Japanese Curry Rice Crash Course!
If you like to watch Crayon Shinchan and other children's anime, you may be familiar with this dish: curry rice! It’s a dish loved by all members of a typical Japanese family! While Japanese curry (カレー, karē) is typically served in three main forms: curry rice, curry udon, and curry bread (a curry-filled pastry), today...
Our 6 Favorite Fluffy Japanese Breads!
While rice is certainly still the center of most Japanese meals – bread is extremely popular in Japan as well! After World War II, Japan was facing food shortages – and large quantities of wheat were delivered to Japan. Since then, bread has steadily become a staple in the typical Japanese diet. You can easily...
Top 5 Popular Japanese Rice Dishes
Rice is one of the most important foods in Japan. Like other Asian countries, Japanese people eat rice daily. In Japanese, rice is called gohan. The use of gohan in Japanese is extended with prefixes: asagohan (breakfast), hirugohan (lunch), and bangohan (dinner). It really shows that it is almost impossible for most Japanese to think...
An Ode to 7-11 Sandwiches – The Unsung Hero of Japanese Convenience Store Cuisine
Okay, let’s be real for a second. Everyone that’s ever been to Japan raves nonstop about konbinis. Japanese convenience stores really are on another level – and for most visiting westerners, they’re a major highlight of their trip. From instant noodles and bento lunches, to onigiri rice balls and sweet pastries – there’s enough delicious...
7 Popular Japanese Desserts
Japan is a culinary capital – foodies from far and wide travel to Japan every day just to eat! And yet, no matter how much ramen, curry, sushi or soba you manage to slurp down, there always seems to be room for dessert. Luckily, Japanese desserts are everywhere, and there’s a ton of different traditional...
Udon VS Soba – The Rivals of Ramen
Source If you’ve ever been to Japan before, you’d have noticed right away that there are all sorts of noodle shops wherever you go. Ramen, udon, and soba are among the most popular Japanese noodle dishes, and while the variety of tastes and textures is commonplace for the Japanese – for tourists, the differences may...