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I just had to taste this...
I can not resist an unknown food item that may have the potential to be the most amazing thing I've ever eaten. But let me just say I've had more than a few surprises and sometimes it's been quite awful! So here are a few of mine, how about you?
Japanese cheesecake (which I keep reading was lighter than air and like heaven). Well, I should have looked closer at the piece of cheese on the wrapper because it was Swiss cheese. I am still in search of the sweet, non stinky version of this. Green Tea Kit Kat Bar, yummy but barely tasted of green tea. I'm sure I'll have more as I remember them... |
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This isn't Japanese but my ex-boyfriend bought some Chinese Mooncakes, I'd heard they were good and I took an iffy bite and immediately gagged and spit it out. Tasted HORRIBLE, I guess it could have been the person that made it but I'm stubborn and close minded enough not to try anything that bad ever again.
Rice Cakes are pretty nasty too by the way, eating it reminded me of flesh for some reason and the texture was 'wrong'. I suppose I failed to get that 'acquired' taste so many people seem to be lucky enough to have, then again my sense of smell is weak so my sense of taste is slightly off. |
i will try anything as long as someone else is willing to try it with me, but the person has to b a frend
i don't think that you should hate anything tht u haven't tried at least once |
i tried sushi eel and it was awesome:) |
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Yea It does but its really good |
chicken sashimi.
it sounds pedestrian,.... but when you realize that in the west we've always been told to cook chicken thoroughly on account of salmonella,.... i was surprised i had a problem with it since i'll try pretty much anything. tasted like chicken by the way. |
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Sushi
I find it funny that some of you seem to have not tried much sushi, despite apparently having such an interest in Japanese culture. Is it just that your mind focuses on the sweet (however novel) Japanese candy? Or do you not have the opportunity...? I suppose I'm a bit biased, since I was raised in Southern California on sushi, however crappy it may be. However, I feel like if you have such an interest in the culture, you should at least try their main food group, if not have a miniscule knowledge of it. Or are you just discussing different forms of the sushi? Eel is delightful to me (especially with brown sauce), while squid is slippery and nearly flavourless. It's like a watercress chestnut without the crunch. Hmmm... Why do the rolls have so many different names? Like the Romantic Roll. Name varies by state, if not just city. I began to think it's not even a Japanese creation. Hehe. I don't mind; it's delicious. |
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A main food group, no. Perhaps I worded that wrong. However, I do see it as an important part of the traditional culture. Like the tea ceremony, the gardens, matsuri, and its holidays.
Much like America as a whole has traditions. Thanksgiving; the celebration of slaughter. Western denomination Christian churches. Apple pie, sports, 4th of July; that whole mess. I think the same way about people overseas interested in American culture. There is a lot more to Japan than j-rock/j-pop, anime, and cutesy shit. |
 However, sushi is pretty common. The common diet is rice, fish, veggies. What else is in sushi? So maybe it isn't exactly sushi, but it's the basics of it. Mothers in Japan send their children and husbands off with little cases of rice, fish, and veggies every day. So... Maybe not sushi, but the main ingredients.Dang, I want a bento... Mmmmm. |
haha thats like saying a burger is the same as everything else cos it has the main ingredients of american cuisine,... bread, meat and ketchup.
and you can quite easily have an appreciation for a culture without wanting to try everything, or feeling like you have to. youre right, you should, but you dont have to. and yeah sushi outside japan has been altered to cater to local tastes, in much the same way the japanese have slaughtered many western and eastern kinds of cuisine in order to cater to local tastes. |
Several of these recent comments make me wonder about where the sushi was eaten. The longer fish is kept before eating the more the texture changes, as well as being changed by the manner in which it is prepared.
I am hoping that the squid described as "slippery" was just an unusual choice of words. if it was truly slippery, then I would suspect it was not fresh. While fresh slice squid has a sheen to it, it does not usually develop a slippery coating until it has set out for a while. I have never thought of eel as having an odd texture until one night when I cooked it myself. If it is under-cooked or over marinated it is a bit too soft or even mushy, and not how I would prefer to eat it. |
I suppose that is a relevant parallel. However, most American food isn't bread ketchup and meat. Unless I'm living under a rock. I don't see any food being exclusively American; America is a melting pot in many forms.
If I ever said you HAVE to have appreciation for EVERYTHING in order to have interest in the culture, I definitely misspoke. I was saying I thought it odd that most of the people posting seemed to have not tried sushi; the most famous Japanese food in America. |
i tried making japanese cheesecake once. I failed. Haha.
I reckon mine was WAAAAAY too dense |
Oh man, what weird stuff didn't I eat? Columbine's adventures in eating as follows:
Snapping turtle. Volunteered for this one and was actually a little dissapointed. It was farmed stuff (fair enough, probably better for the turtle) and fatty, and just... tasted and resembled boiled turkey neck. Tasty, but not a real wow. Pickled squid guts. oddly crunchy and overwhelmingly tasted of vinegar. Really, actually, as unpleasant as it sounds. Something that I strongly suspect was raw horse meat. Quite tasty but chewy so I don't think it was as good as it could be. I shared a DJ Osma brand deep fried pork cutlet with horseradish mayo, deep fried sandwhich that had been warmed up in a microwave. It was unsurprisingly foul. No, we didn't finish it. Umeboshi chocolate. Fabulous. There was undoubtedly other things I tried, but that's all for now. |
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I've been wanting to try it for years, and I was greeted with a horrendous taste. u_u |
I finally gave in to Takoyaki and to my suprise it was pretty good =D
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Reminds of the time when I first tasted natto... XD
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Does Japan only serve seafood and meat dishes? I know the existence of tofu, but is it common to go to a local restaurant shop in Japan and find tofu-themed dishes on the menu? (Which is actually delicious to eat? >_<)
A few of the Japanese restaurants I've been to, in America, had mostly seafood-themed dishes and just a small portion (and I mean small) was vegetarian-friendly. (Which wasn't all that great in my opinion) I am afraid to go to Japan, fearing that I would not be able to find exquisite Japanese dishes that I am able to eat. |
I didn't find tofu dishes in my time there but you can buy it I think. Noodles in Japan are legendary. Ramen, soba and udon are very tasty. The soba from Izumo, where I first worked, is said to be better.
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tofu specific dishes are mostly side dishes, but there quite a few.....
theres the tofu that has been deep fried which is then grilled. you put spring onions on it, soy sauce and a bit of yellow mustard. tastes ok. theres the cold tofu, which is just tofu with spring onions on top, some ginger and soy sauce. absolutely heaven on a hot summers day. and there is always nabe if youre a veggie,..... its just a big ass electric pot that you put a broth in and you cook whatever you like, and tofu is always there. i would imagine its not easy being a veggie here but i think its doable if you like beans, tofu and pickled vegetables. perhaps veggies who come to japan should taste the pork and the beef here, i'm pretty sure you'll convert cos its completely different to anywhere else in the world. :P |
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I tried making Korean rice cake soup the other day, then I realized the pan was way to dirty! As a side note, Miss Gladas from Hong Kong just departed back home with 33 of her students and we had a great time;) |
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You might try looking for Korean restaurants if you want to find main dishes in Japan that are tofu based. Many of the soups and stews are made with tofu as the main ingredient - even to the exclusion of meats, though often there is a bit meat or fish for flavoring the broth. |
MMM, is that really true that Japanese people eat sushi with the same frequency as we eat turkey? Maybe in the expensive places but surely the kaiten-zushi places are still really popular for being cheap?! When I was there, the conveyor belt places were filled with people, we often had to wait for a seat.
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ha, yeah i know i was taking the piss.
having said that though, if ones wallet were fat enough, and if being a vegetarian is an ethical issue based on their treatment ( and not that killing is involved), you could just eat the massaged and beer fed beef :P |
Kobe gyuu is very good. I am from Aberdeen, Scotland, the land of Aberdeen Angus. We are said to have the best beef in the world. I haven't tried all the beef in the world so I wouldn't know. Still, I tried Kobe beef in Sannomiya, Kobe, and I was impressed.
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I tasted a pistachio and chocolate danish once. OK I guess :o
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Hmm, choosing between "home-bred" Angus and Kobe would be difficult indeed. I don't eat much steak, but on the rare occassions that I do, I am very particular about the quality. |
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