Unfortunately, Japanese food in the US has been stereotyped as "Oh, you mean a Teriyaki Bowl." Yet there is so much more, most of which isn't seen unless you go to a Japanese supermarket.
Okonomiyaki- Sort of a lunch or dinner pancake. Varieties include beef, shrimp, vegetables, etc. Sadly, I've never seen a US restaurant serve this.
Sukiyaki- Almost like flat plate fondue. Cooked beef, vegetables, mushrooms, clear sukiyaki noodles. You can eat the stuff over rice or dip in raw egg with soy sauce- just make sure you have non-salmonella kind.
Mochi- A chewy rice cake wrapped in seaweed and dipped in soysauce.
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Anonymous2005-02-02 17:12 (sage)
i thought Mochi was just a little rice jello thing that my fifth grade teacher gave out on Girls'/Boys'/Kids' day (I forgot which of them came on the same day)
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Anonymous2005-02-04 3:19 (sage)
We tried making an oden hotpot. Threw together some daikon, potatoes, carrots, fish cake and tofu into some stock and let it simmer for awhile. Really good on cold days.
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Anonymous2005-02-05 12:30
okonomiyaki is great, and vegetable is not variable, its a must.
normally u hav to make it urself, but some restaurant serve you a premade
good thing im asian
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Anonymous2005-02-05 13:24
I like yakimeshi. I am not Asian, but my parents lived in Hawaii before having children, and the neighbors taught my late mother how to make it. She made yakimeshi for us often when I was a child. My father always put ketchup on his. >_<;
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Anony!mousVkn.9I2005-02-05 15:55
Yakisoba is good and easy to make. As the name says, it consists of fried noodles with tonkatsu sause, meat and vegetables.
Google for the basic recipe. You can make the "tonkatsu" sauce you need yourself with sake, ketchup, garlic, ginger, sugar and worchester sauce (seriously). Tastes very good and when you have tonkatsu sauce ready in the fridge, you'll have yakisoba in your bowl within 20 minutes.
The only ingredient you might find difficult to get (in Europe at least) in the various recipes is Mirin liquor. This is a sweetening alcohol used in the tonkatsu sauce, but it isn't necessary (although I haven't made any tonkatsu with it yet).
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Anonymous2005-02-09 17:04
>>5
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NAGATA2005-02-10 8:56 (sage)
Natto; a rotten soybeans. It's sticky and foul-smelling. Quite a few Japanese actually hates it. However, it is very healthy. And in my opinion, it tastes very good.
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Anonymous2005-02-12 20:56
Gyudon for me. Beef and veggies over rice. For Japanese fast food, this is it. I love this stuff.
I also like zaru soba, the cold noodles that you dip into tsuyu sauce. Excellent stuff and fairly easy to make.
I fucking love Gyudon. Over here in Au, the Hanaichi fast food Chain(ish... They've got 3 stores that I know of) serve Awesome Gyudon for $5.20, along with other orgasm inducing foods.
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Anonymous2005-02-20 2:56
i lake Gyudon.
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Anonymous2005-02-20 23:49
In Soviet Russia, gyudon loves YOU!
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Solinari2005-02-21 1:23
Gyudon? Oh, you mean a beef bowl.
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Adolf der Weihnachtsmann2005-02-21 8:49
I love Gyudon, but also Yakisoba (with sweet soy sauce) and Okonomiyaki. Shabu Shabu is also nice.
I would also die for those tasty little Takoyaki.
Oh, anyone like that japanese pudding? Afaik it#S called Konyaku
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Anonymous2005-02-22 0:59
I like konyaku (shirataki??) noodles. The jelly things are good, too.
"Konnyaku is a traditional Japanese jelly-like health food made from a kind of potato called "Konnyaku potato" and calcium hydroxide or oxide calcium extracted from eggshells."
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Adolf der Weihnachtsmann2005-02-22 6:51
eggshells? amazing
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Anonymous2005-03-06 19:47
Anyone know where to get takoyaki in Philadelphia? The closest place I know to get it is Edgewater, NJ.
i don't like those clear noodles, just didn't sit right with me
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Anonymous2005-03-12 6:57
>>22
It may not be "real" Curry, but it's awesome non the less
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Anonymous2005-04-13 10:55
Oh thank heaven for ramen
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Anonymous2005-04-17 1:28
I like to make okonomiyaki every now and then. And i'm lucky enough to have several asian food markets in my town so I can always pick up good stuff. Like ice cream mochi.
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Anonymous2005-05-23 14:01
I'm so ghey for Japanese food it's unspeakable
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chronosoft2005-06-07 10:35
/me parernts own a Japanese restraunt and sushi bars here... I have been eatting japanese food all my life! hmm.. favorite kind of sashimi.. (well.. at least atm xD i probably will get sick of it one of these days) very fresh (e.g. live...) and raw hokkaido scallops on hot rice
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Anonymous2005-06-07 10:36
opps :\ "sea-urchin"
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Anonymous2005-06-07 18:55
namako teeeam
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Anonymous2005-06-21 8:20
im a fan of yakisoba my self Mainly because i can cook it my self and it always turns out great. Not as good as in the resteraunts though. I also like Sukiyaki. Its all good
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Blackberry2005-06-26 20:44
yakisoba is good. okonomiyaki i don't like too much though. but Takoyaki...that i could eat everyday. and the little fish shaped pancaky-tasting things with red bean. and Japanese curry...omg.
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Viral2005-06-29 5:38
Yeah Takoyaki are awesome. I found this little japanese store around here that sells frozen takoyaki you can bake youreeslf in the oven. Nowhere near fresh takoyaki, but still great.
I second Okonomiyaki, sashimi, sushi (off course), miso-soup, ramen, j-curry, konyaku pudding and gyudon.
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Anonymous2005-07-06 5:11
No one is mentioning shabu-shabu. Wonderful place in Shibuya made the highlight of all my lunches while I visited Japan (well, except for maybe the Nara okonomiyaki, that was the l33t m34l)
Would love to find a place for shabu-shabu or okonimiyaki in San Jose...
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inst2005-07-08 8:17
what i've heard is that you're supposed to dip meat into egg before you cook it.
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mizukami2005-07-17 1:56
I'm considering making some Spam sushi as a party dish. The Spam itself is easy to get (do I have to cook it)?
Also, I have no experience making sushi rice or what kind of nori (if there is more than one kind) to get. Anyone have useful advice I could use?
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Anonymous2005-07-17 19:04
javascript:quote(35,"post1107352446"); i found a shabu-shabu restraunt in Mission Viejo, orange county CA ^_^ come on down! was great in my opinion.