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Local dishes include: Tebasaki: chicken wings marinated in a sweet sauce with sesame seeds, basically a type of yakitori. [1] [2] Kishimen: flat udon noodles with a slippery texture, dipped in a light soy sauce soup and a sliced leek or other flavouring added. [1] It can be eaten cold or hot.
Foreign food, in particular Chinese food in the form of noodles in soup called ramen and fried dumplings, gyoza, and other food such as curry and hamburger steaks are commonly found in Japan. Historically, the Japanese shunned meat , but with the modernization of Japan in the 1860s, meat-based dishes such as tonkatsu became more common.
This is a list of Japanese soups and stews. Japanese cuisine is the food—ingredients, preparation and way of eating—of Japan. The phrase ichijū-sansai ( 一汁三菜 , "one soup, three sides" ) refers to the makeup of a typical meal served, but has roots in classic kaiseki , honzen , and yūsoku [ ja ] cuisine.
Ichijū-sansai (Japanese: 一汁三菜) is a traditional Japanese dining format that typically consists of one bowl of rice, one soup, and three side dishes (one main dish and two side dishes). [1] It is a key component of kaiseki cuisine and reflects the aesthetic and nutritional principles of Japanese meals. [2] [3] [1]
Kamameshi (釜飯 "kettle rice") is a Japanese rice dish traditionally cooked in an iron pot called a kama. Many varieties exist, but most consist of rice seasoned with soy sauce or mirin, and cooked with meats and vegetables. In modern times, it is often considered a type of takikomi gohan (mixed rice dish).
Champon - a ramen-like dish of noodles, seafood and vegetables cooked in the same pot. Castella - a sweet, rectangular sponge cake, introduced to Nagasaki by the Portuguese in the 16th Century. Now popular throughout Japan. Chicken namban - fried battered chicken dipped in a vinegary sauce and served with tartar sauce.
Singapore-style noodles – A dish of stir-fried cooked rice vermicelli, curry powder, vegetables, scrambled eggs and meat, most commonly chicken, beef, char siu pork, or prawns, yellow in colour. Soto ayam – A traditional Indonesian dish that uses ingredients such as chicken, lontong , noodles, and rice vermicelli .
Rice. Short or medium grain white rice. Regular (non-sticky) rice is called uruchi-mai. Mochi rice (glutinous rice)-sticky rice, sweet rice; Genmai (brown rice) Rice bran (nuka) – not usually eaten itself, but used for pickling, and also added to boiling water to parboil tart vegetables; Arare – toasted brown rice grains in genmai cha and ...