2010년 11월 20일 토요일

2.Food

Japan is famous for delicious food. Japan is surrounded by the sea, so there are a lot of seafood, especially, raw fish and sushi. When you think of sushi, you will think of Japan. Because there are many types of fishes, there are also many kinds of sushi. Sushi is food enjoyed by Koreans too.






▲raw fishes / ▲sushi


Ramen and udon (noodles) are also eaten by a lot of Japanese. Japan's udon (noodles) and Korean's udon (noodles) are very similar, but ramen is very different. Korea's ramen is fried noodles , so it is wavy, but Japan's ramen is wet noodle and garnish ramen with many kinds of food like pork, chicken, eggs and so on.

▲udon (noodles)





▲Korea's ramen / ▲Japan's ramen

In Japan, a bowl of rice served with toppings is also usual food. Peculiar things in Japan's food culture, they don't use spoons when they eat rice like Korean, they only use chopsticks and they eat the food, holding dishes.


▲a bowl of rice served with toppings