is the most popular and it's a successful company. In the USA, the original birth place of McDonalds, it's often thought to be a junk food.  In Japan, there certainly are some critical people who say it's Junk, but average people still like McDonald's and they don't think it's a Junk food. I don't [...]

YAMANASHI WINE of Japan

YAMANASHI WINE of Japan

Japanese wine is not famous in the world. I must confess that we don't choose Japanese wine often for our dinner or parties either in Japan. Maybe we Japanese believe without any proof that foreign wine is better than Japanese ones because Japanese wines have shorter history in the production and we aren't familier to them in spite that we can [...]

Ready to eat Curry dish

Ready to eat Curry dish

In Japan, there are many curry dish fans.  The curry was imported from India and it had been arranged into Japanese style while the process of the long food history in Japan. Japanese curry is very popular in Japan, maybe it's among the top 5 popular foods in Japan.  The price is not that high and the cooking is easy, so people cook it at [...]

Beer of Japan

Beer of Japan

I traveled many countries.  If I needed to choose best beer in the world, probably I will choose Coors or Budwiser without hesitation because I feel refreshed when having them. It's based on my experience to choose them. I stayed in Hawaii or California for a long time in my life and especially under the wonderful sunlight, there beers are [...]

Japanese Wine, Sake, is lovely in winter time

Japanese Wine, Sake, is lovely in winter time

Recently Japanese wine called Sake is getting a little popular among Japanese food fans. The tast of Sake is not like Whisky or French wine, but it's really good for Japanese traditional foods like Sushi, Sashimi, or Oden although Beer or Whiskey also match well with Japanese foods. If you first try Japanese Sake, winter time is a good season [...]

ODEN in the Winter time of Japan

ODEN in the Winter time of Japan

Oden is a very popular food in Japan. There are some good Oden restaurants in large cities, but also it's popular as house cooking food in Japan. Cooking Oden is not that hard.  Most of the stuff are sold at super markets. We can add our favourite stuff by our choice, for example, some like boiled eggs, Daikon, Octpus, Squid, but most standard [...]

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