http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org Nihon Ryōri! Let's make Japanese food! Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Japanese curry belongs to the group, yōshoku. Curry is extremely popular in Japan - it’s on the menu at just about every "family" restaurant and department store restaurants, and there are curry-only restaurants as well as ones that specialize in high class yohshoku in general. Japanese curry, called curry rice ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/curry-rice/ Tonkatsu Ingredients: salt, pepper, pork meat in slices, bread crumbs, 1 pc. egg, water, flour, cooking oil, cabbage, tonkatsu sauce Preparation: 1.   Chop cabbage, soak in water. Cut it very thin. 2.   Pound meat with meat mallet or with the back of the knife. 3.   Do not pound meat too thinly. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/tonkatsu/ Gyudon (beef bowl) is a popular donburi dish with beef and onion served over a bowl of rice. Meat and onion are cooked in a mixture of soy sauce, mirin, sugar and sake, giving the dish a sweet, salty flavor. Many chain restaurants (gyudon-ya) specialize in gyudon, making it an ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/donburi/ Rarely is there a meal in Japan where tsukemono (Japanese pickles) are not served. The simplest and most basic meal is nothing more than a bowl of rice and umeboshi (pickled plum), but tsukemono are also served at the most sophisticated and complex feasts. Japanese pickles are not at all ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/tsukemono/ Miso soup is probably the most common form of soup in Japan, and is commonly eaten everyday, usually at breakfast time. The main ingredient, miso, comes from soy beans, however the other ingredients may vary depending on the taste that you want. The most popular type is tofu miso soup. Tofu ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/miso-soup/ Japan is an island nation, its surrounding seas warmed by Kuroshio, the plankton-rich Japan Current, and abundant with an astonishing variety of fish and shellfish. Japan has always fed its dense population from the sea and the rice fields, its cuisine emphasizing what nature provides. Sushi, one of Japan's most representative ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/sushi/ Onigiri are rice balls, usually with a tasty filling. They are portable, and therefore popular for carry-along lunches (bento). Part of their appeal lies in the fact that if you’re Japanese, you just love the taste of rice. Rice is fundamental to the Japanese diet. The words for cooked rice, ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/onigiri/ Each year on November 15, boys and girls who are three years of age, boys who are five, and girls who are seven years old all celebrate a special birthday called "shichi-go-san" which means "7-5-3." Before modern times, children were often lost to disease and infection before reaching these ages, ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/happy-birthday/ Matsuri (祭) is the Japanese word for a festival or holiday. In Japan, festivals are usually sponsored by a local shrine or temple, though they can be secular. There are countless local festivals in Japan because almost every shrine celebrates one of its own. Most festivals are held annually and ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/matsuri/ On Valentine’s Day in Japan, the women give all the men in their lives chocolate. If the recipient is a co-worker, or someone the woman sees casually, she gives him giri choco (obligation chocolate). Giri choco is cheap and can be bought at stores everywhere. The man a woman has special ... http://nihonryorikeiko.edublogs.org/2009/05/26/valentines-day/