‘2- Food’ Archives
TORO TUNA of Sushi & Sashimi
For Sushi lovers, probably tuna is the most favourite stuff among sushi variation. Here, I will try to explain about the Tuna's tastes in variation. Some who is a frequent Sushi eater should know that tuna has some names by its parts. For Sushi lovers, it might be a must to remember them in Japanese names because you will have to order by [...]
Skipjack Tuna Sashimi/ Katsuo Sashimi
Skipjack Tuna is called Katsuo in Japan. If you know Sashimi or Sushi food of Japan, you may first recall Tuna as the stuff for the Sushi or Sashimi. It's correct. Tuna is the most popular Sushi or Sashimi's stuff. But some people like Skipjack Tuna (Katsuo in Japanese) better than Tuna especially as Sashimi. Skipjack Tuna or Katsuo is [...]
Oysters of Sendai, Japan
Oysters are one of the gourmet seafood in winter time of Japan. Oysters are farmed in some places in Japan. But probably the best known places in Japan are Sendai and Hiroshima. I've never tried Hiroshima Oysters, but tried Sendai Oysters many times. Sendai is located about 500 kilometers from Tokyo. Winter time there is colder than Tokyo. [...]
JAPANESE CURRY
I've seen people who don't like Ramen or Sushi, but I've never encountered someone in Japan who don't eat Curry dish of Japan. Japanese Curry is such a lovely food for us. We don't eat everyday, maybe once to twice a week is the average frequency at most for standard Japanese people to have Curry dish. But I can say there scarcely is person [...]
UDON – Thick Noodle of Japan
UDON or Japanese UDON Noodle is a really traditional food of Japan just like SOBA Noodle. Udon and Soba, in a sense, represent Japanese food like Sushi. In Japan, we often ask each other "which do you like better, Udon or Soba ?". Like this, people are often sorted either Soba lovers or Udon lovers in Japan. Of course, many like [...]
SOBA, Japanese Soba Noodle
SOBA or Japanese Soba Noodle is a really traditional food of Japan. I don't know when Soba noodle's history began in Japan but it's fact that Soba is probably the food with the longest history among Japanese food. Soba is a very delicate food. Soba noodle is made of Soba Powder and Water, sometimes flour is added to make it adhesive. Soba [...]
Tendon & Tempura
Tendon is my favourite food. Maybe Tendon or Tempura is in the top 3 popular food for foreigners too among Japanese foods. Tendon means Tempura and rice dish. Don means a bowl in Japanese, so the meaning of Tendon is translated such. For detail of meaning of DON, please check Katsudon explanation. Tendon's Ten means Tempura's Tem [...]
KATSUDON
KATSUDON is a very popular food anywhere in Japan. Also the cooking style is not different much although many common food of Japan often have different ways of cooking locally in each area. Katsu means cutlet, probably the imported English pronunciationbecame Japanized in pronunciation, which settled in Katsu, I think. When cutlet [...]
TAKOYAKI
TAKOYAKI is especially popular in western part of Japan, recently it's widely found anywhere in Japan though. TOKOYAKI is similar to OKONOMIYAKI but the biggest difference is the shape and the contents. TAKOYAKI's tako means octopus, and yaki means grill or fry in Japanese. [...]
YAKITORI, Grilled Chicken of Japan
Chicken dish are found anywhere in the world. They are also in various way of cooking. In Japan there are some chicken cooking ways, YOKITORI is probably the most popular style of Chicken cooking in Japan. Yakitori is cooked with sumibi grill or Charcoal grill, and while grilling, chicken is dipped into Teriyakisauce or seasoned with slight [...]
