What's your favorite Japanese food?

[kusojiji]

Any other natto fans here?

 

[sash]

actually hontoni RAMEN is hontoniiiiiiiiiiii omeyyyyyyyyy ochiiiiiiiiiii segaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiii neeee
don't ya guys like it? I actually like iie love ramen demo it seems like most of the people like sushi more demo who cares about the others I like ramen & ramen is what i like,wakarimasenka neeeee?

 

[Dogen Z]

Japanese Pear

If I can't have kaki (persimmon), nashi will do at this time of year. Nashi (Japanese Pear) is like a cross between an apple an a pear. Unlike European pears, nashi is crisp like an apple and full of juice, but at the same time it's a little grainy like a pear. Anyway, it's really good. but expensive. In California, I remember paying US$ 1 for one pear. However, in Tokyo, when it's on sale, I can get one for about 100 yen (US$ 1).

If you ever get a chance, try one! Guaranteed to please.

 

[Kirie_Maiden]

I couldn't decide between Sushi and Ramen here. I do love a lot of Japanese food though, and the food I can't find to buy I usually end up making myself (although I am unsure as to whether I am making it correctly). I make my own home made sushi too. ^_^.

 

[yumeitsumo]

For some reason I love the beansprout! I love that Japanese spegetti!

 

[SayurieCullen]

♥

i really love ♥ sashimi ♥ and ♥ sushi ♥
but there are so many other things to enjoy

has anyone a clue what this is called?

it's filled with red beans, it's sweet and the dough is like yeast dough like in a yeast dumpling ...

 

[Kanye]

Japanese food is so colourful, I like the look of many of the dishes. Way to go!

 

[Aurura]

I have two favorites:
Seafood Udon (I dont' remember the proper name)
Curry Katsu
Both of these are so good and heart-warming to me. :gohan:

 

[lozo]

I like vegetable salad with japan's mayonese..gyoza too.

 

[bdiego]

The great thing about Japanese food, is I love every single thing on that list. They really "get" food, the same with authentic Italian food. In contrast, while I like many kinds of American and ethnic food, it's hit and miss.

Like Italian, Japanese focuses a lot on simple quality and skillful preparation. And in Japan, people hold good standards and supermarkets/restaurants have to cater to that. You can get perfect and ripe vegetables in most places, and taste a big difference.

 

[pipokun]

has anyone a clue what this is called?

it's filled with red beans, it's sweet and the dough is like yeast dough like in a yeast dumpling ...

It is '(O)Manju' if the red bean (paste) is inside.
It is Ohagi or botamochi if the red bean (paste) is outside. And there are some alternatives, sweet sesame paste/edamame paste, etc., outside.

It is Anpan if you use yeast dough bum. (A mutant=>Andonut; deep-frying anpan like donuts, and sometimes sprinkling sugar on it)
Anpan - Wikipedia

It is Anpan Man if it is a popular anime hero.
Anpanman - Wikipedia

 

[misa.j]

The great thing about Japanese food, is I love every single thing on that list. They really "get" food, the same with authentic Italian food. In contrast, while I like many kinds of American and ethnic food, it's hit and miss.

Like Italian, Japanese focuses a lot on simple quality and skillful preparation. And in Japan, people hold good standards and supermarkets/restaurants have to cater to that. You can get perfect and ripe vegetables in most places, and taste a big difference.

Very good observation! The Japanese, well not in every case but, like to prepare food by enhancing the unique cahracteristic of the ingredients, not by adding seasoning on top of seasonig like say French cooking, although there are some similarity between those two.

You see people throw in a pan fresh tomatoes, some sea salt, fresh basil combined with pasta, or chickpeas sauteed in olive oil and garlic, put some grated parmesan for snack in Italian cooking. I see similar techniques in traditional Japanese food.

 

[zygon]

Sashimi, my best love.wow....

 

[bartbeanie]

i love eating sushi and ramen noodles.

 

[lovejapanese]

I love japanese food so much that i become a sushi chef been doing it for 3 years and also in school to I also created my own website to teach and give people information on sushi check it out subscribe to it if you want to it sushi-yum.com

 

[Kirie_Maiden]

I just wanted to say that I went a little adventerous in the sushi bar and tried some Eel. It just tastes like chewy chicken. Anybody else find this?

I am sure I said earlier in this thread that my favourite is Ramen and Sushi. I'd just like to emphasise that point further. ^_^

Although, I do love Dorayaki... a dessert not on the above list.

 

[Daijobu]

Years ago when I was in the US Navy we were in and out of Sasebo a lot. My favorite food down there was champon noodles which I believe was originally a Chinese dish. It seemed to be popular in Kyushu more than elsewhere in Japan. Have not had any in years. I need to find a Japanese restaurant run by Kyushu people here in Norfolk, Virginia so I can get a big bowl of the stuff.

 

[Kappa]

I love that Japanese spegetti!

I miss wafuu spaghetti. When I was living in Japan I sometimes made a delicious tarako white sauce spaghetti. I also remember mentaiko pizza toast fondly.

I live in California, so it's not hard to get the basic sushi, tonkatsu, donburi and such. It's not the same, of course, but reasonably close.

I do miss things like the more unusual varieties of tofu such as tamagodofu or kurogomadofu. I also miss renkon; it became my favorite tenpura ingredient.

Omuraisu was another favorite that I haven't seen mentioned (though with 15 pages I may well have missed it).

 

[kobenigri]

I try to learn how to make Sushi. But it is not so easy. In my restaurant, those chefs have to learn how to make a good rice before even cut the fish.
These days, I am trying on collecting some Sushi Recipe and then practice at home. Exactly, I should be an expert at how to make sushi rice.

 

[RavenRockstar]

I just wanted to say that I went a little adventerous in the sushi bar and tried some Eel. It just tastes like chewy chicken. Anybody else find this?
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Eel is good stuff

my favorite had got to be udon tho

 

[justin]

I really like sushi an most other types of Japanese food, but my favorite has to be a breaded pork dish my best friend cooked for me before I went to school in Oregon. Resting on a bed of rice it was crunchy and tender at the same time. :42:

She topped it with a dab of Japanese mayo which was different in a good way. I also got to try a Japanese salad that she made. My stomache is roaring just thinking about it!

Friday nights it was video games, movies, and one of us would cook dinner. She would make Japanese food for us and I would teach her to cook Mexican food. More than one Friday night I found in her fridge everything to make her favorite Mexican dish. So I got stuck cooking most times. I got her and her friends hooked on Mexican food!

It bites that she went back to Japan before she could make it again.

 

[Riona-Chan]

Hot Japanese curry. I make it often ;D

 

[serena]

Sushi is very popular worldwide.
I often make sushi at home.
See, this is what I made, the tuna roll. Is it yummy?

 

[justin]

Sushi is very popular worldwide.
I often make sushi at home.
See, this is what I made, the tuna roll. Is it yummy?

That looks really good serena!

 

[Putrefaction]

I don't think I can eat anything on that list except Ramen. So, I'll put ramen.