Besides American fast foods like McDonald’s, you can find traditional Japanese fast foods all over Japan. Noodle dishes are very popular, like ramen, udon and soba noodles. My favorites are ramen with miso broth with meat and vegetables added and yakisoba, which is a stir-fried soba noodle with vegetables and meat. I’ve never tried the [...]
Some of my favorite Japanese snacks include mochi, which is a pounded, glutinous rice cake. It can be prepared in many ways. I like the deep-fried, puffed mochi, or the mochi ice cream balls, which are small round servings of ice cream covered with a layer of mochi. My favorite flavors for the ice cream [...]
The Japanese breakfast isn’t a whole lot different than their other two meals of the day. I like rice at almost any time of day, so that part suits me fine. I also like miso soup, which is another important part of a traditional Japanese breakfast. I’ve even made this simple breakfast a few times. [...]
I always knew that rice was a big part of Japanese cuisine, but it was still a little surprising to learn just how much it is used. I used to watch Iron Chef and marvel at the many ways they used rice, and it made me more interested in finding out more about Japanese food [...]