Japanese Food

Lots of people love Japansese food. It is popular all around the world! On this page you will learn about 3 popular foods from Japan that you might want to try!

Sushi!

Sushi is one of the most popular Japanese dishes that so many people know about! Lots of poeople eat it but what is the definition of sushi and who created it and where did they create it? Sushi is specially prepared rice and usually some type of fish or seafood, often raw, but sometimes cooked. There are many different types of sushi but the sushi that we know and eat today also known as nigirizushi was created in the 1820s or 1830s. One common story of the origin of nigirizushi origins is of the chef Hanaya Yohei (1799–1858), who invented or perfected the technique in Ryōgoku, a district in Sumida Tokyo. Press Hanaya Yohei's name to learn more about him. The image of the sushi was found on https://www.tasteatlas.com and thr sushi gif was found on a website called tenor. 🙂

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu is a yummy Japanese dish that consists of coating pork with panko, (bread crumbs) and deep frying it until it becomes a golden brown color. It is usually served with sauce or on rice. So who made it? In 1899, Motojiro Kida, who is the founder of Renga-tei, a Western cuisine restaurant in Ginza, added pork cutlets to the menu. At that time, the preparation of cutlets was time-consuming: each slice of meat was first sautéed, and then grilled in the oven. The image of the tonkatsu was found on a website called japan-guide.com and the image with the egg and tonkatsu was found on foodandwine.com.

Unagi

Unagi means freshwater eel in Japaneese! It is a popular dish that is eaten in japan and many other places around the world! It is usually eaten with rice or by itself. Unagi farming started at Lake Hamana in 1891, more than 100 years ago. It started when Kurajiro Hattori from Fukagawa, Tokyo, determined that the warm land of Hamamatsu is perfect for farming unagi, and developed an eel farm. You can get good unagi at Lake Hamana in Shizuoka Prefecture 🤩The picture of the unagi on the left was found on justonecookbook.com and the picture con the right was found on japan-gude.com.