Labombadog
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Just had this yesterday. Soo good.
Japanese Food Appreciation Thread:
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It got so cold this week in Georgia, good thing this weekend I bought an oden set with other materials (daikon, konnyaku, had dried kelp already). Might want to do some hotpot as well later on, but I don't have the electric pot yet. Any other dishes you guys like having during the chilly season?
Etrian Oddity
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Time to bump this thread back into relevance. ^_^
Had sushi on the eve of my birthday with family, since I work on my birthday.
I've been craving for sushi for about five months... it was sooooo satisfying.
I'm going to start making my own sushi at home, too.
Had sushi on the eve of my birthday with family, since I work on my birthday.
I've been craving for sushi for about five months... it was sooooo satisfying.
I'm going to start making my own sushi at home, too.
Mmm yes, there is a local Korean tea and bread house I got to from time to time. And they have great green tea ice cream.
idlethreats
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Oh man, this thread has made me crave a good beef bowl. One of the things that I miss most about living in Japan is the Sukiya that was right down the street from me. Mmm, cheese gyudon. My Japanese friends would see the cheese and be like, "wtf, this is so American," and then they'd try it and get hooked too. Also used to take lunch breaks at Yoshinoya with my co-worker. We'd be the only women in there but whatever. So delish.
My wife's japanese. I eat well. Lived in Japan too, for 2 years back in the 90's, working for the JET program. I was taken around as a token gaijin to all kinds of events & dinners ... my god did I eat like a king.
One of my favorite japanese foods though, is one of the most simple. Assuming you have a suihanki (rice cooker) and some japanese-style short-grain rice (like Botan, which you can get at Wal-Mart), then you can make 'butter rice.'
Fill a bowl with hot rice.
Put a pat of butter on top.
Add just a small amount of soy sauce. We're talking 5-7 drops, not much.
Mush it around to get the butter melted and the soy sauce mixed in.
The flavor is amazing, and not what you'd expect.
One of my favorite japanese foods though, is one of the most simple. Assuming you have a suihanki (rice cooker) and some japanese-style short-grain rice (like Botan, which you can get at Wal-Mart), then you can make 'butter rice.'
Fill a bowl with hot rice.
Put a pat of butter on top.
Add just a small amount of soy sauce. We're talking 5-7 drops, not much.
Mush it around to get the butter melted and the soy sauce mixed in.
The flavor is amazing, and not what you'd expect.
Sounds good. I'm gonna try this out tomorrow.
My wife has been into Oyokodon lately, as we make it at home. It's fucking amazing the way she makes it, and definitely hits the spot! Nothing is as good as Japanese home cooking!
Sweet Baby Roy
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Uh...sometimes I eat this:
Am I cool yet?
Am I cool yet?
It's good!! I live close to a Santouka, a Daikokuya, and a Shin-Sen-Gumi! Though I haven't tried the latter yet! Kotteri ramen is still my favorite.
My favorite Japanese foods are fried gyoza (with a 50/50 ground beef and pork mixture) served with inarizushi; tonkatsu; and chicken curry.
I've never been to Japan but my grandmother was Japanese and my mother was raised there for some time when she was young. There's a bunch of family recipes and whenever I go out for a fancy japanese dinner it never comes close to what I had growing up.
I've never had a gyoza that tastes anything like what I know as gyoza, but I try it whenever I see it on a menu, hoping to find something close so I don't always have to make my own.
I've never been to Japan but my grandmother was Japanese and my mother was raised there for some time when she was young. There's a bunch of family recipes and whenever I go out for a fancy japanese dinner it never comes close to what I had growing up.
I've never had a gyoza that tastes anything like what I know as gyoza, but I try it whenever I see it on a menu, hoping to find something close so I don't always have to make my own.
Oyakodon is great as you can throw it together in about 15 minutes - a full meal with all the nutrients you'll ever need.
My girlfriend bought me some oyakodon pans for Christmas which has made cooking it a lot faster and easier.
Phoenician_Viking
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I have only eaten 2 kinds of Japanese food. Sushi which i did not like, and Ramen which i really liked. Ramen tastes so good.
Ok, so, yeah, it's a burger.
But it's a Freshness Burger burger. Where they mix fresh orange juice in front of your eyes and let you choose the potatoe you're going to eat.
Other than that: curry udon kills me every single time.
But it's a Freshness Burger burger. Where they mix fresh orange juice in front of your eyes and let you choose the potatoe you're going to eat.
Other than that: curry udon kills me every single time.
Agreed.
Your wife from Hokkaido? I've heard of it but never seen butter-shoyu rice. It's not served in my prefecture at all at least.
Lee Chaolan
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Closest thing I've had is the over processed Sarku Japan stuff.
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Tasty though. xD
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Tasty though. xD
No she's from Tochigi-ken.
This thread is so dangerous to me since I've started a low-carb diet this week... All Japanese food is almost always need rice to be delicious! Although I did go to CoCo Ichibanya last night and ordered my curry with chunks of beef, cheese, and tofu (sans rice). Pretty much looked like chili, but it was soooo good.
Oh, and I'll just leave this right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog
Oh, and I'll just leave this right here: http://www.youtube.com/user/cookingwithdog
Etrian Oddity
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Hey, I have to cut my weight from 210 to 190 by May, and I'm sticking with a Japanese low-carb diet!
Just eat genmai/brown rice, only 2/3 cup per day. Focus more on broiled fish, miso soup (sans tofu), and veggies.
BombStrike
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Do you cook yourself? I've been trying to cut my weight but I'm a really terrible cook, so I'm mainly getting food from convenience stores and small restaurants, but my low skills at reading japanese and my allergies to shrimp (that they love to put everywhere) prevents me from trying a lot of things. Of course that doesn't really help (though I don't gain more weight, compared to when I was still living in Europe).
Etrian Oddity
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Just watched these on Youtube. Impressive.
Dashimaki Tamago
Rainbow (Maki) Roll
Way easier to live healthy when you make all your food.
Dashimaki Tamago
Rainbow (Maki) Roll
Well I live in America... but yes, I cook 95% of what I eat (apart from work meals at the kitchen).
Way easier to live healthy when you make all your food.
MisterNugNug
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So I tried some shirako (cod sperm sac) for the first time during dinner service; I liked it. Its reminds me of crab eggs or guts. I had it straight up, no ponzu. I work at a Japanese izakaya as a cook.
BrightEyedPanic
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mochi ice cream, all day.
And veggie tempura w/udon
And veggie tempura w/udon
TestMonkey
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Katsudon is my favorite Japanese dish. Probably the ugliest one though. Can't really dress it up and make it look presentable like most other Japanese dishes.
BombStrike
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Japanese kitchens are so small it's hard to be motivated into cooking, but yeah if I want to lose some weight I should really start doing it.
Tempura and udon. Yum! The tempura bits were kinda expensive tho. You could select tempura bits you wanted to go with your udon. I had chicken and eggplant I believe.
Really loved this dish! I forgot what it was called, though. First time I ate pumpkin.
Ramen from 風堂in博多(hakata), holy shit this was tasty. Only had it once but, man I'm definitely having more next time I'm in Japan.
Does anyone know what this is? The Japanese guy I was with didn't know either. It tasted very bad.
TheKaeptain
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I fucking love Ramen.
TheBryanJZX90
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Really loved this dish! I forgot what it was called, though. First time I ate pumpkin.
This looks like hotoh noodles from Yamanashi prefecture. Good stuff, especially the pumpkin. When I had them they were cut shorter though. Does that ring a bell?
idlethreats
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So this thread got me craving a beef bowl the other day. Today, as I was passing through New York City on my way from New Jersey to Connecticut, I thought, "There's a Yoshinoya right by Times Square! Worth the detour for a beef bowl, yes!" Get off the subway at 42nd, walk down the street, so damn eager to get some Yoshinoya and...it's been replaced with a 5 Guys. Why, why cruel fates, why have you forsaken me?!? D-:
Got back from japan a couple of weeks ago.
my favorite foods in order are:
1. Soba (just straight hiyashi soba, nothing special)
2. Sukiyaki
3. Tsukemen (spicy salt base is best)
4. Ramen (again spicy salt base)
5. Karaage
6. Takoyaki (Mayo + Sauce is a must)
7. Okonomiyaki (Mayo + Sauce again)
8. Taiyaki
9. Shabu-Shabu
10. Tako Wasabi
Forgot curry (kare), its really good with fried pork (tonkatsu) could easily be sneaked in the 3-4 spot.
my favorite foods in order are:
1. Soba (just straight hiyashi soba, nothing special)
2. Sukiyaki
3. Tsukemen (spicy salt base is best)
4. Ramen (again spicy salt base)
5. Karaage
6. Takoyaki (Mayo + Sauce is a must)
7. Okonomiyaki (Mayo + Sauce again)
8. Taiyaki
9. Shabu-Shabu
10. Tako Wasabi
Forgot curry (kare), its really good with fried pork (tonkatsu) could easily be sneaked in the 3-4 spot.
Yes! That's what it was called. Thanks.
I had them here:
http://www.fuji-kawaguchiko.com/036gourmet/15houtou/kosaku/
Somewhere relatively close to mt Fuji. We made a stop there on the way back to Tokyo.
Kyuuketsu_Night
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Most favorite thing in the whole wide world.
I also love me some nimono. It's so simple to make but I can't make it taste good!
and red miso <3
Japan is ridiculous for the amount of great food on offer. I've been living in Kagawa prefecture for about two years now and although it's Japan's smallest prefecture and not the most exciting place to live, it does have the advantage of being famous for having the following two dishes.
Sanuki Udon
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Honetsukidori
Sanuki Udon is so tasty that apparently people from other areas of Japan come to Kagawa prefecture solely for the purpose of eating it and Honetsukidori might not look like much but it is by far the tastiest chicken I have ever had.
During the winter break I travelled around Kobe,Kyoto and Osaka and had the privelage of eating some ridiculously tasty Kobe beef and Osaka style Okonomiyaki.
Sanuki Udon
and
Honetsukidori
Sanuki Udon is so tasty that apparently people from other areas of Japan come to Kagawa prefecture solely for the purpose of eating it and Honetsukidori might not look like much but it is by far the tastiest chicken I have ever had.
During the winter break I travelled around Kobe,Kyoto and Osaka and had the privelage of eating some ridiculously tasty Kobe beef and Osaka style Okonomiyaki.
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