The Menu

So, youʻve probably already noticed if you know me that when I go on these crazy adventures in other places, on my days off I usually just cook from myself.  Many of you may be saying, "BUT WHY!? ALL THE FOOD IN JAPAN IS SO GOOD!" Youʻre right, but allow me to shed some light on this subject for those who have never been here.

Japanese people have a different taste, they like things sweet that we might like salty, or they add eggs...to everything.  I mean, these are mass generalizations but there are two things about Japan that make food difficult.  The first is that there are hundreds of hundreds of restaurants everywhere...for the same thing.  Ramen, Katsu, Udon, yakitori...thereʻs like a good 10-15 types of food with a bagillion variations.  The taste doesnʻt vary as much as you might think, although some places are more popular than others.  Iʻm not exactly sure why because in Hawaiʻi I think we judge restaurants by the service and the food, but here Iʻve never heard someone say, "Oh theyʻre nice their" just, "the food is good" but when I go, I donʻt know that itʻs much better than any other restaurant.  Maybe my pallete simply isnʻt as sophisticated as theirs?  Or maybe, itʻs more diverse.  Perhaps itʻs something else, you decide.

Two, if you canʻt read Japanese, especially in Ehime, they donʻt exactly throw an English menu at you.  I can respect that but the entire interaction in their honorific Japanese as well as me not being able to read the menu can be very daunting.  I donʻt want to bother most people here, so I donʻt get out as much because my Japanese isnʻt good.  Plus, it would basically be me eating by myself.  

So, I stay home and cook; which is fun because I donʻt cook at home.  Last night I used a broiler for the first time and made Orange-Miso Glaze Broiled Salmon.  Take that emeril, take that.

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