Saturday, March 30, 2013

Tour of Taste (2) : Japan


Eating in Japan is an experience to be enjoyed and remembered with emotion for the rest of your life. Many visitors to Japan will have already sampled the pleasures of raw fish or batter-fried shrimp. But few first-time visitors to Japan are prepared for the variety and sumptuousness of Japanese food. Here is the list of Japanese famous cuisine from 8 prefecture of Japan. 





Uni, Ikura-don (Sea Urchin and Salmon Roe Rice Bowl)

Uni, Ikura-don is the popular dish of Hokkaido, Japan. This is a simply rice bowl with one half ikura (salmon roe) and one half uni (sea urchin). They have pretty much just combined two of the best seafoods into one donburi, and that makes people hungry.


Morioka Reimen (Cold Korean Ramen)

Morioka Reimen, Iwate’s famous food. This cold noodle ramen is quite similar to Naengmyeon, the North Korean dish. But the noodles in Japan are made from potato starch. It has a spicy cold beef broth and normally includes fruit to help cut the spicy.


Kiritanpo Nabe (Kiritanpo Hot Pot)

This dish is super well known in Akita. It’s a hot pot dish served with kiritanbo that made from cooked rice which mashed and then formed into cylindars. Many other ingredients are included (same as most nabe) but the kiritanpo is what makes it so well known.


Kaga Ryori (Kaga Dishes)

This dish has no connection with Chairman Kaga. This is a style of cooking made from local seafood, wild greens, and heirloom vegetables. It’s not just one type of dish, though, so you’ll have to catch ‘em all if you’re in the Kanazawa City area, where this is popular.


Hitsumabushi

This is an Aichi style Unagi-don, unagi on rice. There is a little difference with others. First you eat the unagi as it is. Then, you add in some seasonings. Finally, when things are breaking up and getting crazy, add dashi (stock) to it and eat it like chazuke.


Oroshi Soba

This is a cold soba dish is unlike zaru soba. It has various toppings on it. This is a famous summer meal in Fukui prefecture.


Zundamochi (Soy Bean Mocha/Rice Cake)

This is basically mochi covered by a soy bean paste. The combination of mochi and soy bean paste makes it becomes the fomous dessert of Miyagi, Japan.


Kurikinton (Mashed Sweet Potatoes With Sweetened Chestnuts)

This dish is popular in Gifu, Japan. Mush kuri (chestnuts) and kinton (sweet potatoes) together and you have Kurikinton. For Japanese, if you eat this you will do well monetarily because it’s gold in color.



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