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Japan – Sushi Platter

July 4, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

Sushi is also known as Sushi-Meshi. It is a vinegar rice dish with having raw seafood slices and nori seaweed sheets. Sushi is usually confused with other Japanese dish that is SASHIMI, which is also a Japanese-originated dish of raw meat and just thin slices of meat served with soy sauce. Sushi is originated from the old tradition of Fermentation of rice. The people of Japan MUORMACHI PERIOD, ferment the rice for months and then served it with raw fish. There are different types of sushi served in worldwide with addition of different ingredients, different cooking methods, etc.

Japan – Kakigori (Japanese Shaved Ice Dessert)

June 13, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

Kakigori is a dessert that is made up of Crushed and shaved ice with having flavors and sweet syrups. Japanese Shaved ice dessert is served with sweet syrups, some fruit chunks, condensed milk, evaporated milk. In summer, this dessert is sold every where in Japan like, dessert shops, tea café, tea stalls, ice cream stalls, etc. This dish is originated in Heian Period in which ice from the mountains bring and topped with flavors.

Japan – OMURICE (Japanese Omelet Rice)

April 18, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

OMURICE is the dish of Japanese cuisine which is influence by ”FUSION CUISINE”. It is said that this dish is evolved from Western-style cooking. This dish is actually an Omellete dish of fried rice and served with ketchup. OMU RAISU is a Japanese word of English Language, which means Omelet Rice. This dish has many variations according to the different ingredients and cooking procedure.

Japan – Osechi RAYORI ( New year’s Feast )

January 21, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

TSUBUKU, is actually a founder of this dietary cuisine. The traditional way to celebrate Japanese cuisine’s idea is given by Tsubuku. The main dish of this special feast is ZONI. Zoni is a specially formulated rice dish.

Japan – Teppanyaki

March 7, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

Teppanyaki is a Japanese-style dish. Teppan means ”Metal plate on which this dish is cooked on”. And Yaki means ”grilled or cooked, fried” etc. It is believe that Teppanyaki dishes are originated from Shigeji Fujioka.

Japan – Champon Noodles

August 8, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

This dish is noodles soup having many vegetables and fish, prawns, chicken with eggs and some seasonings. This dish is inspired by Chinese cuisine and is served world widely in many Japanese restaurants. This dish is originated from NAGASAKI, Japan. This was adopted by the Japanese from the Meiji Era. The name of the dish came up by Hookein word, CHIAH-PNG, which means TO EAT MEAT. In Japan, different areas and cities have different flavored-based soup noodles.

Japan – Yakitori

February 12, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

YAKITORI is a very famous and popular dish among food lovers in Japan. KUSHIYAKI is a term used in Japan for grilling and stirring. So this chicken is marinated and then Khushiyahi on charcoal.

Japan – Yakiniku

March 7, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

YAKINIKU is grilled meat inspired by western cuisine. The term Yakiniku is associated with Korean restaurants, in Osaka and Tokyo. From 1872, in the MEJI period, this Korean cuisine influenced Japanese dishes.

Japan – Japanese Curry Rice (karē raisu)

August 1, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

Curry is basically a gravy made up of some specific ingredients, spices, yogurt, cream by adding vegetables and meat in it. karē raisu is Japanese curry. It is served on rice with some vegetables that are pickled. This is thick stew-like gravy or curry. This dish is first time introduced at the MEJI ERA and, the first dish was KARE RAISU. It is also a very popular story that Japanese curry is used to cure BERIBERI disease. For Japan, Japanese curry is the national dish of Japanese cuisine.

Japan – Japanese Okonomiyaki

February 23, 2021/0 Comments/in Asian Cuisine, Japanese Cuisine/by worldcuisine

As a Japanese cuisine, this dish is an authentic dish from the traditional values. This is a dish in which wheat flour is used to make a base of the dish and then topped with different sauces. The word, OKONOMI means “what you like?”‘ and, YAKI means “Fried food”.