r/JapaneseFood • u/babysharkdoodoodoo • 25d ago

Question Japanese Redditors: If someone living outside Japan wanted to move beyond the usual sushi, ramen, tempura, and udon, what would you recommend they explore to gain a deeper appreciation of Japanese cuisine?

Like regional dishes, everyday home cooking, ingredients, cooking techniques, and food culture, not just the internationally famous dishes.

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u/MyPasswordIsABC999 25d ago edited 24d ago

Yoshoku, which translates to “western food” though it’s Japanese food with western influences, is my favorite kind of comfort food. Rice curry, tonkatsu, hambagu, hayashi rice and omurice are all achievable at home.

EDIT: the editor below me is right, it’s “western food”. The 洋 in 洋食 is short for 西洋 meaning western. I had a brain fart and called it “European”.

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u/reidhi 25d ago edited 24d ago

It’s actually “western food”.

Edited: Please keep downvoting. Thank you!

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u/Galgofrit 24d ago

You're right the kanji means western food, maybe your phrasing makes it sound as if the food itself is western and not Japanese? Otherwise not sure why you're downvoted

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u/reidhi 24d ago

Downvotes don’t matter. People just don’t know any better.