CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 4:10 PM
so who likes japanese food? if so what is your fav? mine is:
sushi
prawn tempura
yakatori
inari
tonkatsu
kara age-ko
sushi
prawn tempura
yakatori
inari
tonkatsu
kara age-ko
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Fut004
Jan 11th, 2011, 4:18 PM
I could eat Sushi every day of my life and be completely happy. That stuff is so damn good. I've recently found a place near my apartment that makes some amazing stuff; like a sweet potato/avocado/salmon roll.
Other than Sushi, some soup, a salad or two, and a couple different fried things (like a spicy squid) I haven't had much Japanese food. I'll definitely keep my eye out for more though.
Not to derail you here, but I recently tried Korean food for the first time and it was also very good.
Other than Sushi, some soup, a salad or two, and a couple different fried things (like a spicy squid) I haven't had much Japanese food. I'll definitely keep my eye out for more though.
Not to derail you here, but I recently tried Korean food for the first time and it was also very good.
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 4:28 PM
yeah i wanna try that, i think it would be lush
Fut004
Jan 11th, 2011, 4:31 PM
yeah i wanna try that, i think it would be lush
That's a new one.
I'm not sure if you're referring to the Super-Sushi-Roll or Korean food though.
That's a new one.
I'm not sure if you're referring to the Super-Sushi-Roll or Korean food though.
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 4:39 PM
LOL its english ;-) oh and i was on about Korean food x
Rabid1
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:13 PM
I always hate when people bring up Sushi. I used to live in the Sushi paradise of the entire US. Reno NV is home of the all you can eat sushi. Avg around $12 for Lunh and $18 for dinner. Not that crap buffet sushi. Couple places in Reno are just as good or bette than Nobu.
For Japanese food other than sushi I like just about any hot pot, dengaku, and I can't think of the name of it but it is a seafood stew with all kinds of bits you wouldn't normally think of eating.
For Japanese food other than sushi I like just about any hot pot, dengaku, and I can't think of the name of it but it is a seafood stew with all kinds of bits you wouldn't normally think of eating.
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:22 PM
I always hate when people bring up Sushi. I used to live in the Sushi paradise of the entire US. Reno NV is home of the all you can eat sushi. Avg around $12 for Lunh and $18 for dinner. Not that crap buffet sushi. Couple places in Reno are just as good or bette than Nobu.
For Japanese food other than sushi I like just about any hot pot, dengaku, and I can't think of the name of it but it is a seafood stew with all kinds of bits you wouldn't normally think of eating.
do u mean sukiyaki? it makes me laugh actually, everytime i mention japanese food the 1st thing they say is sushi and fish, they forget about the other food lol
For Japanese food other than sushi I like just about any hot pot, dengaku, and I can't think of the name of it but it is a seafood stew with all kinds of bits you wouldn't normally think of eating.
do u mean sukiyaki? it makes me laugh actually, everytime i mention japanese food the 1st thing they say is sushi and fish, they forget about the other food lol
Anarch
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:25 PM
Sushi = love!
http://www.moloth.com/SushiDinner.jpg
LOOOOOOOOOOVE SUSHI YUUM LOVE IT!!!
http://www.moloth.com/SushiDinner.jpg
LOOOOOOOOOOVE SUSHI YUUM LOVE IT!!!
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:27 PM
pmsl iv seen that before, funny isnt it, i wouldnt wanna eat it off her bits
Anarch
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:40 PM
It's sushi.... Unless her bits were rank , I would eat as much as I could till I could eat no more.
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 6:46 PM
it can get filling though but yes i love sushi x
Rabid1
Jan 11th, 2011, 10:52 PM
do u mean sukiyaki? it makes me laugh actually, everytime i mention japanese food the 1st thing they say is sushi and fish, they forget about the other food lol
That's it. You had to aks for the raw egg on the side to eat it properly and it was hush hush because they weren't supposed to serve raw egg. I am a total foodie when it comes to trying everything rather than the popular stuff. There was a place I went to every couple of years and they made pork and plumb sauce wrapped in a crepe made from egg and rice paste. Kind of like Chinese Mooshu. The funny thing is something in it never agreed with me but i ordered #16 every time we went there, which is why we only went every couple of years lol.
That's it. You had to aks for the raw egg on the side to eat it properly and it was hush hush because they weren't supposed to serve raw egg. I am a total foodie when it comes to trying everything rather than the popular stuff. There was a place I went to every couple of years and they made pork and plumb sauce wrapped in a crepe made from egg and rice paste. Kind of like Chinese Mooshu. The funny thing is something in it never agreed with me but i ordered #16 every time we went there, which is why we only went every couple of years lol.
CandyGirl
Jan 11th, 2011, 11:10 PM
lol ever tried there 100yr old egg?
Rabid1
Jan 11th, 2011, 11:51 PM
lol ever tried there 100yr old egg?
I actually would, but I would have to go her. Well to be fair I would have to find a restaurant that smuggles them in.
I do have limits tho'. In Seattle there was a place rumored to do the baby rat hot oil dish. Not on a bet, no way
I actually would, but I would have to go her. Well to be fair I would have to find a restaurant that smuggles them in.
I do have limits tho'. In Seattle there was a place rumored to do the baby rat hot oil dish. Not on a bet, no way
CandyGirl
Jan 12th, 2011, 12:32 AM
no u wouldnt get me eating that, although i once went to a japanese restaurant and had eel but i thought it was some other fish......wasnt too bad
lycanox
Jan 12th, 2011, 2:16 AM
lol ever tried there 100yr old egg?
Actually I did. Its quite good.
Althrough they are not really 100 years old.
Actually I did. Its quite good.
Althrough they are not really 100 years old.
The Silence
Jan 12th, 2011, 1:19 PM
Have you by chance ever been to Japan? I'm sure you'd like it quite a lot!
...to be honest I never could "like" sushi, though it's not to say I "hate" it.
My favorite dishes are yakisoba, though the dish itself is of Chinese origin---this, along w/ ramen, is something I could eat every day - especially if it was homemade or via street vendor! ^^'
Miso soup is another personal favorite as there's just so many different way & ingredients used to prepare it! It's honestly never the same twice, though this is just my opinion...
I've also tended to have a terrible habit of eating mochi, a lot of mochi - the mitarashi & teppanyaki dango being my favorite!
...to be honest I never could "like" sushi, though it's not to say I "hate" it.
My favorite dishes are yakisoba, though the dish itself is of Chinese origin---this, along w/ ramen, is something I could eat every day - especially if it was homemade or via street vendor! ^^'
Miso soup is another personal favorite as there's just so many different way & ingredients used to prepare it! It's honestly never the same twice, though this is just my opinion...
I've also tended to have a terrible habit of eating mochi, a lot of mochi - the mitarashi & teppanyaki dango being my favorite!
lycanox
Jan 12th, 2011, 1:57 PM
My personal favorite is Inari sushi.
Mezurashi
Jan 12th, 2011, 8:21 PM
Japanese food is ok if you go traditional from the source. but variations like the Japadog are just schticks, like smoked salmon pizza.
seaweed is really good for you health wise but North Americans, in my experience, tend to shy away from it because of the baggage that comes with the term - even the health nuts. but call it nori, konbu, wakame or whatever and suddenly it's a gourmet delicacy.
'Western' Sushi is related to Japanese Cuisine the same way that double entry accounting is related to Go. I've even seen Ketchup offered as a condiment in some North American sushi places. :vomit:
in the end it comes down to eating what you like - attaching 'extra value' in any form to any food on the basis of foreign origin is just fucking stupid, in the same manner as those who claim higher moral imperative because they choose Not to eat certain kinds of food (think Fanatical Vegans or Meatitarians).
having been raised with the cuisine of my origin land I can attest to how unready most North Americans are for 'real' Japanese food - this is from personal experience. it's one thing to eat something prepped all fancy dancy in a restaurant that caters to non-Japanese (which is how most non-Japanese experience Japanese food) and another thing altogether to sit down to some home cookin'.
sorry if I seem cynical but I have made much sport out of those 'food explorers' who tell me how much they like Japanese Cuisine ... then they come face to face with natto ...
but like anything else, opinions vary ...
seaweed is really good for you health wise but North Americans, in my experience, tend to shy away from it because of the baggage that comes with the term - even the health nuts. but call it nori, konbu, wakame or whatever and suddenly it's a gourmet delicacy.
'Western' Sushi is related to Japanese Cuisine the same way that double entry accounting is related to Go. I've even seen Ketchup offered as a condiment in some North American sushi places. :vomit:
in the end it comes down to eating what you like - attaching 'extra value' in any form to any food on the basis of foreign origin is just fucking stupid, in the same manner as those who claim higher moral imperative because they choose Not to eat certain kinds of food (think Fanatical Vegans or Meatitarians).
having been raised with the cuisine of my origin land I can attest to how unready most North Americans are for 'real' Japanese food - this is from personal experience. it's one thing to eat something prepped all fancy dancy in a restaurant that caters to non-Japanese (which is how most non-Japanese experience Japanese food) and another thing altogether to sit down to some home cookin'.
sorry if I seem cynical but I have made much sport out of those 'food explorers' who tell me how much they like Japanese Cuisine ... then they come face to face with natto ...
but like anything else, opinions vary ...
calliope
Jan 13th, 2011, 12:34 AM
Love the macrobiotic fare developed from traditional Japanese cuisine. So yummy tasty....and good for you too!
http://www.monadarling.com/lifestyle/images/stories/divadiet.jpg
Followers of the macrobiotic approach believe that food and food quality powerfully affect health, well-being, and happiness, and that a macrobiotic diet has more beneficial effects than others. The macrobiotic approach suggests choosing food that is less processed.
One goal of macrobiotics is to become sensitive to the actual effects of foods on health and well-being, rather than to follow dietary rules and regulations. Dietary guidelines, however, help in developing sensitivity and an intuitive sense for what sustains health and well-being.[5]
...
Important macrobiotic theorists, including George Ohsawa and Michio Kushi, stress the fact that yin and yang are relative qualities that can only be determined in a comparison. All food is considered to have both properties, with one dominating. Foods with yang qualities are considered compact, dense, heavy, hot, whereas those with yin qualities are considered expansive, light, cold, and diffuse.[6] However, these terms are relative; "yangness" or "yingness" is only discussed in relation to other foods.[6]
Sagen Ishizuka
In the late 1800s, Japanese military doctor Sagen Ishizuka, the founding father of shokuiku, had great success in helping people recover from their serious health problems. He carried out many clinical trials and published two large volumes of his works. His theory was that a natural diet, in which foods are eaten in season and attention is paid to the correct balance of potassium and sodium and acid and alkaline, leads to good health.[3]
George Ohsawa
George Ohsawa recovered from tuberculosis of the lung and colon in 1911 using a diet recommended by Dr. Sagen Ishizuka. Ohsawa was so grateful for his new lease on life that he dedicated the rest of his life to continuing Dr. Ishizuka's work. He used the word "macrobiotic," joining the Greek words macro, meaning great, and bios, meaning life, as found in his reading of Hufeland's work. His intention was to create a diet and philosophy to help people live life to the fullest.
Ohsawa was inspired to formalize macrobiotics by the teachings of Kaibara Ekiken, Andou Shōeki, and Mizuno Namboku as well as those of Sagen Ishizuka and his disciples Nishibata Manabu and Shojiro Goto.
According to macrobiotic proponents, many of the long-lived traditional cultures, such as the Incas and the Chinese in the Han Dynasty, used the macrobiotic methodology. Ohsawa drew from Chinese and Japanese folk medicine to create his version of this philosophy of health.
"Whole foods, such as brown rice, are central to a macrobiotic diet, and many of the first customers and owners of the alternative food stores were students of macrobiotics. In the 20th century, influential teachers emerged, such as the Kushis (who emigrated to the United States from Japan after World War II), who distilled the wide-ranging ideas and interpreted them for modern, urban, and industrialized life."
The macrobiotic way of eating is thought by some to be Japanese. During the Edo period in Japan peasants were not allowed to eat meat and had a diet of primarily rice and soy beans to get their protein. According to macrobiotic advocates, a majority of the world population in the past ate a diet based primarily on grains, vegetables, and other plants. Because macrobiotics is popular in Japan, and many of its popular teachers are Japanese, Japanese foods that are beneficial for health are incorporated by most modern macrobiotic eaters. Some macrobiotic ingredients are also standard ingredients in Japanese cuisine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobiotic_diet
In a perfect world, macrobiotic cuisine would constitute my every meal.
http://www.monadarling.com/lifestyle/images/stories/divadiet.jpg
Followers of the macrobiotic approach believe that food and food quality powerfully affect health, well-being, and happiness, and that a macrobiotic diet has more beneficial effects than others. The macrobiotic approach suggests choosing food that is less processed.
One goal of macrobiotics is to become sensitive to the actual effects of foods on health and well-being, rather than to follow dietary rules and regulations. Dietary guidelines, however, help in developing sensitivity and an intuitive sense for what sustains health and well-being.[5]
...
Important macrobiotic theorists, including George Ohsawa and Michio Kushi, stress the fact that yin and yang are relative qualities that can only be determined in a comparison. All food is considered to have both properties, with one dominating. Foods with yang qualities are considered compact, dense, heavy, hot, whereas those with yin qualities are considered expansive, light, cold, and diffuse.[6] However, these terms are relative; "yangness" or "yingness" is only discussed in relation to other foods.[6]
Sagen Ishizuka
In the late 1800s, Japanese military doctor Sagen Ishizuka, the founding father of shokuiku, had great success in helping people recover from their serious health problems. He carried out many clinical trials and published two large volumes of his works. His theory was that a natural diet, in which foods are eaten in season and attention is paid to the correct balance of potassium and sodium and acid and alkaline, leads to good health.[3]
George Ohsawa
George Ohsawa recovered from tuberculosis of the lung and colon in 1911 using a diet recommended by Dr. Sagen Ishizuka. Ohsawa was so grateful for his new lease on life that he dedicated the rest of his life to continuing Dr. Ishizuka's work. He used the word "macrobiotic," joining the Greek words macro, meaning great, and bios, meaning life, as found in his reading of Hufeland's work. His intention was to create a diet and philosophy to help people live life to the fullest.
Ohsawa was inspired to formalize macrobiotics by the teachings of Kaibara Ekiken, Andou Shōeki, and Mizuno Namboku as well as those of Sagen Ishizuka and his disciples Nishibata Manabu and Shojiro Goto.
According to macrobiotic proponents, many of the long-lived traditional cultures, such as the Incas and the Chinese in the Han Dynasty, used the macrobiotic methodology. Ohsawa drew from Chinese and Japanese folk medicine to create his version of this philosophy of health.
"Whole foods, such as brown rice, are central to a macrobiotic diet, and many of the first customers and owners of the alternative food stores were students of macrobiotics. In the 20th century, influential teachers emerged, such as the Kushis (who emigrated to the United States from Japan after World War II), who distilled the wide-ranging ideas and interpreted them for modern, urban, and industrialized life."
The macrobiotic way of eating is thought by some to be Japanese. During the Edo period in Japan peasants were not allowed to eat meat and had a diet of primarily rice and soy beans to get their protein. According to macrobiotic advocates, a majority of the world population in the past ate a diet based primarily on grains, vegetables, and other plants. Because macrobiotics is popular in Japan, and many of its popular teachers are Japanese, Japanese foods that are beneficial for health are incorporated by most modern macrobiotic eaters. Some macrobiotic ingredients are also standard ingredients in Japanese cuisine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrobiotic_diet
In a perfect world, macrobiotic cuisine would constitute my every meal.
Rabid1
Jan 13th, 2011, 1:17 AM
Japanese food is ok if you go traditional from the source. but variations like the Japadog are just schticks, like smoked salmon pizza.
I had Japanese neighbor as a kid and they loved that I would try anything. Once a month they would go to San Francisco shopping because that was the closest place they could get traditional foods. For my birthday, I think it was my 10th, they brought over a dish with soba noodles that they said was traditionally for the new year but it worked for my birthday too. As an American kid it really blew my mind what Mrs. n could do with vegetables. I think my mom was jealous because she had to practically hold a gun to my head to get me to eat veg.
They also took my mom and I to San Fran with them one trip and taught me how to avoid the touristy or Americanized places to get good food. !st rule was no English lettering visible lol.
I had Japanese neighbor as a kid and they loved that I would try anything. Once a month they would go to San Francisco shopping because that was the closest place they could get traditional foods. For my birthday, I think it was my 10th, they brought over a dish with soba noodles that they said was traditionally for the new year but it worked for my birthday too. As an American kid it really blew my mind what Mrs. n could do with vegetables. I think my mom was jealous because she had to practically hold a gun to my head to get me to eat veg.
They also took my mom and I to San Fran with them one trip and taught me how to avoid the touristy or Americanized places to get good food. !st rule was no English lettering visible lol.
CandyGirl
Jan 13th, 2011, 2:32 PM
I love seaweed, and maki rolls mmm and i love inari with the rice in the middle. Iv never been to japan though but would really like to go.
ecosikz
Jan 13th, 2011, 6:24 PM
Oh yes indeed! I love japanese food.. it has such elegancy.. the appearance is done so nicely and makes my tummy rumble! we have some nice peeps that make japanese food at where I work.. check em out:http://www.genjiweb.com/genji/locations_usa.html
CandyGirl
Jan 13th, 2011, 7:04 PM
at home i have made sushi, but i make tonkatsu and tempura but i use panko breadcrumbs. click on the pics
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/lunch/entree.htm
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/lunch/entree.htm
CandyGirl
Jan 13th, 2011, 7:06 PM
mmm look at the bento boxes lol
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/img/bento/3item_1.jpg
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/img/bento/3item_1.jpg
CandyGirl
Jan 13th, 2011, 7:07 PM
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/img/bento/3item_1.jpg
Rabid1
Jan 13th, 2011, 10:09 PM
mmm look at the bento boxes lol
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/img/bento/3item_1.jpg
I can't count the number of times I went to my favorite sushi place for dinner but when I got inside I could smell pork, chicken, or tempura cooking in the kitchen and got the boxes instead. Then we got lucky and they opened a place called Panda. They did sushi on the little boats floating around the counter and about every 20 minutes they floated little 2 boxers with hot stuff from the kitchen an ginger salad. On Saturdays they added all you could eat dimsum.
If I had to go in order my favorites by ethnicity would be
Japanese
Greek
Italian
Thai
Korean
Mexican (unless it's real mexican then it would be 2 or 3)
Vietnamese
Russian
Cajun
http://ozora-sushi.com/menu/img/bento/3item_1.jpg
I can't count the number of times I went to my favorite sushi place for dinner but when I got inside I could smell pork, chicken, or tempura cooking in the kitchen and got the boxes instead. Then we got lucky and they opened a place called Panda. They did sushi on the little boats floating around the counter and about every 20 minutes they floated little 2 boxers with hot stuff from the kitchen an ginger salad. On Saturdays they added all you could eat dimsum.
If I had to go in order my favorites by ethnicity would be
Japanese
Greek
Italian
Thai
Korean
Mexican (unless it's real mexican then it would be 2 or 3)
Vietnamese
Russian
Cajun
CandyGirl
Jan 14th, 2011, 8:39 PM
sounds lovely, i love most japanese food but i like chinese, thai, italian and mexican food too.
rioja
Jan 15th, 2011, 8:26 AM
I was fortunate enough to work with Japanese for many years , our team dinners were very enlightening as they would order things not even on the menu !
One such thing is 'shabu shabu' - a delicious bowl of stock and vegetables with, in this instance, a plate of thinly sliced raw beef. Using our chopsticks we were all able to cook the meat to our own particular preference - a sort of a Japanese fondu experience !
Mez - Natto !!! lol , yeah they caught me with that one too one night - I have to say the taste is nothing like the smell . Anyone else offered this slimy delicacy - don't smell it first - and swallow fast ! Westerners tend not to eat slimy things so that alone is off-putting ! Is it really as good for you as they say ????
& Midori - a sickly but very moreish licquer !
One such thing is 'shabu shabu' - a delicious bowl of stock and vegetables with, in this instance, a plate of thinly sliced raw beef. Using our chopsticks we were all able to cook the meat to our own particular preference - a sort of a Japanese fondu experience !
Mez - Natto !!! lol , yeah they caught me with that one too one night - I have to say the taste is nothing like the smell . Anyone else offered this slimy delicacy - don't smell it first - and swallow fast ! Westerners tend not to eat slimy things so that alone is off-putting ! Is it really as good for you as they say ????
& Midori - a sickly but very moreish licquer !
CandyGirl
Jan 16th, 2011, 4:13 PM
yes iv had midori and i dont like shittake mushrooms because i dont like slimy things goin down my throat
lycanox
Jan 16th, 2011, 4:39 PM
Resisting urge to make inappropriate comments.
CandyGirl
Jan 16th, 2011, 4:50 PM
Resisting urge to make inappropriate comments.
i wondered what you was on about there lol sorry it was just something rioja said about "Westerners tend not to eat slimy things so that alone is off-putting" :;):
i wondered what you was on about there lol sorry it was just something rioja said about "Westerners tend not to eat slimy things so that alone is off-putting" :;):
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