Chinese Food vs. Japanese Food

[marcus314]

I find Chinese food in general to be a bit too greasy and unhealthy, whereas Japanese cuisine thend to be more healthy. I will have problem eating dim sum and dumplings everyday but I am find with eating Japanese food everyday.

About a post above about pizza in Italy, I HAVE to agree on that too.....they are so much more delicate and tasty without being too filling. I love their thin crust pizzas, nothing like the "THICK THICK dough with CHEESE in the middle" pizza we have here in North America. Even the pizza you eat along the French Rivera is good.....

^_^

 

[Ikyoto]

The only things i don't eat are squid, octopus and eel. I come form an Italian family and those were on the menu so often I got sick of them as a kid!

Chinese and Japanese and American and Tai and... well, if I haven't tried it yet i will ome day!

I've even eaten roasted tarantula! Not bad at all.

The only thing I seem to like that no one else can stand is Snickers with tabasco. Yes, the candy bar with a couple of drops of hot sauce.

 

[Chiaki_Kuriyama_Fan]

mmm chinese, japanese food is gorgeous but chinese and a bottle of DR pepper on a saturday night watching battle royale...bliss

 

[pipokun]

If you're a vegie, Taiwanese vegie food must be your choice.
Amazing!

 

[furan]

GAH! that is too hard..... i mean... i love nodoru and raman... and..... i was practically brought up loving chinese... but i've yet to get an experiance of the real thing for both types.... sushi.... gah i love the stuff.......
*panics*
both... no doubt!

o, and btw pipokun, i agree, it's probably the best vegie food around ^.^
but cos i'm a hypocryt and eat fish... i can get a good taste for chinese and japanese stuff too ^.^
tho... i guess if we're ging with vegie stuff.... you don;t really get much options with chinese

 

[lonesoullost3]

I find both to be delicious, though Chinese food is much oilier than Japanese food (at least from my experience). The tastes are slightly different too. I find Japanese food to be more of a delicate balance than Chinese food. Korean food is delicious too! Bokum Bop and Bim Bim Bop - yum!!

 

[Fattyaddy]

mmm

I luv both! But I really miss chinese food...(mmmm...snow peas with beef :-D~~~~~~

 

[nanda]

i like both, but sometimes japanese food is .. too plain for me
chinese food and korean food are more spicy .. just like indonesian food

 

[Kara_Nari]

I prefer Japanese food to Chinese food, but I prefer Korean food to Japanese food (except for a few things)... but im not allowed to eat either at the moment

 

[sabro]

Sushi today at Niko-Niko in Redlands: Delicious crunch roll and popcorn lobster roll (Kind of California style cuisine) made by our fabulous Korean speaking chefs!

 

[Galli]

Interesting, I am a Canadian of Italian origins, I love the Italian food even if I like to enjoy the chinese, even if here in Ottawa, Canada the food tast is not the original one.
I thiunk that chinese food is more popular here that the japanese one

 

[werewolf]

Has anyone mentioned Vietnamese? I like all four - Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese!

 

[pipokun]

Has anyone mentioned Vietnamese? I like all four - Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese!

I like it, esp. Vietnamese spring rolls.

 

[Sukotto]

Chinese/Japanese... difficult question.

I like them both.

Korean I've only eaten
noodles that needed to be cut as they were eaten. So-so
for the first time I ate them a couple years ago.

Vietnamese I've never eaten,

And Indonesian I've eaten some chicken ka-bobs
doused with peanut sauce with fresh rice cakes
on the side. mmmmm....

Still I've got to eat less meat.

Only Japanese have I eaten in its native land.
We travelled to Chicago's Chinatown and my friend
from Shanghai said even that was American-ized after
so many generations being in the US.

ok, Italian...I'm not sure I ever ate authentic.
Although...my mother's friend is 2nd gen Italian
with an extremely strong accent and I've eaten
noodles with her home made sauce. Pretty tasty.

Although I grew up with my parents eating saurerkraut,
I cannot stand the stuff.

p.s. I found out recently that Vietnamese used to use Kanji

 

[werewolf]

"I found out recently that Vietnamese used to use Kanji"


When did Vietnam switch to the western alphabet?


Vietnamese pho is the national dish. It's great.

 

[Sukotto]

I read this some where once then didn't see it again for a long time.
Recently tried to look it up and sure enough.

Chu nom

Vietnamese was, from the 14th century to the end of the 19th century, written with Chu Nom, which was a modified Chinese script that incorporated sounds and syllables appropriate for native Vietnamese speakers.

Chữ Nôm - Wikipedia

 

[Rich]

Wah, impossible to answer for me, just becuase I love both.

 

[Gaijin 06]

Ohh, a topic very close to my heart. And more importantly, my stomach!

Mal's post is spot on concerning the different types of Chinese food. Having lived in Hong Kong for a couple of years, I've gorged myself on yum cha (dim sum) and also a good dollop of Shanghaiese and Sichuan food.

See long bao and some of the dumpings that come out of Shanghai are my personal favourites.

I also love Japanese food, especially sashimi which I think I am more addicted to than some women are to chocolate. Give me a few strips of nice ohtoro and I can quite happily fade away into estacsy for a few sublime minutes.

If I had to pick one over the other I think I'd choose Chinese food, due to the sheer variety and because of the way flavours are combined so well in many of the dishes.

 

[lost]

i perfered japanese over chinese cause sumtimes chinese food makes e sick. eck!

 

[Carlson]

I find nothing better then Japanese curry...

 

[boroboro]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My eye sees beauty in all good food regardless of what country it comes from or is made in. I only know that I judge a restaurant by it's customers. Not only the number of customers it attracts but if it is an ethnic establishment I look for people of that ethnicity to be the in the majority. Authenticity then is usually a given and I appreciate "real" but, I also enjoy convenience and so if it tastes good, it's close to home, (it's a good value), I eat there. Ho nem mot, ho nai.

 

[ButterSky]

Japanese is Ichiban!!!

Not fond of greasy sweet 'n sour stuff. That's my equation of Chinese food. :chinese: Spicy Chinese... Thai is more spicy, pet-pet, in my opinion. I love the clean bright taste of Japan cuisine. I also have become really fond of the strong earthy flavors of Korean food but that is not considered Chinese. I lack culinary experiences of true Chinese cuisine. I see egg rolls and shrimp fried rice in my mind. It doesn't hold as much interest. I love the odd things. Stinky fermented beans(natto?) with rice, or udon; mountain potato with soba, quail egg, toro & nori. Yummy too, tako stands at rock concerts in Osaka. Love that bbq octopus!!!! I'm getting hungry, it's time for miso soup!!!!!
I make it at least twice a week. It's good for breakfast on cold mornings. Which country/culture is responsible for that delicious brown rice tea, that is also so good for breakfast? Ahhhh, the teas!!!!:14:

 

[Ebichu_chan]

In general, Chinese food is much more oily than Japanese food, though, they have the more various taste comparing with Japanese food that most taste is SALTY.

Though Japanese food's taste is salty, but it's very good for health, since most of them are fishes & vegetables. However, Chinese foods are more interesting because they really have many kinds of food, even for insects, creep animals and cats.... I'd like to try them someday if I can go to China

So, I like both of them

 

[gaijinalways]

Chinese, Japanese, hmm?

In general, Chinese food is much more oily than Japanese food, though, they have the more various taste comparing with Japanese food that most taste is SALTY.

Depends on how it is cooked. If you look at Cantonese cuisine, a lot of it is steamed, so basically there is no oil. A lot of Chinese food is stir-fried, so there is very little oil.

Having lived in Hong Kong for a couple of years, I've gorged myself on yum cha (dim sum)

Note 'Yum cha' literally means 'drink tea', though what it really amounts to is meeting and talking with tea and usually eating dim sum (if the restaurant serves it). Here in Japan, they mistakenly label some Chinese restarurants as 'yum cha' restaurants.

 

[gaijinalways]

Japanese/Chinese, you mean there is a difference?

Personally, I prefer something that is spicier, Thai, Malay, Indian, etc.

I sampled a lot of Chinese cuisine in both Taiwan (Taiwanese is slighty different, mixing Fujianese and various other aspects of Chinese cuisine) and Hong Kong (Cantonese food). Plenty of Japanese food in Japan (and my wife is Japanese) I like both, eat plenty of both, though to get good Chinese food in Japan is a little difficult.