Comments on: Five Foods You Should Try in Japan

By: Akiro Utsunomiya

Akiro Utsunomiya — Sun, 29 Nov 2015 04:19:13 +0000

japanese food is really delicious

By: Dag Klingstedt

Dag Klingstedt — Fri, 13 Mar 2015 02:52:40 +0000

After 32 years in Japan, here are some favourites, in no particular order:

Gyoza (best bang for the buck at Kyoto no Ohsho)

Okonomiyaki, both the Kansai and the Hiroshima variety

Sushi – obviously

Yakiniku – Korean BBQ

Yakitori – grilled chicken on skewers

Tempura – but please go to a good place; really cheap tempura is not recommended.

By: John

John — Thu, 05 Feb 2015 00:31:08 +0000

Here is a link that does a thorough investigation into Japanese ramen.

http://luckypeach.com/a-guide-to-the-regional-ramen-of-japan/

By: Shuichi

Shuichi — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 02:21:50 +0000

Coffee jelly etc is interesting! Of course, most gaijins think that Japanese foods are Sushi, Udon or Tempra. But many Japanese people don’t eat them much. I am not sure what is the best Japanese food. But humberg steak, fried shrimps, fried pork are the most popular JAPANESE FOOD. And about “Coffee Jelly”. Yes, Japanese people are good at creating a subtle development. Coffee Jelly is not so sophisticated one, I suppose. But there are hundreds of new snacks are born and died every year at any convenient store. This is a good observation from you.

By: Rich T

Rich T — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:32:00 +0000

カレーライス was actually given to the Japanese by the Royal Navy of the UK. The Japanese Imperial Navy asked the UK for dietary advice and the recipe was handed to them.

By: 日本へようこそ

日本へようこそ — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:59:56 +0000

Hi Lloyd,

You can remove this comment since it is an FYI.

There are 14000 shops which provide Ramens in Tokyo.(according to the following links.)
And 10,212 out of 14000 are Chinese restaurants which are specialized in Chinese dishes (not Ramen). For these restaurants, Ramen is just a dish out of 100 other Chinese dishes(Chinese dishes must be good since they are Chinese restaurants). You can easily imagine these are just average Ramens.

Trust me that my openion “only 1/10 shops provide good/better Ramen” is just an common, average, normal opinion in Japan.(If I were a critic of Ramen, I would say 1/1000)
We want you people to enjoy good Ramens, that is why I posted the comment.

This is a very famous Ramen web site in Japan.(only in Japanese)
http://Ramendb.supleks.jp/

The number of Ramen and Chinese restaurants.
http://todo-ran.com/t/kiji/11806
http://todo-ran.com/t/kiji/13423

By: Lloyd Vincent

Lloyd Vincent — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:59:20 +0000

Thanks everyone for the great comments!

Note that I never intended this to be a definitive “best 5 foods” list (it would be foolish to attempt), it’s just a list of 5 foods that I didn’t want people to miss out on.

Regarding ramen, I agree with both comments. You will not really find bad ramen anywhere in Japan. Even the instant stuff is pretty good. But if you’re really into ramen, there is a big difference between good and exceptional (I wouldn’t call it a good vs. bad).

I’m not a connoisseur, but from what I gather “good” ramen is supposed to smell kind of BO. (If you walk into a ramen restaurant and are repulsed by the stench, rejoice! you’ve found the good stuff )

By: Super_Jamon

Super_Jamon — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:01:03 +0000

I think many of the dishes listed here above definitely deserve their place in the list.

To add to the “great classics” list I would also add monja-yaki, yakitori, all kinds of soba (including yakisoba) etc…

But I can’t agree with the comment above saying that 90% of the ramen is not good ! That’s what you can hear from some ramen extremists, but you can also find people saying that an apple is good only if it came from this or that breed of tree, grew in this or that area of Japan and costs at least 20 bucks…
Unless you are extremely picky, you can actually find very good ramen everywhere. Some are top good indeed, and some others are not especially good, but don’t listen to those saying that the average is crap

By: 日本へようこそ

日本へようこそ — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:43:47 +0000

Following foods are also Oishii.
あんみつ (An-mitsu)
https://www.google.co.jp/search?um=1&hl=ja&biw=1080&bih=1835&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=%E3%81%82%E3%82%93%E3%81%BF%E3%81%A4&oq=%E3%81%82%E3%82%93%E3%81%BF%E3%81%A4&gs_l=img.3..0l9j0i4.88692.89440.0.90580.6.6.0.0.0.0.123.451.5j1.6.0…0.0.kvG5sFjRVBc

ひれかつ (Hire-katsu or Ton-katsu)
https://www.google.co.jp/search?um=1&hl=ja&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=XDj-T4vcEcuJmQX2jLmpBQ&ved=0CEIQBSgA&q=%E3%83%92%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%84&spell=1&biw=1080&bih=1835

Regarding Ramen, there is a big difference in flavor and it is not easy to find good ramen shop. (I would say only 1/10 provide good ramen. ) You can find good ones here. Good ramen shops over japan are gathering here.
http://www.tokyoeki-1bangai.co.jp/en/

By: 日本人

日本人 — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:19:58 +0000

日本人でも食べ尽くせません。
無理です。..(((ヾ(´Ｏ｀ヾ)