Thread: Japanese Food anyone?

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kitty_Angel

I'm one of those who will try anything at least once. I have come to find that I like octopus. Also if I can eat dinuguan (a filipino dish made with pig blood) then I can eat practically anything. Unless it has bugs in it. I don't do bugs...

Octopus is yummy. Jellyfish too. I've never tried dinuguan but I know I couldn't bring myself to eat balut... I'm *sort of* okay with bugs if they're cut up so you can't see their legs and feelers anymore. They're less disgusting that way... and once you get over that initial disgust, they're actually not so bad to eat.

Miso soup's all right. I found that one bowl of miso soup + chawanmushi can keep me full for a couple of hours at least. I don't know why. As opposed to eating sashimi non-stop and NEVER feeling full.... +__+

@ exederz : I eat a lot at Japanese buffets too, but everyone else is usually too busy stuffing themselves to be shocked at the mountain of sashimi on my plate. Hahahah. That's all I ever eat at buffets. Sashimi, sashimi and more sashimi. I don't really go for the fried stuff coz you can get them anywhere.

I have not had the pleasure to try jellyfish. Sounds interesting. I don't blame you about the balut. I can't bring myself to eat that one. Maybe if someone chopped up some bugs and deep fried them in tempura and hot chili oil and didn't tell me until after I ate them...I may be okay with that.

I wonder where I can get some natto to try...

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kitty_Angel

I wonder where I can get some natto to try...

I bought some at "Smith's". Do you have them in Arizona?

so i love jappanes food. i think its the best but i dont have the money or the life style to eat it all the time but if i have a chance ill cook it and a very big surpluse and then eat the left overs when ever im hungry

Originally Posted by Arrianna

I bought some at "Smith's". Do you have them in Arizona?

I don't think so...we've got safeway, walmart, bashas, albertson's and fry's...those are the major ones that I can recall at the moment..Of course there are several asian markets around. I'll check my market and see if they have any.

Originally Posted by theedge182

so i love jappanes food. i think its the best but i dont have the money or the life style to eat it all the time but if i have a chance ill cook it and a very big surpluse and then eat the left overs when ever im hungry

You'd have to learn first, though. I can't make any Japanese dish for nuts. I can *sort of* make norimaki because my host family showed me how, but I'm terrible at it - it almost always comes out squarish.

@ Kitty_Angel: It's hard to find natto here as well. Usually the only time I get to buy natto's when those Japanese food fairs come round like once a year... twice at most. If you're okay with "ugly" food, you should be okay with natto. It's the the sliminess and smell that make people squeamish, but ummmmm it's a nice savoury dish really In my opinion, at least.

Originally Posted by Chibi_Kitty_Angel

I don't think so...we've got safeway, walmart, bashas, albertson's and fry's...those are the major ones that I can recall at the moment..Of course there are several asian markets around. I'll check my market and see if they have any.

Well, according to their site they have a store in KINGMAN, LAKE HAVASU CITY, FORT MOHAVE, BULLHEAD CITY, & HENDERSON.

But you could probably find it for less at an Asian Market.


Now if any of you are serious about learning to cook Japanese cuisine I would highly recomend The Japanese Kitchen by Hiroko Shimbo. She teaches cooking classes in Japan to non-Japanese so she knows how to explain things in a way that can be understood.