Japanese food thread

[Anonymous No.10470575]

[Anonymous No.10470578]

It's hip to not like Japanese food on /ck/ now so I guess I dislike this.

[Anonymous No.10470588]

Lets eat

[Anonymous No.10470589]

>>10470578
people have just started to see japanese food for what it is; overrated bland garbage with very little variety.

[Anonymous No.10470594]

Sukiyaki.

[Anonymous No.10470597]

>>10470578
I can taste the salt in this comment

[Anonymous No.10470600]

[Anonymous No.10470635]

what happened to food pics from japan guy? is dirty dollar bill guy still around?

[Anonymous No.10470659]

Served at work party last week.

[Anonymous No.10470662]

Hazelnut chocolate candy. No is why it's Mozart themed.

[Anonymous No.10470669]

At the annual Shizuoka hanami festival

[Anonymous No.10470675]

Shizuoka - style oden

[Anonymous No.10470681]

Matcha ice cream Christmas cake

[Anonymous No.10470692]

Tokyo Borscht (more like a stew) and a tomato chicken soup.

[Anonymous No.10470698]

>>10470589
This, it's instagram photobait but overhyped like nothing else

[Anonymous No.10470722]

>>10470589
Spoken like a true cuck.

[Anonymous No.10470729]

Handburgu
¥2000 in Osaka

[Anonymous No.10470738]

Breakfastu
¥5000 in Hiroshima

[Anonymous No.10470742]

>>10470589
How does it feel to have your only knowledge about food be delivered to you through memes and shitposts?

[Anonymous No.10470751]

Ninja Noodle
¥6000 in Kyoto

[Anonymous No.10470767]

[Anonymous No.10470778]

I had some tamago kake gohan and I really disliked it. I wanted it to be good so I could have something else for breakfast that I don't normally have but I couldn't even finish a bowl of it. Disappointing. Don't fall for the Japanese breakfast meme

[Anonymous No.10470781]

>>10470578
Jap food doesn't extend in the US much farther than Sushi joints and particularly bad Ramen.
And I grew up around San Francisco which is pretty much the best case.

[Anonymous No.10470797]

>>10470751
That's spaghetti... ;(

[Anonymous No.10470804]

>>10470681
That must be really tasty

[Anonymous No.10470828]

>>10470804
It was pretty good, but I prefered the mocha almond.

[Anonymous No.10470925]

[Anonymous No.10470968]

sushi is disgusting

[Anonymous No.10470974]

>>10470597
>salt
>comment
>>>/jewtube/

[Anonymous No.10470976]

[Anonymous No.10470978]

>>10470729
>>10470738
>>10470751
>Around $130 for a day's food
Is this the next evolution of the Jiro meme? If you've lived in Japan outside of the tourist areas you would know that food for the average working man in restaurants is actually relatively cheap.
And no, I'm not JUST talking about those shitty meat scrap and rice bowls.

[Anonymous No.10470981]

Banzai meatloaf and rice fries
¥1200 in Tokyo

[Anonymous No.10470982]

>>10470978
Yeah, set menus are plenty of food and usually like ¥1000

[Anonymous No.10470985]

>>10470982
Even that's on the pricier side for something like lunch. It looks good, though.

[Anonymous No.10470996]

>ITT: I went to a bunch of tourist traps in Tokyo and was disappointed to be served bland food obviously catered to Westerners

Let's post some real japanese food. Starting with Sansai Soba

[Anonymous No.10471002]

why do nips bastardize other nation's foods like this?

[Anonymous No.10471003]

>>10471002
huh?

[Anonymous No.10471006]

Ramun
¥150 in Hiroshima

[Anonymous No.10471008]

>>10470778
like most food, everyone have their like and dislike.
I hate food that slimy and mussy so i don't like tamago gohan, also rare steak too.

[Anonymous No.10471015]

korokke, the unsung hero of the コンビニ

[Anonymous No.10471021]

>>10471015
I prefer tempura because it's easier on my tough than korokke.

[Anonymous No.10471023]

>>10471006
>fag still mad he blew 50000 yen on maid cafes and never got his japanese gf

you guys probably know this one but, seriously, if you ever get the chance to come to japan, get an okonomiyaki.

[Anonymous No.10471024]

>>10471002
Why do burgers?

Also you realize that guy is shitposting, right?

Here's real Japanese western food. A double burger with Shizuoka wasabi mayo.

[Anonymous No.10471028]

>>10471024
that sesame seed distribution looks a little questionable

[Anonymous No.10471035]

>>10471024
I hate burgers

[Anonymous No.10471036]

>>10471028
>that sesame seed distribution looks a little questionable
It's because Japan is so autistically obsessed with making food look good. In fact the number one reason why fruit is so infamously expensive in Japan is because if they look even a little weird they just toss 'em.

[Anonymous No.10471045]

>>10471036
>if they look even a little weird they just toss 'em.
This, if a peach is a little uneven or have a small hole because it got pick the wrong way.
They throw it instantly into the trash.

[Anonymous No.10471078]

>>10470738
Everything in this thread looks great -- except that nasty canned tomatoes barf on this plate

I get it, its a japanese english breakfest thing, just improvise and grill something fresh, anything

[Anonymous No.10471146]

>>10470738
>English food still fucking disgusting even when bastardized

[Anonymous No.10471174]

>>10470738
a sloppo' shit if i've ever seen one

[Anonymous No.10471178]

Japanese stir fried wagyu wit vegetables
¥4000

[Anonymous No.10471183]

This is my first attempt at Japanese ramen right before I added the broth.
Turned out pretty good.

[Anonymous No.10471195]

>>10470978
>exchange rates never change

[Anonymous No.10471199]

>>10470578
Most of them are niggers that post fast food threads and terrible memes. Don't let them keep you down.
That being said, most other Asian countries have better cuisine kek.

[Anonymous No.10471461]

>>10470662
because mozart kugeln are a thing?

[Anonymous No.10471501]

>>10471178
>40 dollars for a bowl of stir fry
Wot.

[Anonymous No.10471554]

>>10470778
there is reason why it's a meme. steamed rice and raw egg give one of the most beautiful combinations.

but you have to open that flavor. rice should be steaming hot. egg should be flavorful like egg, don't know how to describe it, try free range. most important, when combining with rice, egg should start to cook. it shouldn't become scrambled, no curdled white or yolk allowed, half way through is enough.
to avoid sliminess let it rest a couple of minutes after combining, or try to add two yolks instead of a whole egg. also you can take approx 100g, handful, i don't know, of rice per one egg. aim for slightly soupy, slightly runny consistency. egg will stay raw at this stage. put it on fire; med, med-hi. stir constantly to the point when egg becomes to coagulate, colour changes to paler, light streaks appears on surface. texture will become silky and creamy.

>tldr
not only for breakfast, i eat it whenever i can reach it.

[Anonymous No.10471578]

>>10471501
Japan is very expensive.
Also the USD/JPY exchange rate was very poor when I lived there

[Anonymous No.10471584]

>>10471578
When I lived in Tokyo for five years working as an animator for a well know studio I found the exchange rate particularly bad however I was earning a large wage so it didn’t matter too much.

[Anonymous No.10471728]

>>10471501
There are places like that. They also tend to be the only places with English menus, kek.
That said, you can also get a bowl of stir-fry in Japan for 230 yen. Just depends on where you look and whether you're an Ameritard otaku like the guy posting these pics.

[Anonymous No.10471732]

>>10470575
I often make this at home, it is probably my favourite dish

[Anonymous No.10472101]

>>10471732
What is it??

[Anonymous No.10473287]

>>10470996
Why isn't soba more popular here? I have to go way out of the way to get anything more than cold noodles and a sweet broth on the side. So annoying

[Anonymous No.10473301]

>>10470589
may as well call steak bland because it's not deep fried and covered in sugar.

Assuming you are knocking sushi, it is all about a good quality cut of fish. Of course there are lots of ways to decorate it up too (thanks amerilards)

[Anonymous No.10473443]

>>10470778
Just fucking cook the egg next time, and add some hot sauce and sautéed vegetables.

[Anonymous No.10473478]

>>10470729
They burned the shit out of that burger

[Anonymous No.10473537]

>>10471002
>why do yanks bastardize other nation's foods like this?
FTFY

[Anonymous No.10474270]

>>10470968
You have a weak childish sense of taste

[Anonymous No.10474309]

>>10470978
I ate for next to nothing when I was in Japan. I would sit in restaurants and just tell them to bring me what everyone else is eating. If they didn’t speak English, I would just point to someone else’s food. Didn’t care much what it was, if it was good enough for him it was good enough for me. I’m not surprised some faggot who took a pic of everything he ate and recorded the price of everything spent this much on food. This is why the Japanese hate weebs. They have no issue with guys like me who just wander around drunk and just want to have a laugh. It was hard to stay sober with all the young guys buying me booze all the time so I would hang out and talk with them for a few minutes.

[Anonymous No.10474772]

Idk how soon this thread will die, but shooting anyway.

Any personal recs for kaiseki in Tokyo? I'm a little overwhelmed with tablelog and apparently ratings are so-so because the Japanese are picky.

[Anonymous No.10474813]

>>10470978
Its extremely cheap to eat in Japan if you don't try to eat like an American. That means consuming a lot more fish and not eating massive steaks. The first month you'll feel hungry all the time but then after that when you visit home you'll realize how gross the amount of food is that restaurants typically serve

[Anonymous No.10475000]

Real talk, why don't asian dishes have cheese in them? Hell, even Indian food and Mediterranean dishes have cheese in them. Asian dishes tend to be the only dishes that don't use cheese.

[Anonymous No.10475004]

>>10474772
this is a food and cooking board stop asking about gay sex tourism.

[Anonymous No.10475015]

What's the Japanese food with largest service size?

[Anonymous No.10475020]

>>10475000
asians have a higher lactose intolerant rate than most the world.

[Anonymous No.10475159]

>>10470589
I guarantee you've never eaten at a Japanese restaurant.

[Anonymous No.10475538]

Japanese cuisine may be good at making the most out of simplicity, but because of this it can get quite boring after a while, aside from the more traditional stuff (which is what i like the most) everything is blander chinese rip offs and deep fryed everything.

Just not that great and overrated

[Anonymous No.10475543]

>>10475159
He probably has eaten at a "Japanese" restaurant run by Vietnamese with a sushi bar 100s of miles from the ocean

[Anonymous No.10475545]

I'm a complete and total weeb but even I think Japanese food pales in comparison to Chinese food.

[Anonymous No.10475971]

[Anonymous No.10475993]

>>10470575

[Anonymous No.10476371]

[Anonymous No.10476381]

Mosburger
¥230

[Anonymous No.10476388]

>>10476381
mah nigga

[Anonymous No.10476602]

>>10470751
>>10470738
>>10470729
i can't believe you brainlets fell for this obvious bait. He didnt even do the romanji right.

[Anonymous No.10476895]

Clearance at my grocery store.
They're very bananay.

[Anonymous No.10476914]

>>10475545
Yo I'm the same way.
I want to move to Japan for the culture, but I know if I did I'd probably buy half my groceries from a Chinese store and just make Chinese food all the time lol

[Anonymous No.10476919]

>>10476602
>t. Butthurt weeb who’s never actually been to japan

[Anonymous No.10476920]

>>10471728
I can understand wanting to dot he tourist thing, I would like to do that, but 40 dollars for a bowl of stir fry is ridiculous. Is he going to maid cafes with yakuza bouncers?

[Anonymous No.10476930]

>>10470738
This is the version I had at one of the ‘England’ themed cafes I went to.
The crazy nips are obsessed with the UK, Royalty and all the that stereotypical bong stuff.

[Anonymous No.10476935]

>>10476920
Maid cafes are made for Western tourists. Same thing with capsule hotels, love hotels, all the indoor theme parks, anything "weird" or "kooky" in Tokyo is designed to extract as much money from Westerners as possible.

Native Japanese otaku are way too socially anxious to go to a maid cafe, and most other Japanese people don't give a shit about them.

[Anonymous No.10477310]

[Anonymous No.10477339]

>>10470925
Woah.

[Anonymous No.10477341]

>>10476381
How is MOS burger? I've never had a chance to try it.

[Anonymous No.10477373]

>>10477341
It's ok, better than McDonald's, not as good as A&W.
There are better burger chains in all honesty.

[Anonymous No.10477703]

>>10470600
quality jap nigiri is why they prefer this to rolls
>>10470659
I hated nomikai food when I worked in japan. always "formal" so the portions were even smaller and the flavors completely nonexistent and bland cuts of raw shit. and the only thing you could get drunk on was the cheap shit sweet potato shochu fire water.
>>10470675
more bland "traditional" shit
>>10470976
little grilled or fried meats are where jap food is motherfucking excellent. kushi katsu was the best, pic related.
>>10471015
nah, dude, plastic wrapped tuna mayo sushi rolls were best get from convenience stores
>>10472101
might be oyakodon, which is an egg and chicken mix piled on top of rice in a bowl. could be wrong though
>>10476930
theyre way more into france and its cuisine than britbongistan dude
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also check out my photos of jap food in dying thread:
>>10476253

[Anonymous No.10477731]

>>10477703
kushi katsu had lots of great vegetables too. crunchy lotus wheels, mushrooms, and hard boiled quail and whole chicken eggs were the shit too.
good japanese food is what i truly miss from that humid, rainy, peer pressure-based expensive hellhole.

[Anonymous No.10477744]

Stamina-don(Pork bowl)

[Anonymous No.10477756]

and donburi plates were always good. there was a local one I always ordered with tender chicken, a soft boiled egg, seaweed, bonito, sesame, ginger piled on top.

[Anonymous No.10477762]

>>10477756
forgot pic

[Anonymous No.10478313]

Japanese pizza is good when seaweed but bad when little bits of corn all over

[Anonymous No.10478314]

>>10470575
Did the Japanese have cheese before the gaijin came?

[Anonymous No.10478316]

>>10478313

[Anonymous No.10478322]

>>10478314
I really don't think so but not sure

[Anonymous No.10478323]

>>10470778
it's a raw egg on rice, what did you expect

[Anonymous No.10478421]

>>10478314
Nah, for a while they didn't even have livestock.

[Anonymous No.10478438]

Why so little ramen? Ramen is too delicious

[Anonymous No.10478454]

>>10478421
The fuck? Even African tribesmen had livestock. How did they turn out so good?

[Anonymous No.10478498]

>>10470589
t. flyover thats only ever eaten at happi house.

[Anonymous No.10478512]

>>10473287
My local favorite Japanese restaurant nearby servers Soba. Its great, really flavorful stuff.

[Anonymous No.10478515]

>>10471024
>wasabi mayo
where can I get this?

[Anonymous No.10478519]

>>10471183
>rice in ramen
is that a thing?

[Anonymous No.10478526]

>>10475000
Cow's milk was never really a very cultivated ingredient in East Asia and hence it's not really implemented in their cuisine and many have a lactose intolerance.

[Anonymous No.10478527]

>>10478515
I get the impression that its something you're better off making yourself

[Anonymous No.10478529]

>>10476895
Why do Japanese like kit kats so much?

[Anonymous No.10478537]

>>10470575
If you want a detour away from ramen and sushi get some udon with tempura, gyudon, or soba. Don't restrict your tastes in Japanese cuisine to just two things that everyone eats to the point of blandness.

[Anonymous No.10478548]

>>10478529
The name "kit kat", when spoken by a Japanese person, is "kitto katto". And that sounds very similar to the japanese phrase "kitto katsu", which means "[you are] sure to win". So people eat them as sort of a good-luck-charm before some kinnd of important event, like taking a big exam, work interview, important buisiness meeting, etc. Sounds silly but is 100% true. Google it!

[Anonymous No.10478667]

>>10471554
so you dont mix until after the first 2 minutes or do you just not supposed to mix the egg with the rice at all?

[Anonymous No.10478669]

I like california rolls cheap and hard to mess up and always tasty

[Anonymous No.10478682]

>>10478454
they didn't eat meat back in the day

[Anonymous No.10478801]

>>10476935
This is wrong and dumb.
I've stayed in several capsule hotels, and there are always plenty of Japanese people there.

My first trip to Japan a friend demanded to go to a maid Cafe. They have a card system where every X number of visits your rank levels up, and you get discounts and shit.
While we were there they had a celebration because some salaryman was on his 500th visit. A weirdo sitting next to us was singing along with all the songs.
Japanese people absolutely go to maid cafes.

And as for indoor theme parks, if you are counting stuff like Namja Town in Sunshine City you're wrong there too.
What the fuck, man?

[Anonymous No.10479000]

>>10478498
>still not green texting
>>>/trash/

[Anonymous No.10479004]

>>10479000
How did you do that?

[Anonymous No.10479119]

>>10470575
Anyone else here eat Gyudon on the regular? It's pretty nice for how easy and cheap it is.

[Anonymous No.10479131]

>>10478537
>Gyudon
Good taste, most donburi is pretty good either way too.

[Anonymous No.10479140]

>>10470778
did you put it on warm or cold rice or something? rice should be rice cooker hot
I bet you think carbonara is a slimy meme too

[Anonymous No.10479149]

>>10470985
Where do you go where food is less than $10? Mcdonald's?

[Anonymous No.10479151]

>>10470978
bowl of ramen is 100 yen most places

[Anonymous No.10479253]

>>10479151
Nigga what? ¥500 at least, but often ¥700 and up if you get stuff on it.

[There's nothing wrong with bei(...) No.10479306]

>>10476602
>romanji

[Anonymous No.10479365]

>>10479151
>>10479253
Fast food/chain ramen goes for 100-200 yen but if you get it from a local restaurant it's more like 500

[Anonymous No.10479429]

What a fucking shit thread.

[Anonymous No.10479442]

>>10479429
But raw fish tho
Sashimi mastrrace you filthy gaijin

[Anonymous No.10479484]

>>10470589
I spent 4 weeks in Japan and I agree with this.

Still a great country.

[Anonymous No.10479594]

>>10470589
wrong. i miss being in japan mostly because of the food. Yoshinoya was good as fuck and cheap. I would go to Pepperlunch on the reg too and it was pretty baller. that was japanese "fast food", if you go to a nice place, you get truely unique food you cant get in a western place. im not even a weeb or anything, i just happen to be stationed there so its not like I would talk it up for no reason. People that believe the meme of jap food being bland or boring are mouth breathing niggers.

[Anonymous No.10479609]

>>10479594
>Its good as fuck

[Anonymous No.10479631]

>>10479609
Are you mentally handicapped (retarded)?

[Anonymous No.10480015]

I've been in Japan since time began, listen to ME.

[Anonymous No.10480182]

>>10479149
Convenient (konbini) stores, my dude.

Iirc
>Lawson's has healthier options
>family mart has the best fried chicken
>7-11 likes to release seasonal/limited time only items.

Either way, it's a helluva lot better and cheaper than McD's, and you'd be eating what most Japanese folks would be eating. There is also plenty of other kinds of restaurants that are affordable and filling (noodle, curry shops are notoriously cheap). I can't think of any particular chains off my head, but a quick Google / YouTube search is helpful. Also there are often menus listed outside the eatery if you want to check prices.

It's not too hard to eat cheaply in Japan. The most expensive part of a traveling budget is the plane ticket and lodging (& JR passes if you're doing that).

Unless the exchange rate is against your favor, you should be fine budget wise.

That being said, I hope you don't plan on going to Japan with the intent on eating cheaply the whole time. It's ok to splurge a little bit. Stuff like meals at ryokans, Kobe/wagyu beef, and even some desserts that are generally hard to find outside of Japan are worth it imo.

I'd probably avoid gimmicky character cafes unless you're really into the kawaii culture aspect. Like maid cafes, food is generally mediocre for what you're paying.

[Anonymous No.10480454]

>>10475000
fermented bean curd is their version of cheese, kinda like blue cheese

[Anonymous No.10480702]

>>10480454
I had some tofu that was described to me as being pickled in miso that tasted exactly like a smoked cheese. It was awesome.

[Anonymous No.10481174]

>>10476895

[Anonymous No.10481264]

>>10481174
Why are you frogposting at me?

[Anonymous No.10481625]

[Anonymous No.10482081]

>>10478314
They didn't even have bread or frying, and many other things. Both things the 'Tugas introduced to them.

[Anonymous No.10482091]

>>10478667
you mix, you always mix. waiting can eliminate sogginess and raw taste of white. mixture will mysteriously thicken after a while, i don't know the science behind it. but if rice is cold, it won't benefit much. and if rice is properly hot, it isn't necessary.
on the other hand, you can add egg to cold rice and then reheat it to desirable degree of creaminess. think of it as carbonara, as some gentleman has pointed out.

just remember
very-hot-|rice| + not-too-cold-|egg| = moderately-hot-|egg-over-rice|

[Anonymous No.10482243]

>>10479140
i love carbonara. The taste of the tamago kake gohan was just very lackluster, although for some reason it had a nice aftertaste. I put the egg in right after my rice was finished cooking in the rice cooker, moron

[Anonymous No.10482481]

>>10481625
sashimi-Konjac interesting.

[Anonymous No.10482610]

>>10482481
konyaku is flavorless filler garbage that is only still eaten cus of tradition, and was eaten in the past cus people had to eat whatever they could, not cus it actually tastes good in any way.

[Anonymous No.10482660]

>>10479365
>100-200yen

nigga no

[Anonymous No.10483260]

>>10481625
>dickies
>not Red Wings
What a faggot

[Anonymous No.10483451]

>>10478314
yes
710 ~828Age ( Asuka jidai), there was a way to make cheese in the book called Engisiki .

That book said they used it to devote for god and medicine..

[Anonymous No.10483982]

>>10470778
Did you add some MSG and a splash of soy sauce like your supposed to.

[Anonymous No.10483987]

>>10482610
Konyaku is a popular diet food. It fills you up without having appreciable calories. I agree it's not very good but it does have a purpose beyond muh tradition.

[Anonymous No.10483999]

>>10470589
>I've only ever eaten at Asian-fusion restaurants and "Japanese" restaurants run by Chinese immigrants

I'm from Western Washington and I can tell you, without a doubt, Japanese food can be amazingly flavorful.

[Anonymous No.10484009]

>>10470575
Funny. I was just talking about oyakodon with a co worker today. I've made it before even. Good stuff.

[Anonymous No.10484010]

>>10482243
did you use no seasonings and literally just eat egg on rice?

[Anonymous No.10484456]

>>10479119
Yeah, it's one of my go-tos for a quick and easy meal.

[Anonymous No.10484932]

>>10476930
Looks bang on mate

[Anonymous No.10484935]

>>10479609
People like this almost shame me into shaving off my beard, but luckily I just look angry all the time.

[Anonymous No.10485294]

>>10481264
You're witnessing someone that's gotten so into the identity politics of a website that they literally do not know how else to react to something.

>muh frog

[Anonymous No.10485958]

[Anonymous No.10486250]

>>10470575
soy sauce, sake, mirin