Fern's blog : Februari 2012

Kamis, 16 Februari 2012

HOW TO EAT JAPANESE FOOD ?

Among million of Japanese food let's see these three menus that you may not familiar with...

Okayu

Do you like rice porridge? it's called OKAYU or kayu in Japan and it's known as an easily digestible dish. I like simple make it more nutritious by cooking with chicken,vegetables, and so on, or adding lots of toppings. I sometimes make OKAYU for breakfast when i don't have much appetite in the hot weather it's really easy on our stomach.

Marinated Vegetables

Lots of vegetables are deep-fried and marinated in dashi based soip. This type of dish is often called age-bitashi. It's usually served chilled, so it's good dish to make during the hot season. You can use a variety of colorful vegetables for this dish. As deep-fried vegetables are marinated in soup,they aren't so oily. it's simple but makes a good main dish.

Chilled Tofu

it's traditional tofu dish called hiyayakko. Chilled tofu is simply served with various toppings. They can be a wide variety of fresh of cooked ingredient of your choice. Common toppings are katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) , grated ginger , green onion , shiso (perilla) , and so on. I like to use silken tofu for this dish. When it's too hot to cook , hiyayakko is a quick appetizer to prepare.

Tips :
if you're eating with Japanese people and want to express appreciations for the meal in Japanese , it's customary to say "itadaki-masu" before eating and "gochisou-sama" when finished eating. it's OK in Japan to make some slurping sounds when eating Japanese noodle dishes.

: yellow color mean , the word you might be not know :)
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