Konnichiwa (こんにちは。)
Hello Everyone.
As we promised you last entry, today we will share another categories of Japanese Dishes. The categories that we want to share on this post are Seafood Dishes, Noodle Dishes and Nabe Dishes.
Seafood Dishes
Hundreds of different fish, shellfish and other seafood from the oceans, seas, lakes and rivers are used in the Japanese cuisine. They are prepared and eaten in many different ways, for example raw, dried, boiled, grilled, deep fried or steamed.
1. SASHIMI
Sashimi is a raw seafood. A large number of fish can be enjoyed if they are fresh and prepared correctly. Most types of sashimi are enjoyed with soya sauce and wasabi.
2. YAKIZAKANA
Yakizakana means grilled fish. Many varieties of fish are enjoyed in this way.
NOODLE DISHES
There are various traditional Japanese noodle dishes as well as some dishes which were introduced to Japan and subsequently Japanized. Many of them enjoy a very high popularity.
1. SOBA
Soba noodles are native Japanese noodles made of buckwheat flour or a mixture of buckwheat and wheat flour. Soba are about as thick as spaghetti. They can be served cold or hot and with various toppings.
2. UDON
Udon noodles are native japanese noodles made of wheat flour. Udon are thicker than soba and can also be served either hot or cold and with various topping.
3. RAMEN
Ramen are Chinese style noodles prepared in a soup with various toppings. Ramen is one of the many popular dishes that were originally introduced from China but have become completely Japanized over time.
4. SOMEN
Like Udon noodles, somen are Japanese noodles made of wheat flour but they are much thinner than Udon and Soba. Somen are usually eaten cold and are considered a summer speciality.
5. YAKISOBA
Yakisoba are fried or deep fried Chinese style noodles served with vegetables, meat and ginger.
NABE DISHES
Nabe dishes or hot pot dishes are prepared in a hot pot, usually at the table. Typical ingredients are vegetables such as negi (Japanese leek) and hakusai (Chinese cabbage), various mushrooms, seafood and/or meat. There are many regional and personal varieties and they are especially popular in the cold winter months. Some special nabe dishes are:
1. ODEN
A nabe dish prepared with various fish cakes, daikon, boiled eggs, konyaku and kombu sedweed, boiled over many hours in a sauce based soup.
2. SUKIYAKI
A nabe dish prepared with thinly sliced meat, vegetables, mushrooms, tofu and shirataki (konyaku noodles). The pieces of food are dipped into a raw egg before eaten.
3. SHABU-SHABU
Shabu-shabu is Japanese style meat fondue. Thinly sliced meat, along with vegetables, mushrooms and tofu is dipped into a hot soup and then into ponzu vinegar or a sasame sauce before being eaten.
4. CHANKO NABE
Chanko nabe is traditionally the staple diet of sumo wrestlers. There are many varieties of chanko nabe. A few chanko nave restaurants can be found around Ryogoku, the sumo district in Tokyo.
We were done with seafood, noodles and also nabe dishes.
Thank you for reading.
Till then, sayonara everyone.
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