Japanese Food-Porn (Part 5)

This is the final part of my Japanese Food-Porn series. Check out the fourth one if you missed it: https://findpenguins.com/6jjjgruit3szw/footprin…

This part shows a more random collection of dishes I encountered throughout Japan.

1. There is no board bistro on any train in Japan. A very common thing to do therefore is to buy a bento box 🍱 in a store at the train station before you leave and take it with you on the Shinkansen 🚅 I included here one of the bento boxes that I bought as an example.

2. On Amami-Oshima, I ate tuna 🍣 sashimi on rice in a restaurant at the Mangrove forest. Definitely one of my favourite dishes here in Japan 🇯🇵 Anna-Maria - a german traveller I visited the mangrove forest with - had the typical local dish called “Keihan”. It is white rice 🍚 topped with shredded chicken 🐓 and other ingredients such as thin strips of omelet, pickled papaya, and finely chopped peel of tankan (a citrus fruit that is also a product from Amami). I tried it as well; it tasted good and to me it was similar to chicken soup ☺️

3. My main course in a local restaurant in Naze on Amami-Oshima was unusual, to say the least. Literally, just grilled pork belly 🐖with chopped spring onions on top and a bit of wasabi at the side. Although it was delicious, I felt really guilty as so much fat was probably not good for my health 😬

4. Mochis are a common sweet snack on the streets. I am sure you know them since they already have found their way into our grocery stores in the western world. 🌍 I didn’t pay too much attention to it but I don’t remember seeing Mochis sold on the streets outside of Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Nara (the golden path for tourists traveling to Japan). Probably it’s related to the fewer tourists in those other places.
The photo 📸 showing an entire dozen of Mochis that I included here, is an exemplary one for all the varieties you can find in that area of Japan. They all had a strawberry 🍓 on it and came in 4 different flavours: matcha, custard, chocolate and strawberry, of course. 😊

5. In Motobu on Okinawa, I ordered a platter of local Okinawan dishes. It was a bit like a bento box 😂
Seasonal sashimi, rafute (pork belly), seasonal tempura, yushi dofu (fluffy Okinawan tofu), peanut tofu, … really interesting stuff. 🧐😊

6. in Naha, I ate Sukiyaki on one of the nights. This is sliced beef 🥩 on top of glass noodles as well as vegetables with sweet soy sauce; slow cooked in a hotpot. The restaurant even took the liberty to put three raw egg yolks on the dish. Needless to say, it was a filling dinner 😅
One other night, I went with Anna-Maria to an outstanding Sashimi restaurant. Obviously, we ordered the impressively presented sashimi but we also had some Sushi 🍣, Kimchi, Gyoza 🥟, sea grapes 🍇 (actually green algae) and do-it-yourself mochis 😊

7. on Tokashiki, I went with Eidan (another fellow traveler) to one of the few restaurants in Aahran Bay that accepts credit cards 💳 They had a menu with a thousand dishes (Japanese, Thai, Korean, Chinese, …) - it was incredible. We wondered how their kitchen 👩‍🍳 can support so many different recipes. Anyways, apparently Kabayaki (broiled eel) is one of the most popular dishes in Japanese food culture and I haven’t had that - until then. The portion was small but good but tuna sashimi remains my favorite meal. 😌

This concludes my Japanese Food-Porn series. I hope you liked it as much as I enjoyed trying the food 😎Read more