Japanese Food
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Fri 2007/06/29 00:42
Japanese Food - a subject that has to be talked about at least once. This post also covers food served in Japan.
Those traveling to Japan may want to print and bring this post along to avoid the "point-at-menu-that-has-no-pics-and-see-what-arrives" syndrome.
This first dish is Kawa Ebi (川えび) which is deep fried prawns. I never thought I could eat a prawn whole like this until I actually tried it. Costs about 600 yen.
Those traveling to Japan may want to print and bring this post along to avoid the "point-at-menu-that-has-no-pics-and-see-what-arrives" syndrome.
This first dish is Kawa Ebi (川えび) which is deep fried prawns. I never thought I could eat a prawn whole like this until I actually tried it. Costs about 600 yen.
A shop selling Om Rice (オムライス) which is basically rice wrapped in a sheet of lightly fried egg. Also comes with toppings and other side dishes.
You have to wait for your food at some food courts so you get one of these devices that will buzz when your grub is ready. If this was back in the UK, I can envision many of these going missing.
Tonkotsu Ramen (豚骨ラーメン) noodles. Soup base is made from pig stock. A Yukorin fan to cool me down while I eat. About 800 yen.
Many shops do have these plastic renditions in the window which you can just point to. This shop window is for some reason also filled with UFO Catcher goodies.
Popular Korean Dish Yukke Jang (ユッケジャン)。Very hot n spicy. About 800 yen.
Inside this ball of ice are two pieces of Sashimi (raw fish). About 2,000 yen !
DIY mushrooms. About 1,000 yen @.@
Sometimes I need to work late and dont get much time to eat out so its a night of rolled sushi. About 700 yen for both sets.
Yakiniku (焼き肉). Traditionally eaten in Korea but very popular in Japan.
You basically cook the meat that you order. Is this funny? I know many people laughed when they watched this bit in Lost In Translation (which I watched all the time when I left Japan for Seattle).
You basically cook the meat that you order. Is this funny? I know many people laughed when they watched this bit in Lost In Translation (which I watched all the time when I left Japan for Seattle).
More of the plastic food. These make it so much easier to make food selections.
Kaisendon (海鮮丼). A bowl of rice with seafood. About 650 yen.
The Om Rice with a croquette (コロッケ) and sauce. Tastes lovely. About 600 yen.
I'm sure this was a Vietnamese place in Shibuya. Green curry set at about 1,000 yen.
Love this dish. Agedashi Tofu (揚げ出し豆腐) which is deep fried Tofu in sauce. About 500 yen.
Yum! Tebasaki (手羽先). Grilled chicken wings on a stick. About 400 yen for a plate of two sticks.
Another type of Kaisendon. Bowl of rice with seafood topped with a half boiled egg. About 650 yen.
More Kaisendon shenanigans.
This is the closest I'm going to get to eating Siew Yook in Japan. Taste is good though. About 1,500 yen for this plate.
Dim sum - looks like shite and also tastes like shite.
Some of the Pizzas served over here are really nice. This came with a set at 1,800 yen in Daikanyama.
And we do eat at home sometimes ^^; Wifey makes some great dishes *^-^*
Gyudon (牛丼). Bowl of rice with beef. This set cost 400 yen - a bargain especially when you want to save your money for shopping in Akiba.
Yes thats a raw egg which you beat and pour over the rice bowl.
Yes thats a raw egg which you beat and pour over the rice bowl.
The Green Goblin pub in Akasaka does a great Fish n Chips - when you walk in its full of Gaijin. About 1,500 yen.
Half boiled egg at about 350 yen.
I forgot what this is called but its a Nabe full of meat, seafood and vegetables - not only does it look gross, it tastes gross too.
Yakiniku set at about 980 yen.
I love Japanese curry. This can be eaten at Akihabara at a cost of 800 yen.
The sushi place around the corner from where we live. About 200 yen for a plate of two. The seaweed rolled ones are fish eggs - look gross but taste good.
Example of Chinese food in Japan. Ebichiri (エビチリ) lunch at about 1,000 yen. Spicy prawns with rice.
This is a most amusing dish called Otooshi. When you go to a Japanese Izakaya (pub) they bring along some steamed towels and this Otooshi small dish. Every time you go it will be different.
You think that its just a snack to keep you occupied while waiting but they charge you about 250 yen for it! Its just an excuse to take money from you which I hate because sometimes it tastes like a baboons bottom.
If you are brought these and dont fancy paying for it then ask the waiter to take it away *before* he leaves the table.
You think that its just a snack to keep you occupied while waiting but they charge you about 250 yen for it! Its just an excuse to take money from you which I hate because sometimes it tastes like a baboons bottom.
If you are brought these and dont fancy paying for it then ask the waiter to take it away *before* he leaves the table.
Deep fried Renkon. Dont know what Renkon is in English but its a vegetable with holes in it ^^;
The last few pics are of a typical Japanese food shop.
More food in the related galleries for this post.
More food in the related galleries for this post.
Akihabara. The place that all otaku need to visit at least once in their life time.
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Sun 06/17 21:55 comments (81)
Animator/ graphic designer
whoa. I'd definately like to go on a gourmet rampage again over there...although it seems like the cheaper stuff both looks and tastes better! BTW mr Danny, renkon is lotus root. its nice and crunchy~
(ID #50573) Posted on 2007/06/29 00:47
You make me hungry; lucky you having a pretty Japanese loving wife making good meals for you.
(ID #50574) Posted on 2007/06/29 00:49
Student and Digital Racer
I am a big fan of Japanese food. My favorites is Sushi and Curry rice (well, curry rice is not exactly Japanese food ^^).
(ID #50575) Posted on 2007/06/29 00:54
Director/代表取締役
dinosaur, Shes from Shanghai ^^
(ID #50576) Posted on 2007/06/29 00:57
Policy & Research Officer
I always enjoy a good bowl of udon or oyakodon. Man seeing all those yummy pictures in the morning sure makes me hungry =P~~~
(ID #50577) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:01
Motion Graphics Designer
the pricing doesnt seem to differ much compared to malaysia, tho the food presentation does look more.. how do you put it.. authentic? lol... gosh, that picture of the nabe looks like someone had a bit too much liquor and upped his stomach content into a bowl >.< renkon seems to look like lotus roots to me. lotus root and pork soup, mmm yumm... ^.^
(ID #50578) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:07
Fish'n'chips? Excellent! But I've never tried 'real' japanese food before, sushi makes me feel squeamish.
(ID #50579) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:13
Graphic Designer
all this food is making me hungry
(ID #50580) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:21
student
woah! all of these photos are making me hungry!
(ID #50581) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:23
Well, dosen't matter where she's from, still a lucky happy couple... I need to go get some Japanese food.
(ID #50582) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:26
Nagumo
Renkon is Lotus root I believe... Never had it deep fried. My mom usually let's it soak in a combination of soy sauce, sugar, mirin and something else and then steams/boils it for my family to eat...
(ID #50583) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:30
Part-time Slacker, Part-time Student
Renkon... If I'm not wrong, they are lotus roots.
(ID #50584) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:36
Roy in Tokyo
That was a Shabu-shabu place in Lost in Translation. Not yaki-niku. It's in Daikanyama.
(ID #50585) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:36
Oh God~. All those photos make me miss Japan greatly. Japanese food or Japanized food in 7-elven to resturant are all so much fun and so good to me. Maybe because Im japanese and i have japanese taste buds. It used to be my favorite thing to do to go to 7 eleven and get steamed buns on way home from school in winter time.
(ID #50587) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:56
oh man i'm drooling plz stop posting food :D
(ID #50588) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:56
Aimless Traveler
Close to my area, there's this shop that sells stuff imported largely from Japan but sold quite expensively. They also sell sushis and served other kinds of Japanese foods (it's one part a small restaurant). I sometimes had sushi once a month.
(ID #50589) Posted on 2007/06/29 01:57
Web Developer/ウェブデベロッパー, Photographer/写真や
Wow. The food definitely looks very well presented! Makes me want to buy them and try them out! By the way, is that fried rice and soup with a crispy top (crispy soup?) your wifey made? Looks good! Can she cook some of those for me ^^;
(ID #50590) Posted on 2007/06/29 02:07
danny, where can i get gyudon for 400yen?
(ID #50591) Posted on 2007/06/29 02:10
Most of that stuff looks really awesome and makes me miss being in Japan more than I already do ^^I Lot of those meals look quite familiar to me, due to I just imported a bi-lingual Japanese cookbook to get myself to learn some Japanese, learn to cook and eat healthier. Abura-Age Tofu pockets are my favourite ^_^
(ID #50593) Posted on 2007/06/29 02:57
Troubleshooter, Universal Exports
Seeing all this food in Japan is making me crave my fiancee's cooking, and all the delicious breads and sweets she bakes... I'm going to die a fat contented old man. ^o^ The one thing that surprised me about Japan is how much sushi one can buy for a reasonable price. Here, you would be lucky to get four rolls for 7 dollars. I always call it the "vegetable with holes in it" too. ^^; I will need to check out the Green Goblin, I do enjoy good Fish n Chips. Somewhere around Sinsekai in Osaka there is a good pub. Still haven't found the place...
(ID #50594) Posted on 2007/06/29 03:30
*shrug* in Place
They have those vibrate-y things in the US, too. A chain called Panera uses 'em. (They make damn good soup-and-sandwich combos.)
(ID #50595) Posted on 2007/06/29 04:11
Can't wait to go to Japan to eat, going to eat a bunch of curry and gyudon
(ID #50596) Posted on 2007/06/29 04:18
Student
Has some Sushi yesterday during my Lunch Break and was just about to do a blogpost on it XD Japanese food rules. Too many people stay away from it because it looks different but its a lot better than the greasy crap you get here in Britain like "Sausage and Mash" and " Traditional English Breakfast" which may i also state, are basically the same thing. Japanese food ftw!
(ID #50597) Posted on 2007/06/29 04:49
Geek Liaison
Wheres the Beef Bowl Danny??? I didn't see no Yoshinoya which I think is the only Japanese Fast Food place you can find here in the States. Too bad almost all of them are down the LA area, a 10 hour dive is a bit much for fast food no matter how good it is. ;-)
(ID #50598) Posted on 2007/06/29 04:49
Man, this makes the bread I am eating now fail in comparison. Nice post, I now have even more of a craving for Japanese food!
(ID #50599) Posted on 2007/06/29 05:43
Renkon is lotus root. ;) I like Yoshinoya's Sukiyaki. That is Japan's Yoshinoya. Other yoshinoyas outside of Japan are crap.
(ID #50600) Posted on 2007/06/29 05:43
Mmmmm.... *dribbles all over keyboard* Love the Yakiniku, and that om rice looks really nice. Ill have to try that next time im over there. My fave dishes are Tonkatsu curry (coco Ichibanya), spicy pork ramen and Gyudon (yoshinoya) - i ate at those places SO many times the last time i was in Japan... Nice bumper update!
(ID #50603) Posted on 2007/06/29 06:09
College Student
never had Renkon but some vendors outside my school fry's them then they put some red stuff on it. I don't know how much a bag though. Some restaurants near where i live have those vibrate-o thingys. Really useful if you want to play pranks on your friends who doesn't know what it is for. lol!
(ID #50604) Posted on 2007/06/29 06:48
awesome post ^^ Im trying to learn to cook japanese food atm, but its pretty damn hard to get the proper ingrediants and not just some western rubbish >< Udon
(ID #50605) Posted on 2007/06/29 07:01
part time illustrationist, doll clothing seamstress
My husband was warning me not to look at this post because it's gonna make me hungry... funny tho it's been so HOT and humid in japan, I hardly have any appetite o_o one of my favourite places to eat is Mosburger! ^O^!
(ID #50606) Posted on 2007/06/29 07:16
awww man .... (slurp slurp) im soo hungry now! can't wait till i get to Japan!!! Fanks for da post Danny
(ID #50607) Posted on 2007/06/29 07:46
Plastic foods save my life a lot of time in Japan. I remember just get out with the waitress to show her what I wanted to eat. ^_^
(ID #50608) Posted on 2007/06/29 08:09
Student Nurse
i love curry rice the most..! *o* followed by corokke, omu rice and yakibuta ramen~ >.< yay for food post..! *dies*
(ID #50609) Posted on 2007/06/29 08:26
man, I'm on a diet right now. I was hoping to see some gundams and PVC dolls to make think about something else than food, cause i'm starving. I get here and see that post?! fuzakeruna!! congrats, you just made my favourite japanese restaurant richer... ^^' nice post danny, even though i'll think about you when i will go running to sweat that out.
(ID #50611) Posted on 2007/06/29 08:49
Information technology
I love Jap food! I'll eat it every day! My girlfriend is learning to cook Japanese... *_* In my blog (Italian) there are some review of Jap Rest in Rome. I think that the true Japanese kitchen, in Japan, it is different from that I eat in Italy...
(ID #50612) Posted on 2007/06/29 08:50
Hey danny, does your wifey wife know how to make shanghai dumplings??? I like dumplings I like all sorts of food :) Chinese mainly though -_-; Dim Sum/Yum cha is always so good!!!
(ID #50613) Posted on 2007/06/29 09:02
Sales Executive & Eternal Geek/Otaku
I have to agree with you on how tasty Japanese curry is. I'm half indian so I eat curry a lot at home hehe,but Japanese curry has the distinct taste to it.
(ID #50614) Posted on 2007/06/29 09:28