Japanese Food Part II

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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. 

source: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2035.html

Japanese Food

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Hello Everyone..

Beside promoting our event, we also want to share some informations about JAPAN here.

YES, this is not a joke. 

:)

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.

source: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2035.html

Dedication, :D

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Hello Everyone.

These are the example of what are we going to sell for dedication.. 

Lets check it out, :)

See you there, :)

Till then, sayonara everyone. 

Good News

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Hello Everyone

We want to share our great news with you. Tomorrow, April 15,2012, we will open a counter at DKG 1 where you can buy a tickets to CAMP FIRE, T SHIRT and also a DEDICATION. 

If you have any questions about our event, do no hesitate to ask us. 

See you there, :)

Till then, sayonara everyone. 

Bunkasai, Is On It's Way

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Please mark your calenders. The date has been selected. YES, it is. 

So in this post, it will let you know more detail about the event. Lets check it out.

Date: 10 - 12 May 2012

Time : 10:00 AM - 11.59 PM

Venue : Tapak Ekspo, UUM 

The event is scheduled to be held in 3 days. There will be lots of activities and programs that are already being planned to serve you on that day. If you went to the previous event last year, you should come again, we have already doubled the fun! So, we'll see you there.. 

Till then, sayonaraa everyone.. 

Something Big Is Coming

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Welcome to Japanese Cultural Festival & Charity 2012

Universiti Utara Malaysia(UUM) Japanese Cultural Club(JCC) is going to host a BUNKASAI FESTIVAL.

What is BUNKASAI? 
Bunkasai "文化祭" in Japanese word is known as Japanese Cultural Festival which actually is an annual event held by most schools in Japan. At this event, students usually will display their everyday achievements. Food is served and dances and plays are performed by individual volunteers or clubs. Many people come to visit the cultural festival just for fun. 


In our next post, we will let you know more about BUNKASAI and also about JCC, UUM..


Till then, sayonaraaa everyone..