Dietary Habit in Japan

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Ramen
2007-08-27 14:15:00
RamenAs usual, I ate noodle for l;unch today.Sorry to upload unclear picture, I tested new software in my cellphone. It's unuseful :(I ate ramen 3 times in a week at my favorite restaurant on lunch, I guess it makes me fat now...It is so delicious for me, but contains much fat.Usually, Ramen is configured with noodle and soup. The soup is made of the bones of pork and vegetables. Unfortunately, I think Ramen served in oveaseas are not what I like.My favorite Ramen is oily, looks dirty, and smell bad(for me, great smell but foreigners says it smells horrible).That's what my favorite lunch. But I also like other noodle such as Udon and Somen."Men" means noodle in Japanese :p
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Rei Shabu
2007-08-26 14:51:00
Rei ShabuThis is Rei Shabu in Japanese.Have you ever tried Shabu-shabu in Japanese restaurant?I think it is one of most popular Japanese traditional cuisine.It is lightly boiled meats in Shabu-shabu pan on thr dining table, not in kitchen.So we boil meats by oneself with our chopstics and dip into sauce and take.I will introduce it on upcoming winter. Japanese love to eat shabu-shabu on winter to make our body warm.Today we ate REI-shabu. shabu is qoated from Shabu-shabu and REI means cold.That is made of lettuce and thin sliced pork that is lightly boiled and cold in icing cold water.That's how Japanese eats shabu-shabu on summer :p
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Nama Harumaki
2007-08-25 13:03:00
Nama HarumakiThis is our dinner for tonight.I think you guys have ever tried harumaki in your own country.It is spring roll in English. Popular as far in Japan.But, most of spring roll is deepfried in Japan, what I ate tonight is different.Well, harumaki means spring roll, what "nama" means?"Nama" means raw in English.Yes, this is raw-springroll.As you see in above photos, ingredients are various.Just roll ingredients you prefer, and dip into sweet sauce and eat them.I thought it is Thai foods, but according to the package of sauce, it's vietnamese cuisine.I like it!!
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ojiya
2007-08-23 14:20:00
ojiyaThis is Ojiya. I think it is for guys who have a cold or other sick and being not able to eat ordinary dishes.ojiya is made of rice, soup, and some begetables. So people who are not good in their phisical condition eats this in Japan.Because I drunk too much last night and my stomach is not good still now, I asked my mum to cook it.Simple as is, just pour Japanese dashi soup and steamed rice and other begetables into a pan, boil them for 10 minutes.Try this when you have hangover.Miso soup can be use instead of japanese dashi soup if availble. They are good for stomach, we believe ;p

kushi katsu
2007-08-21 12:47:00
Kushi Kats u Today I will introduce Kushi Katsu.kushi means stick. Katsu means deepfry.As you see in thr above photo, I prepared a lot of ingredients.Pumpkins, onion, potatos, diced cheese, chicken and pork. I spent a half day to do it :pAfter that just put into batter and deepfry on dining table not kitchen! So we can eat very hot fry up.Sauce is bulldog tonkatsu sauce as usual :DIt's also one of my favorite side dish for beer!
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Yakitori-Don
2007-08-20 13:35:00
yakitori- DonWell I didn't update blog for a week due to trip of Obon, but I restart blogging from today.This is Yakitori Don famous in Japan.Have you ever tried Yakitori?Yaki means grill or stirfry, Tori means Chicken, so Yakitori means grilld chiken simply. Usually how-to-grill is sticked and grilled on charcol fire.I made it at home tonight, but I can't prepare charcol and stick. Therefore I used pan and no stick.Just stirfry till chicken gets gold, and add sauce and stirfry them together for a couple of minutes.Sauce is made of 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar and 2 tablespoon of soy sauce and water.Sweet and tasty sauce, one of traditional taste of Japan.I'm not sure but I guess I like chicken more than beef and pork now :DI love the texture of chicken thigh :p

Pasta
2007-08-12 11:53:00
PastaI'm not sure how can I call this pasta.This is stirfried pasta with garlic, chili, and bacon.I ate this one for lunch today, I'm so hungry now (7pm in Japan).Noodles can't make me full for a long time.This is always one of most popular pasta in Japan, I think it because the ease of the procedure.I don't need to prepare knife. Just tear ingredients and stirfry with pasta.-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- *-*-*-*-*-*-*I will leave for a short time trip to my friend's place for about 5 days. I'm not yet sure when I will come back.After I waste all of my money, I will be back :p)I'm not sure that I can visit your blog or reply comment. Thank you for your understanding!This is side dish with beer last night.It's simple. There are humbulg steak sold in market, we just need to buy them.Usually, "save 50%" seal are put after 6om. so it costs 50 cents per each.If you like it, you can grill it and take. But I prefer this small meat ball rather than humbulg steak.So I mix all 4 h...
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Meat ball
2007-08-10 13:26:00
Meat ballThis is side dish with beer last night.It's simple. There are humbulg steak sold in market, we just need to buy them.Usually, "save 50%" seal are put after 6om. so it costs 50 cents per each.If you like it, you can grill it and take. But I prefer this small meat ball rather than humbulg steak.So I mix all 4 humbulg steak and pug them. Dredge a little bit potato starch and depfry them(not grill).And then I dip them into soy sauce and Japanese Karashi(mastard) sauce.Great combination with beer, but it is popular among kids :D
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Kabocha tempura
2007-08-06 15:52:00
Kabocha tempuraJust another side dish with beer yesterday.This is easist and delisious tempura at home. Crispy and sweet :DI eat this once in a week :pCan you believe that this one is very good combinationswith Japanese whiskey?
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Big sausage
2007-08-05 13:30:00
Big sausageIt's surely imported. not Japanese traditional dish.But so popular in Japan. I love it when I drink beer :DUsually, sausage is expensive food in Japan, but this sausage packed 10 sausages in 1 plastic and cost only $3!My mum found it today, I will buy it again and again :p
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Katsu curry
2007-08-04 16:36:00
Katsu curryKatsu curry is one of most popula dish among Japanese children.Served together on one plate.I also loved it in my boyhood too :p but now my stomach can not accept this very oily cuisine :(I know the curry in India is not as sticly as Japanese curry, in Thai, not sticky at all.I prefer them rather than Japanese one because I like hot.We add a large variety of food onto curry rice(curry on the rice).Tonkatsu is most popular. Deepfried prawn is also.You can see details of Tonkatsu at this post.They are perfect combination.Tonkatsu + Curry + rice = Katsu curry :D
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Yakiniku at home
2007-08-03 14:13:00
Yakiniku at homeI am so satisfied because I ate Yakiniku just now :DUsually, we go to Yakiniku restaurant to eat Yakiniku, but I cook Yakiniku by myself at home. Meats are sold in market.Needless to say, Yakiniku restaurant serves great meats such as Kobe beef and they are much more delicious than meats sold in market, but we can buy standatd meats at market like thisLarge variety of meats packed together, good for 3 or 4, and cost just $9!Because... do you see yellow seal on the plastic cap ??? lol.. it displays "Save 300 yen". yes, it was discounted.This is what we use for grill meats as yakiniku at home on the table, so we could eat hot meats those are just removed from fire.Cooking... it's simple :p grill begetables. it will protect your stomach from fat.Enjoy! Dip into the sauce and eat them!Take Kimchi if available ;D
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Hangaku Salmon
2007-08-01 15:18:00
Hangaku SalmonToday I introduce Japanese important language. It is "Hangaku". Have you ever heard it?It means 50% off. You can see a yellow seal on wrap, there are kanji character of "Hangaku" displayed.This salmon sashimi cost $3 usually, but if I can find yellow seal, the amount is $1.5 :pAfter 5PM, You can see a lot of the seal in fresh fish area at supermarket.There are various seal for promoting, 200yen Off, 300yen OFf, 30% Off etc..

Yakisoba with soup
2007-07-31 14:37:00
Yakisoba with soupAs I described many times, I like noodles so much!There are a lot kind of Yakisoba in Japan, this one is latest style yakisoba.I just need to buy package of Yakisoba that includes deepfried soba(noodle) and soup.There are some begetables in flidge always, so I just add it.Usually Yakisoba doesn't contains soup, but this Yakisoba have a little bit soup. IT makes noodle more tasty and smell so good :pI drink too much whiskey these days, noodles cure my stomach! Easy to cook, easy to eat, and delicious!
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Una juu
2007-07-30 14:35:00
Una juuHave you ever try this one?This is Una juu. "broiled eel served over rice a lacquered box" according to my dictionary.It is one of most popular and expensive cuisine of Japanese.I also love this cuisine so much :pWe believe eel cure our tired, so recommended to be eaten especially on summer.Today the day of eel cited by Japanese government, so my mum took it.Eel doesn't looks good(yucky?) but so delicious if cooked as Japanese style!

Pi-man no nikudsume
2007-07-29 14:57:00
Pi-man no nikudsumeAm I correct that I spell "Nikudsume"? Im not sure.Pi-man no nikudsume means "meats in green pepper".Acutually I don't like green pepper because it is bitter and smell a little bit of strange.But if it is cooked into this way, I like it :pSimple to cook. Just mix ground pork and beef and add salt and pepper, and put it into pepper and grill on the pan.Great combination with beer!

Saba Makizushi
2007-07-28 14:30:00
Saba Maki zushiI think sushi is popular among foreigner, but I don't think this one is popular.As there are a lot kind of sushi here in Japan, what is most popular?Tuna? or Salmon?Those sushi served in Japanese restaurant in overseas, and expensive.In Japan we eat other fish when we don't have enough money to go to Sushi restaurant.Aji and Saba are one of most fish as ingredients of reasonable sushi.In English, they are Japanese horse mackerel andchub mackerel according to my dictionary.The photo I attached is Saba Makizushi.It is reasonable and delicious :p

Kabocha Salad
2007-07-26 15:00:00
Kabocha Salad Kabocha is pumpkins(or should I say squash?) in English.As you cook mashed potato salad, this is same how to cook.When we cook mashed potato salad, we put mashed potato, sliced oninon, sliced bacon, and chopped carrot and some other begetables in flidge. Seosoning are salt, pepper, mayonaise.Used mashed pumpkins instead of potato, you can cook kabocha salad.I like kabocha more than potato, so I like this salad ;p

Soumen
2007-07-25 14:07:00
SoumenThis is Soumen. One of traditional noodle in Japan.As you see Udon here, soumen is very tight noodle if compare with Udon.Suace is same. Flavor of Dashi and soysauce.Usually, we put sesame seeds and ground ginger into sauce to make it better.Chopped onion is also good for soumen sauce.Due to unbearable hot climate on Juky and August in Japan, we prefer cold noodles rather than ramen or ordinary cuisine.But when I was Philippines, where has more hot climate than Japan has, all of my Filipino friends said that they have never eaten cold noodles :(But when I recommend it to them once, they say "Yummy!". Especially the maid works in my condo love this and cold Soba :p

Tori no Misoyaki
2007-07-23 13:26:00
Tori no MisoyakiThis is Tori no misoyaki.I think you have ever heard about Miso. Yes, it is used for Miso soup that is served in Japanese restaurant.Miso is also used to be cooked as sauce in Japan. This is chicken grilled with Miso sauce.Sauce is simpley made of miso, mirin, sugar and soy sauce.This sauce can be used for grilled fish. It is delicious as well!
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Yakitori w/o stick :p
2007-07-22 13:21:00
Yakitori w/o stick :pYesterday, I really want to eat yakitori, but I had no money to go to yakitori restaurant this month because I bought new cellphone..So I decided to cook it by myself.In Yakitori restaurant, sticked diced chicken are grilled on charchol fire. But I don't have stick or charchol in my home :(I thought that "I can't eat yakitori" and disappointed, so I cook yakitori "w/o stick" and grilled on pan NOT charchol fire.But it was good! I have never done like that but I made conclusion that yakitori could be eaten at home! How-To is just dice chicken and dredge salt and pepper.You see the small red-capped bottle on first picture, it is ground red chili pepper. Every Japanese have there own at home, and dredge it on a large variety of dishes. Called "Ichimi" or "Shichimi" in Japanese.Dredge like this,When I lived in the Philippines or in Thai, it was always in stock on the cabinet :pWhen you tried to cook yakitori at home, buy this at Japanese store together :p
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Today's Ebi tempura
2007-07-21 07:37:00
Today's Ebi tempuraI tried to cook Ebi tempura well. Ebi is shrimp in English.I bought instant mixed tempura batter and add water and ice into bowl.Shrimp need to be dredged salt and pepper prior to be coated.I attach one more picture. see,You see tempuras on the right, these are with thick(much powder and few water as batter) tempura batter.On the left, those are with thin(less powder) batter.I prefer thin batter rather than thick, but my mum said thick one is more tasty.I need to learn more about it.It's OK but not as well as the one served in renstaurant :(
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Aji fry
2007-07-19 14:23:00
Aji fryThis is Aji fry in Japanese. Aji is Japanese horse mackerel according to my dictionary.Batter is same as Tonkatsu.But actually I bought it as frozen with batter. So I don't need to do the discusting procedure. Just need to be taken from freezer and deepfryid.When I don't have any sausage, ham, or meat, I deepfry it and eat with whiskey :p)Don't forget to serve this with bulldog sauce :D

Yakitori
2007-07-18 13:32:00
YakitoriThis is Yakitori, Grilled sticked-meat on charcoal fire."Yaki" means Grill, "Tori" means chicken.There are large variety of ingredients cooked into Yakitori. Vegetables, seafoods, and meats, but you know, everything that sticked and grilled on the charcoalfire is "Yakitori" in Japan. Vegetables and seafoods are also.These yakitori are pork and chicken.From left, thick sliced pork, skin of chicken, and diced chicken. You can choose sauce for them from sweet sauce(just like teriyaki sauce) or salt and pepper.I prefer salt taste rather than sweet sauce.Good combination with beer.

Home made tempura
2007-07-17 15:19:00
Home made tempuraDoes it looks delicious?That's what I ate at dinner a couple of days ago.Combination of my favorites :DChikuwa tempura with seaweed-tempura-coating.Crab stick tempura.Sweet potato tempuraTemp ura coating is crispy and soft ;pBut now I want to eat tempura of seafood...
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Japanese traditional breakfast
2007-07-16 13:09:00
Japanese traditional breakfastHave you ever been to Japanese restaurant at hotel in the morning?If you stay at hotel in Japan, they will ask you which do you prefer from Japanese style breakfast or Western style.In most case, "Japanese breakfast" that served in Japanese hotel are configured with Plane rice, Omulet, Grilled fish, and Miso soup.If you want more, they will serve Nori(seaweed) or Nattou.So It could be most traditional configuration of Japanese breakfast.These days, especially young generations eat bread and ham-egg and orange juice(is it traditional western breakfast? I think so ;p) as their breakfast. But I prefer Japanese style rather than Western style. Fish can be replaced into mackerel, Brevoort, ribbon fish and any reasonable fish. Expensive fish such as sea bream, yellow tail, tuna are also delicious but served on dinner.Miso soup is also important for Japanese. Today's miso soup is made of Sweet potato and this sliced pork.
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Horumon Yaki
2007-07-15 14:05:00
Horumon YakiThis looks like yakiniku? Yes, it is one of dish served in Yakiniku restaurant.But meat is "Horumon". Horumon means innards.We eat most of all innards of beef, such as tongue, heart, liver, bowel, lung and more. Tongue and bowel are most popular. I like both but I don't like liver yakiniku.But I love raw liver :D Can you eat it?I don't need to go to Yakiniku restaurant to eat them. I can buy delicious Horumon in the market.Like this. It is packed with sauce so I just need to stirfry with onion spring.It is also great combination with beer :p

Chicken cutlet
2007-07-13 14:41:00
Chicken cutletChicken cutlet is also popular in Japan.I think it was imported from Europe a long time ago."Crispy and soft" is most important when Japanese cook cutlet.And for sauce, Bulldog tonkatsu sauce is best :DPlease check this post to know about bulldog sauce.
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Potato chips salad
2007-07-12 13:58:00
Potato chips saladThis is a salad that my mum cooks sometimes.Salad with POTATO CHIPS! Is this way popular in your country?Just shred lettuce and chop onion spring in the bowl, and add potato chips at last.Sauce is black pepper, soy sauce and squeeze of lemon. That's all.It's simple but delicious :D Particularly kids love this.
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Chicken Ham
2007-07-11 16:18:00
Chicken HamHmm Ham and sausage are very good for whiskey :DThis is chicken ham. it doesn't contain much fat, so it could be healthy.Whiskey is high cholesterol drink, so I need to take care of stomach and liver :(We usually souse mayonnaise and dredge Japanese dried chili pepper when we eat ham or sausage.Mastard is also make good combination with meat ;D
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