2004-06-02, 09:11 | Link #21 | |
Bishoujo Goodness Galore!
Join Date: Nov 2003
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"It tastes like chicken" is a long standing cultural joke, i dunno how it started but it's a response a lot of americans give when they eat foreign food that tastes good...or not-bad american food doesn't exist, 90% of all our foods come from other countries, usually brought over by europeans, and european food doesn't have the same seasonings or flavors that oriental food has (remember there have been WARS fought over spices!) so the food comes off a bit bland i myself like sweet things, so a lot of food bothers me |
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2004-06-02, 12:17 | Link #22 | |
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The Japanese, on the other hands, has comparatively a very sensitive palate. Foods, especially seafood, are often desired when tasted in their original flavors. Soups usually has complex characteristics which a lot of non-Japanese, especially Americans, simply can't taste. For example, I read in some older manga (was it Shota's Sushi or something else) that the Japanese basically invented the 6th sense of taste (aside from 5 basic Chinese flavors of salty, sweet, sour, hot, bitter) of "Sen", which is the flavor of MSG found in Benito fish soup stock and "Aji no Moto". Most foreigners can't taste this, yet almost every Japanese can. Traditionally Japanese also aren't very found of stimulating flavors such as sour of hot either; witness how mild Japanese curry is compared to the Indian original. All this sensitiviy may have resulted in some foreigners, especially Americans, thinking Japanese foods are kinda bland. Now this view of Japanese food isn't limited to Americans. I would say most Chinese and SouthEast Asians would say the similar things. In fact, in places like Taiwan where there has been strong Japanese influences, Japanese foods such as Oden has been modified to add more flavors. In Southern Taiwan you can find a version of Japanese dish Oden, yet this one comes with a very hot, Chinese-style dipping sauce, and the soup stock is heavier in flavors too. Thus although flavor is a very subjective thing, the Japanese palate seemed to have a uniqueness all to itself. |
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2004-06-02, 17:59 | Link #23 |
Bishoujo Goodness Galore!
Join Date: Nov 2003
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i'm still wondering if it's true, but i've also read (in Yakitate! Japan) that people who grow up on oriental foods tend to produce less saliva than westerners do (which makes sense, i notice that oriental cooking has a lot of dishes with water (i.e., lotsa soups and stews) and western foods, since they needed to be prepared to last a while longer than oriental foods (rice, a staple of oriental cooking, lasts a lot longer than many western grains...maybe because birds would eat grain but i've heard rice can cause birds' stomachs to explode ^_^ thus a lot of salts and spices are applied to make the food last longer. remember what i mentioned earlier, europe has fought wars over spices ^_^)
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2004-06-07, 21:44 | Link #24 | |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Oregon
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2004-06-07, 23:08 | Link #25 |
Loves Kaori
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Singapore
Age: 39
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i love spicy food. i live in singapore, and got the chance to eat a variety of food. i would feel that spicy food comes from the indian/malay dishes, the salty food comes from western dishes. the chinese had quite a few mixes so i can't really categorize.
Ahhh my observations are based on the food i eat, not all food that we had here |
2004-06-13, 21:42 | Link #26 | |
SL Aki fanclub president
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Germany
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Food over here is generally completely lacking spice So I have to help out using some Sambal Oelek, Sriracha or stuff like that I think that "hamburger" is still better as a translation... above on the pics are clearly hamburgers for me, even if they're lacking the buns. "Hamburger" comes from the German town "Hamburg" where it was first prepared (without buns). |
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2004-06-16, 16:50 | Link #27 | |
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2004-07-01, 12:38 | Link #29 | |
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2004-07-01, 13:36 | Link #30 |
Porcupine
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Norway
Age: 65
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Here in Norway, the only Japanese food that is known is sushi, and most people only know that it is raw fish. I will probably never taste any of all the great food my favorite anime characters wolf down every day. But that's OK because with sticks, I would not be able to get the food in my mouth before it spoils. ^_^*
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2004-07-09, 18:24 | Link #31 | |
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