Investigation : How to eat "Sukiyaki" & "Shabushabu"

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Investigation : How to eat "Sukiyaki" or Rocky "Drinking Eggs"

FW : HOW TO EAT SUKIYAKI (JAPANESE FOOD)

The first time I ate Sukiyaki, I was at a loss for what to do. I was at one of my Japanese friend’s houses, eggs were cracking, things were boiling, and someone kept pouring brown sugar into the pot.

The next time I had it, I was a bit more prepared. I even helped some of the other confused foreigners, who kept asking “How to you eat Sukiyaki?"

Yes, sure! I understand! Foreigners think, "What's this raw eggs?",

They imagine like this?

No! No! No! Exactly no!!!

Eating Sukiyaki is simple:

1)  Figure out what kind of Sukiyaki you’re going to eat. If you are vegetarian, it is possible to just eat vegetarian Sukiyaki (but that’s a bit boring). Some places let you pick your own meat/veggies, but most just provide a platter for you to choose from.

2)  Turn the hot plate/stove on and dump some vegetables in the pot. If you’re making it at home, you have to make your own sauce. I usually use a mixture of soy sauce, (sometimes sake), sugar, and water. In general I use 1/3 a cup of soy sauce, 3 tablespoons of sake (if I’m feeling adventuresome or have sake laying around that I’m not drinking), 5 tablespoons of sugar (I prefer brown sugar), and a little less than a cup of water.

3)  Crack a raw egg in a separate bowl. Beat the egg with your chopsticks until it is thoroughly mixed. This is going to be your dipping sauce. It might sound a little weird, but it’s actually delicious. Do NOT cook the egg.

4)  Wait until the vegetable are tender. This usually takes about five minutes, depending on how strong the stove is. I usually just poke the vegetable with my chopsticks until they seem soft.

5) Using your chopsticks, grab a hunk of vegetables and drop them in the bowl with the raw egg. If you are not such a fan of raw egg, you can “lightly” dip the contents in the raw egg and immediately eat. The first time I ate Sukiyaki, I was unnerved by the thought of eating a raw egg, and so I did this. If eating a raw egg doesn’t bother you – great!

6)  Coat the vegetables with raw egg and eat. Once I got used to it, I loved it.

7)  Repeat steps 5 and 6 until the pot is nearly empty.

8)  Dump meat and vegetables in the pot. Meat takes almost no time to cook – that’s why most people like to wait for the second or third round to start adding meat (to let the broth absorb a nice amount of vegetable juices first).

9)  Keep filling the pot, as needed. I like to add veggies every couple minutes, since everything cooks at its own pace. Some people like their meat very raw (meaning they only boil it for around ten seconds), some people like their meet very well done (like me).

As you eat, your egg mixture will become more and more diluted by the pot’s juice. If this bothers you, you can usually ask for another egg.

In any case, I love Sukiyaki. It’s pretty easy to make at home, too.

If you are making it at home you can use shitake mushrooms, grilled tofu, (enoki) mushrooms, negi (leek), cabbage, shirataki noodles, shugiku (chrysanthemum greens), and really whatever else you want. Most people use beef for the meat and make a sauce that mixture of water, soy sauce, sugar, and alcohol (see earlier).

No! No! No! Nooooo~~~~!!!

イイネ！（Good!） - Travel by violin The backpack, the violin & the plants

The presence of Japanese culture in daily life is amazing – it's fascinating from the first moment on. Meeting people wearing the Kimono is very common, even sightseeing, and Shinto Shrines are everywhere, no matter if in the middle of the crowded cities or in the countryside.

You wanna read more, go to → "Travel by violin The backpack, the violin & the plants"

The Ramen Girl

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The Ramen Girl

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XXXの干物です。

旨いんだそうです。炙ればタラ、天ぷらにすれば穴子のようなんだそうです。

ナマダと地元房総半島では呼んでいるそうです。

ナマダ？

イイネ！（Good!） - The Gaijin’s Guide to Natto.

Natto, along with uni, and konnyaku, make up the top three Japanese foods that scare the bejesus out of people. None of these foods actually tastes bad. I think they are scary due to their strange textures. I have read countless websites and books that say these foods are an “acquired taste”. Acquired taste is a cheap way of saying people don’t like them. And if you do like them, you need to explain yourself.

You wanna read more, go to → "The Gaijin’s Guide to Natto."

Koyadofu

Refer to "About.com - Japanese Food"

Even if foreigner who well knows Japanese culture, but almost people don't know "Koyadofu". Tofu is delicate, soft, preservation period is few days (Vacuum pack is 10 month) and low seasoning (soup stock, etc.) absorption.

Then,

Koyadofu

Sushi Train Restaurants in Japan

Sometimes called conveyor belt sushi, sushi train is another must do eating experience. The trend is catching on, so it is likely you can find a sushi train restaurant in most large cities all over the world. Being from Australia, I know there are many popular sushi train restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne (and I’ve spotted a few in Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Gold Coast and other places).

Sushi is a very healthy and traditional Japanese food, and eating at a sushi train restaurant in Japan is a great experience. This article will show you what to expect when you visit a sushi train restaurant in Japan.

To be continued as below as his blog;

Japanese Cooking Recipe

Well, it's difficult to explain how to make Japanese cuisines for foreigners. So, recipe site is there, but in Japanese.

クックパッド（cookpad）


Hmmmmmm, Gaijin-san will give up....(・o・), wakarimmase~~n....

But, still, never give up, I found it ♬,

Cookpad which is the biggest recipe site in Japan has released English site!

Da Washoku Kitchen　

Cookpad has released English site.（クックパッドの英語サイトがスタートしたそうな！）

Cookpad is the biggest recipe site in Japan. It's very helpful site. I've been using it, of course!

I had been wondering why they didn't set up English site. Well, I guess, because there are tons of English recipe site in the world already. and, Unfortunately, Japanese people can't use English very much. I understand they didn't really have to built English site. But,  I've been waiting for this moment!

Cookpad has released English site!!!

Wow!You know, I would like to share my Japanese food recipe. and I'm very interesting in others! It's good to me. Here's my page on english ver. of Cookpad. I'm exciting to put my recipe more!

日本最大のレシピサイト「クックパッド」が、英語サイトをオープンした模様です。なんで英語サイトがないのかな？と前から思っていました。日本のケータイはすごく進んでたのに国際市場で乗り遅れてしまったし、mixiもFacebookよりずっと前からあったけど、基本的に日本国内向けのサービスだった。それがいけないというのじゃ全然ないけれど、もっと海外に日本発のものがぐいぐい出てってもいいのになって思っていました。

アメリカで住んでいる間、「なんじゃこれー！」という日本食を何度も見ました。日本食は海外でもとても人気だけれど、SUSHIとTENPURAとSHABU-SHABUぐらいしか知らない人がほとんどなんじゃないかしら。おかゆみたいなどろどろの糊状のものを無理矢理海苔で巻いて（糊を海苔で巻く。。）SUSHIですって売ってたりとか、それを食べてみんなフーンって言ってたりとか、なんかそういうのすごく悔しいなって思っていました。もっとホントに私たちが食べているもののことを知って欲しい。もっとSUSHI以外にも美味しい日本食は沢山あるのになって思っていました。英語版Cookpadがその扉の一つになればいいなと期待しております。私もちょっとレシピを載せてみました！これ。日本のCookpadとはデザインなんか違って、まだ、正直使いづらいところもあるんだけど。。でももっともっと改善されていくことでしょう。楽しみです☆

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