Konnichiwa (こんにちは。)
Hello Everyone..
Beside promoting our event, we also want to share some informations about JAPAN here.
YES, this is not a joke.
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The first information that we want to share is Japanese Food.
Japanese Food can be divided into several categories. In this entry, we will share about Rice Dishes.
Rice Dishes
For over 2000 years, rice has been the most important food in Japanese cuisine. Despite changes in eating patterns over the last few decades and slowly decreasing rice consumption in recent years, rice remains one of the most important ingredients in Japan today and can be found in numerous dishes.
1. Rice Bowl
A bowl of plain cooked rice is served with most Japanese meals. For breakfast, it is sometimes mixed with raw egg and soya sauce or enjoyed with natto or other topping.
2. Sushi
Sushi can be defined as a dish which contains sushi rice, cooked rice that is prepared with sushi vinegar. There are various kinds of sushi dishes.
3. Domburi
A bowl of cooked rice with some other food put on top of the rice. Some of the most popular topping are tempura (tendon), egg and chicken (oyakodon), tonkatsu (katsudon) and beef (gyudon).
4. Onigiri
Onigiri is a rice balls made of cooked rice and usually wrapped in a nori seaweed. They are slightly salted and often contain some additional food in the center foe example umeboshi (pickled Japanese plum), katsuobushi (dried bonito shavings), tuna or salmon. Rice ball are popular and inexpensive snack available at convenience stores.
5. Kare Raisu
Kare raisu (Curry Rice) is cooked rice with a curry sauce. It can be served with additional toppings such as tonkatsu. Curry is not native Japanese spice but has been used in Japan for over a century. Kare raisu is a very popular dish and many inexpensive kare raisu restaurants can be found especially in and around train stations.
6. Fried Rice
Fried Rice or chahan has been originally introduced from China. A variety of additional ingredients such as peas, egg negi (Japanese leek) and small pieces of carrot and pork are mixed into the rice when stir fried. It is a suitable dish for using left over rice.
7. Kayu
Kayu is rice gruel, watery, soft cooked rice that resembles oatmeal. It is suitable dish for using left over rice and is often served to sick people because it can be digested easily.
8. Okayu
Okayu is also known as porridge.
Done with rice dishes.
The next entry will be other categories.
Till then, sayonara everyone.
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