/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10214144]

Is Japanese cuisine the best cuisine?

[Anonymous No.10214149]

> 300 dollars for raw fish and rice

[Anonymous No.10214155]

>>10214144
No, japanese food is pretty bland by itself. If you go over to japan you'll understand how little meat there is, oil, sauces and sugars used to mask the lack of flavor, and how expensive shit is.

That said I do enjoy some japanese food but a lot of it is meh.

[Anonymous No.10214188]

>>10214149
>all sushi costs 300 bucks
Sup flyover

[Anonymous No.10214197]

>>10214144
No, gourmet French is.

[Anonymous No.10214229]

>>10214144
Depends, are we talking "authentic japanese food", or "american styled japanese food". Huge difference

[Anonymous No.10214238]

>>10214144
Japanese cuisine is not the best overall, but I would say it is the best as presenting food with minimal alteration.
Freshness, wildness, and other simplistic factors play a major part in the appeal of Japanese cuisine, and I would say that it conveys that better than any other food culture.

[Anonymous No.10214251]

Katsudon is my favorite meal.

[Anonymous No.10214282]

>>10214229
Hungarian-styled Japanese food.

[Anonymous No.10214315]

It's good once in a while, but the flavors are pretty underwhelming.

[Anonymous No.10214319]

>>10214315
Pretty much this. Being in japan for +1 month and you really begin to wish there was more variety to the food than there is in most things. I now know why japanese constantly love sweets at least.

[Anonymous No.10214322]

its my favorite thing to eat and I have it almost daily
of all the ethnic foods it's the one I eat the most

I think I eat it so much because its generally pretty healthy though, but I also enjoy it a lot

[Anonymous No.10214326]

>>10214322
>I think I eat it so much because its generally pretty healthy though

You're eating mostly carbs, how is the pretty healthy?

[Anonymous No.10214345]

>>10214326
carbohydrates are good for you, it's what the majority of your diet should be made of

[Anonymous No.10214350]

No; Indonesian is.

[Anonymous No.10214363]

>>10214149
>Fork over the money, gaijin san. This normar price of traditional Japanese sushi! Would I rie?

[Anonymous No.10214371]

>>10214322
Enjoy your intestinal parasites.

[Anonymous No.10214383]

>>10214345
A balanced diet is the best out there. Stuffing yourself with 80% carbs daily just allows you to go on about life, has nothing to do with health.

[Anonymous No.10214480]

It's the UK of Asia. Shitty bland food

[Anonymous No.10214501]

>>10214319
They're called desserts, or pastries. Sweets is a retarded word

They're fucking garbage too. Only Japan could fuck up desserts to the point that they're borderline tasteless. I'd blame their shit tier dairy, but even if they had good milk and butter, they'd still manage to find a way to turn it into an unsweetened blob of trash.

[Anonymous No.10215279]

>>10214144
actual japan food is pretty nice (not the modern western fast food stuff)

but the general lack of spicy stuff is a big minus

[Anonymous No.10215300]

I never know what to do with those giant piles of shredded daikon.

[Anonymous No.10215377]

[Anonymous No.10215416]

Best looking maybe

[Anonymous No.10215444]

[Anonymous No.10215445]

>>10214144
Japanese food? OH BOY!! I NEED EXTRA SERVINGS OF SOY SAUCE

[Anonymous No.10215468]

>>10215377

This shit is so fucking comfy; I miss food pics guy. What's on the end of the skewer in the middle?

[Anonymous No.10215576]

[Anonymous No.10215591]

>>10214144
>flyover
No, it's bland as fuck and overpriced.

[Anonymous No.10215596]

soyboy: the cuisine

[Anonymous No.10215606]

>>10215445
Christ this meme is embarrassing.

[Anonymous No.10215618]

Yeah the best cuisine for posting on instagram and your snapchat story to show every one of your fake friends how "cultured" you are

[Anonymous No.10215621]

>>10215468
Looks like a scallop (with the skirt on).

[Anonymous No.10215640]

>>10215606
Face it, the Japs have the masculinity of puppy dogs and it's because they eat this soyfood. That's why hipsters love it so much.

[Anonymous No.10216499]

>>10214188
Lol you're everywhere

[Anonymous No.10216506]

>>10214501
>Sweets is a retarded word
This is the intellectual level /ck/ functions at now.
Peak stupidity has been reached.

[Anonymous No.10217470]

>>10215640
it all makes sense now

[Anonymous No.10218422]

>>10214501
What about candy or sugary drinks like bubble tea? They can't really be called either a dessert or a pastry. 'Sweets' encompasses all primarily sweet things in a simple way.

[Anonymous No.10218477]

>>10218422
Only babies eat that stuff, you need to be +18 to post here.

[Anonymous No.10219155]

>>10214501
An Daifuku is delicious, what are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.10219167]

>>10216499
Of course, a weeb has to defend the Japanese honor.

[Anonymous No.10219352]

>>10214144
Not even close. Stayed in Japan for two months.
Although the Nips are excellent for enjoying fish in thousands of ways. But other than that, yes it’s a very interesting cuisine, but no, it’s not the best because it’s doesn’t have an universal appeal (Japanese food doesn’t have that much of variety and many people can be turned off by its specificities) and its impact and influence in the world are nowhere near as traditional French cuisine.

[Anonymous No.10219372]

>>10214144
If you take in caloric intake then yes.
For full flavour bomb then no, but damn they have good food. (Lived there almost 10 years.

[Anonymous No.10219405]

>>10215606
t. mad soi child

[Anonymous No.10219446]

>>10216506
Sweets is a word for retarded kids. Like you, evidentially

>>10218422
>Gonna drink some sweets
Good grief...

[Anonymous No.10219485]

>>10216506
Would you cluster foods together as salts or sours? He has a point
>>10214363
Not so fast, Chairman Mao

[Anonymous No.10219523]

>>10215576
Post more meat

[Anonymous No.10219744]

>>10219523
Gyudon is fucking great. Had lots of these when I was visiting Japan.

[Anonymous No.10220463]

>>10219744
>literally boiled beef and onions

[Anonymous No.10220472]

>>10220463
dashi poached you swine

[Anonymous No.10220480]

>>10220472
>boiling beef in fish piss makes it better

[Anonymous No.10220490]

>>10220480

You know you look like an idiot and nobody takes you seriously when someone corrects you and you still insist on saying, "hurr boiled meat", right?

[Anonymous No.10220495]

>>10220490
>He enjoys fish piss boiled slivers of shit tier beef and onions

[Anonymous No.10220510]

>>10216499
>people who don't spam shitty /tv/ memes and know prices of certain foods are everywhere
I guess

[Anonymous No.10220514]

>>10220490
>>10220495 This ain't me but most recipes say to bring to boil (or simmer, which is more than poaching) and add onions and beef. Stop being such a fucking weeb.

[Anonymous No.10220530]

westernized japanese cuisine (katsu/teriyaki/jap curry) is great

[Anonymous No.10220533]

>>10220514
Oh "most recipes" huh? Well I did a quick google and most of the recipes say to stir fry the meat in a highly flavorful and somewhat liquid-y sauce, which is far from just boiling it. So please stop shaming people for enjoying food just because it makes you unhappy that they are happy

[Anonymous No.10220632]

[Anonymous No.10220636]

>>10214345
t. 1980s USDA

[Anonymous No.10220637]

[Anonymous No.10220641]

>>10220636
t. 2010s /pol/tard

[Anonymous No.10220642]

>>10220637
>bukkake
tee hee

[Anonymous No.10220760]

pork

[Anonymous No.10220768]

>basic ingredients are LITERALLY just soy sauce, mirin, sesame seeds, sugar and sometimes sake
>apply this to assorted vegetables, mushrooms and meat along with rice and call it different names
>world class
Yeah nah

[Anonymous No.10220777]

>>10214144
It's good, but regional variety is what makes it great and you need to go on a country-wide trip for that.

[Anonymous No.10220779]

Osaka burger

[Anonymous No.10220784]

>>10219523
Problem with anything meat in Japan is you get a tiny amount of it and it's usually a shitty cut. Famous meat hot pot lost all appeal to me when I realize you can barely taste the meat.

[Anonymous No.10220787]

>>10214144
No. It's immensely overrated, and sells itself as "subtle" when it's genuinely just flavorless most of the time.

[Anonymous No.10220797]

>>10214144
they have some weird dishes like plain udon with literally nothing else and people actually order that. it would be like ordering just boiled spaghetti or something.

[Anonymous No.10220806]

I know no one on /ck/ cares about food. That's a given. That said I'm going to seriouspost anywhere on the 1% chance someone wants to actually talk and not just shitpost.

Japanese food might have its fair share of flaws, but it's hard to argue that it wasn't Japanese influence that created modern Western fine dining. Think about a 50s fine French meal: there's amazing technique on display, but there's no balance, seasonality is an afterthought, the chef's ego stands in the way of humbly presenting beautiful ingredients with minimal distractions. The Japanese influence on Noevelle cuisine allowed European chefs to set aside those unfortunate trends and embrace the totality of the food experience, not just the PRACTICING THE CRAFT of FINE DINING to the expense of actually making a tasty, balanced meal.

To boot, I think the grace and economy of Japanese food is incredible. I challenge any of you to think of a broth that can be made as quickly as dashi that has a fraction of the flavor. I challenge any of you to think of a discipline of butchery more demanding than preparing sushi (HURR DURR JUST CUT THE FISH XD fucking retards kill yourselves). I challenge any of you to name a frying technique more decadent and balanced than tempura.

Fucking nerds get off my board

[Anonymous No.10220811]

>>10214350
>Indonesian

Most of it is a mix mash between Chinese, Filipino, and Malaysian influences.

[Anonymous No.10220812]

>>10220797
Because noodles are really the appeal.

[Anonymous No.10220820]

if there are ten people , there is nothing that all of ten say delicious.
people in sealess country, city doesn like raw fish. its no problem to me

[Anonymous No.10220821]

>>10220811
>look at how retarded I am
>a mix of Malaysian
>implying malay and indon is any different
Malay/Indonesian is inarguably the most underrated and underrepresented cuisine along with Korean, Filipino and Ethiopian cuisines

[Anonymous No.10220830]

>>10214144
>cut up fish in a fancy way and add plain rice
>sell for 20 bucks
dumb gaijin

[Anonymous No.10221108]

The best dish in the world for a person is the dish familiar with that person as a child.
I think that it is the same in the whole world.
I am Japanese, so Japanese food is the best dish to the world for me.
But for young Japanese, hamburgers and Italian may be more familiar than Japanese.

[Anonymous No.10221129]

While watching history drama, I drink sake.
Relishes are Yakitori.
That is one of the enjoyment of the Japanese.
People from all countries have their own enjoyment.

[Anonymous No.10221148]

>>10215468
That picture was taken by me.
But I posted here is not mine. That is reprinted.
Delivery Shidashi - Bento is usually cool.
However, this box lunch is provided warmed with lime-based heating agent.
The picture of >> 10215444 is its heating agent.

Before the skewers there are long onions and scallops.
If you criticize cooking, you should present that grounds.
Unfounded abusive phrases will lower your value for those who see it.

But this Shidashi-Bento is not very good.
Really good Shidashi - Bento is delicious, even if it is cold.

[Anonymous No.10221168]

>>10221108
>The best dish in the world for a person is the dish familiar with that person as a child.
based

[Anonymous No.10221171]

>>10221148
Are you Japanese, anon?

[Anonymous No.10221191]

Meat-free lunch boxed me when I helped the temple.
The box is real Japanese lacquered.
Konnyaku. carrot. Shiitake mushroom. Koya-tofu. Sayaoji. lotus root. bamboo shoots. Ganmodoki. Taro. greens. And pure white rice.
It is at the root of the memory of the Japanese, but very cozy dish.

[Anonymous No.10221198]

>>10221171
yes.

[Anonymous No.10221206]

>>10221198
So cool. Do you have Facebook or Skype or WhatsApp?
We could talk about Japanese cuisine and anime and other cool stuff! I know loads about 日本 (Nikon)!
Maybe we could exchange snacks from our countries as well?
友達になろう ;)

[Anonymous No.10221268]

>>10221206
A study love association of Japanese animation movie "The Last Unicorn" made with American capital was established. I am there.
The party has just been born. But it will spread to the world from now on.
"The Last Unicorn" is a bridge connecting Western European culture with Japanese culture.
I was called 100 bowls. I also have named Sazen.
I was studying the camera of Czechoslovakia.
Sometimes I will take a picture of the dish using the Czechoslovakia lens.

[Anonymous No.10221448]

>>10221129
Now I really want to get this sake. But I only found it from taiwanese online stores :(

[Anonymous No.10221574]

>>10221268
What's your Skype username?
I'd love to have an actual real Japanese friend.
My friends would be so jealous.

[Anonymous No.10221585]

>>10221574
Don't lie, Anon; you don't have any friends.

[Anonymous No.10221588]

>>10221585
Well I do actually, they're all weeaboos (I'm a serious scholar of Japanese culture) but we get on.

[Anonymous No.10221592]

>>10221588
There's no need to deceive people on an anonymous forum, Anon.

[Anonymous No.10221610]

>>10214144
It is in Japan.

[Anonymous No.10221613]

>>10221610
Of course, anon.
That's a given.

[Anonymous No.10221616]

>>10221610
Have you been to Japan?

[chop No.10221632]

>>10221610
I doubt it. Oranges are very rare there.

[Anonymous No.10221701]

>>10221632
Debate solved

[Anonymous No.10221709]

>>10221632
dipshit doesn't know what a mikan is

[Anonymous No.10222314]

>>10215445
men this made me laugh, oh wow

[Anonymous No.10222336]

"Best" is a really hard thing to quantify when it comes to cuisine. If we go by rewards Japan is one of the most internationally well regarded culinary cultures in the world.

[Anonymous No.10222578]

>>10214197
This

[Anonymous No.10222629]

tokatsu and curry have become staples for me desu

[Anonymous No.10222632]

>>10214144
Vietnamese is better.

Fight me

[Anonymous No.10222726]

>>10215640

How do you explain China then?
You think they aren't eating a lot of soy?

[Anonymous No.10222767]

Reminder that Tokyo has the most Michelin Star restaurants in the world

[Anonymous No.10222774]

>>10222629
>the two most unimaginative Japanese dishes
Fucking weebs.

[Anonymous No.10222779]

>>10222726
China can get protein from other source like chicken and pig.

Meat cost a fuck tons in Japan.

[Anonymous No.10222781]

>>10222632
>10 dowwa gijoe for hot watta

[Anonymous No.10222785]

>>10215640
>unsheathes katana in your path

[Anonymous No.10222787]

>>10222632
Are those McMuffins?

[Anonymous No.10222792]

>>10222779
fish is cheap in Japan

[Anonymous No.10223178]

>>10220760
Great looking texture - is that just panko?

[Anonymous No.10223271]

>>10223178
Looks like tonkatsu desu

[Anonymous No.10223299]

>>10214480
whats the france of asia?

[Anonymous No.10223339]

>>10223299
Korea

[Anonymous No.10223476]

>>10214238
Traditional Jap food is also pretty healthy. Although current Japan is almost as fat as the states.

[Anonymous No.10223501]

>>10214144
definitely the cutest

[Anonymous No.10223567]

>>10223476
>Although current Japan is almost as fat as the states.
I don't know about that, anon.

[Anonymous No.10223780]

>>10223476
Sure thing tard. Japan 3.30 obesity rate, US 33.70. They are pretty close when your mathematic's education was from evangelical homeschooling.

https://renewbariatrics.com/obesity-rank-by-countries/

[Anonymous No.10224128]

>>10220830
>Plain rice

t. Never had sushi and stepped food out of my flyover shithole

[Anonymous No.10224173]

>>10221616
I lived there for 6 years.

[Anonymous No.10224579]

>>10214188
$10 for raw fish and rice
when I could get 3 times that in caloric intake and taste next door

[Anonymous No.10224624]

>>10223476
>Traditional Jap food is also pretty healthy.

THIN DOES NOT ALWAYS MEAN HEALTHY.

1. Japs are thin because food is expensive
2. They walk or bike more because cars are STUPID expensive and drivers licenses are hard to get
3. They work very long hours most of the time not eating or sleeping right
4. They have a fat tax
5. They don't let all kids pass P.E. just cause no child left behind

Most japs are very unhealthy and their teeth show for it. Vitamin supplements are everywhere, advertised constantly, and are bought all the time. Ever wonder why the Jap cold is so bad? Because them trying to combat sickness on an already lacking body some of the shit most people have in them. You people need to live in japan for a bit before spouting this crap.

[Anonymous No.10224632]

>>10214144
no, it isn't.

[Anonymous No.10224719]

>>10224579
gee I might as well eat a slop consisting of lentils and pureed vegetables and chicken, food is purely about how much calories you can get per dollar after all.

[Anonymous No.10224734]

>>10224719
>and taste

[Anonymous No.10224831]

>>10214144

[Anonymous No.10224835]

Food pics from Japan.

[Anonymous No.10225343]

>>10222779
>meat cost a fuck tons in Japan
>can literally go to Yoshinoya and get a whole bowl of beef for 350 yen (3.30 USD), even less
you're not a japan expert just because you watch vice and keep telling yourself you don't watch anime

[Anonymous No.10225351]

>>10223339
So literally the most overrated place in Asia? I can agree to that.

[Anonymous No.10225739]

>>10223476
>Although current Japan is almost as fat as the states.
It's been awhile since I've seen someone go full retard. I'm actually impressed.

[Anonymous No.10226286]

[Anonymous No.10226291]

>>10224835
I miss that guy

[Anonymous No.10226321]

>>10225343
you can get the same thing for third the price in anywhere else in Asia.

[Anonymous No.10226471]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnHov6I-ooY&feature=youtu.be&t=1m40s
BBQ

[Anonymous No.10226477]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw5_DO0MdaI
Salisbury steak

[Anonymous No.10226482]

>>10214144
no, it's extremely overhyped and their obsession with respect is obnoxiously sanctimonious.

[Anonymous No.10226508]

>>10226477
you seem to really like croquette curry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuy5fmJ6pqY
is it cheap to eat out in JP?

[Anonymous No.10226547]

>>10224734
who?

[Anonymous No.10226562]

>>10214144

For eastern cuisine I prefer Vietnamese
For western cuisine I prefer German

[Anonymous No.10226565]

>>10214144
no. Spanish food is the best.

[Anonymous No.10226572]

>>10224734
>sushi isn't fucking delicious

pleb tier palate detected

[Anonymous No.10226594]

>>10220821
>Korean, Filipino

They need westernized names for foods, those languages are just too ugly for most people to want to bother otherwise.

[Anonymous No.10226649]

>>10222767
Michelin ratings pretty much just rate the amount of pretentious bullshit a restaurant features, while I won't go full retard and say that the food is sub-par, it isn't good enough to justify the price or the shit you need to put up with to dine there.

[Anonymous No.10226650]

>>10220787
This.

It is especially easy to fool Americans this way because our tastebuds are so blown out and we're so desperate to appear worldly

[Anonymous No.10226653]

>>10214144
Japanese cuisine that has been 'muricanized is the best cuisine.

[Anonymous No.10226913]

>>10226565
chicken and rice 20 dollar jose.

[Anonymous No.10226915]

>>10226653
what like california rolls? From my understanding Katsu, sushi, terrakyi, udon, ramen, etc. are commonly eaten in Japan.