Favorite Japanese food ... The sticky

sashimi - tuna or salmon I'll go nut :smt023

 

Cold Tenzaru Udon/Soba.

Orgasmic.

 

You'll hate me for this, but I really enjoyed McDonald's Teriyaki Burger - only available in Japan AFAIK.
But I was quite low on food budget and finding a cheap restaurant isn't terribly easy without kanji knowledge (save for Isakaya but there food isnt always very traditional Japanese), so I didn't even get around to eating Tonkatsu or Sushi even though I tried. Oh and I also recommend a Yakitoriya :smt045

 

YAKI NIKU with BEER !!!

Yakumo

 

Beef Gyuudon and Miso soup.

Salmon, Maguro, or Shiromi sushi

and of course... Pocky.

The green tea variety is insanely magnificent.

 

Spam musubi... err never mind I think that's more of a Hawaiian thing. :smt043

 

Never had any actual food, but I've had Fran, and it's like some sort of... thing... that tastes really really... good. I'm not good with imagery, but you get what I mean!

 

first kitchen ...yami

 

Unagidon or some California-only sushi

 

Vanilla Pocky, Yakitori, Beef ramen and sukiyaki are some japanese foods that I like.

 

Does anyone like mochi? I tired it once with a red bean paste inside and didn't care for it much.

 

I like omochi, the oldfashioned type, not with icecream or anything. I don't like stuff with beanpaste either nor do I like onigiri/omusubi with pickled plum. Rice stuff is always best accompanied with noritama sprinkles

 

Is "noritama sprinkles" the seaweed/sesame seed stuff?

 

It's shredded nori/sesame/egg (hence the tama part Can't find a picture of it on the 'net :\

Edit: found some:

http://www.jtw.zaq.ne.jp/iichan/Dsc000361111.jpg
http://www.cm-r.com/ai/paint/marumiya/noritama_016.jpg
http://kiyoshi9.com/img_boom/noritama.jpg

 

You know... the one thing I was really bummed out about when I got news that I would have to move was not being able to drink CC Lemon after a vicious night of boozing. But, low and behold... there's like 4-5 shops on the island that sell it!

Try it. Stock up a 2-liter. Go boozing one night. First thing when you wake up w/ that cotton-mouth and headache, throw down about half the bottle. It rocks.

 

Have you been to Shirokiya in Ala Moana mall? I spent quite a bit of time trying samples they have set out upstairs. I bought some Kimchi salmon and those little crabs with a kind of sweet coating.

 

okonomiyage

this is one of my speciality too!
I make one at least once a month for missus...
and those square frying pan comes in handy as well.

there's Daimaru department store in Melbourne and at its basement a take way shop sells the okonomiyage and it's not bad... every time I'm in Melbourne I usually hit the store to get some...
not sure it's still there coz it's almost 12 months since I've been there.

cheers

 

You mean okonomiyaki? I don't care for it that much :\

 

yep!
well I make seafood one with lots of gatsuobushi(?) shaving on top...