‘2- Food’ Archives
TONKASTU is popular among foreign travelers
Many of my guests from overseas try the TONKATSU, the Japanese dish. And they all come to like it. Tonkatsu is a simple deep fried pork dish. But the quality of pork is really tender and juicy when you eat it at Tonkatsu restaurants ( I don't recommend you eat at ones with variety of menu, you should choose Tonkatsu only restaurats [...]
Sushi Chef, Jiro, becomes a documentary film by American Director, David Gelb
Some months ago, a new unique film reached my attention. That was a film making story about a famous Japanese Sushi Chef, called JIRO. He runs a small sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the name of it is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But the Sushi restaurant is always full of sushi lovers who made reservations for dinner some [...]
Hamburg Steak Plate of Japan
If you are a first time traveler to Japan, maybe this food would be a safe choice for you. You can easily find Hamburger shops in Japan. No worry if you are from Western country. Also if you go to Western style restaurant, you will find a Japanese style Hamburger dish, Hamburg Steak with Rice. It looks like Locomoco of Hawaii when [...]
Freshness Burger is delicious !
I really love Freshness Burgers recently. If I'm asked what the most delicious Japanese burger shop is, my answer was often MOS Burger. But now I would choose Freshness Burger. Some say MOS Burger's taste a little changed even worse ( still good though ) compared to some years ago. If you come to Japan and if you try burgers, please check [...]
Soba noodle in Kusatsu Onsen Hot Springs
For the first time in my life, I'm staying in the middle-Japan area. Here there are many hot springs and most of them are famous and popular among the Japanese. Kusatsu Onsen hot springs, where I now stay in, is also a top level hot springs in Japan both on popularity and on history. Beside the tour spot name value, I'm enjoying SOBA [...]
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
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
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 ??
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
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 [...]
