10 Cool Japanese Foods
A list of ten tasty traditional-style Japanese cuisine that are a must try when travelling in Japan. If you are game enough you should also try this list of ten weird Japanese foods too.
1. Yakitori 「焼き鳥」
Skewered chicken pieces that are grilled over hot charcoals.
2. Sukiyaki 「すき焼き」
Thinly sliced beef and vegetables simmered in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin.
The Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Japanese Commercial Collection
After becoming the Terminator but before becoming the Governator, Arnold Schwarzenegger does television commercials in Japan. The vid below is a collection of around 30 Japanese television commercials Arnie did in the 90’s.
Schwarzenegger features in advertisements for Suntory’s ‘West’ canned coffee, carbo loads on Nissin’s Cup Noodles and does weird things with the ‘genki’ drink Alinamin V from Takeda Chemical Industries (which is weird in itself – a health drink by a chemical company. hmmmmm…)
Ippudo Ramen
Ramen noodles, a divine religious experience in Japan with followers congregating in houses of worship called ramenya (ramen shop) to perform acts of praise, honour and devotion to hand-crafted noodles and accompaniments in an intensely flavourful broth.
Ippudo Ramen Ebisu
Ippudo (一風堂) is a reputable franchise for quality noodling in the Fukuoka tradition. First opened in Hakata in 1985, Ippudo has grown to 34 locations throughout Japan with the recent opening of an outpost in New York. Shigemi Kawahara, the Ramen King, directs and oversees this well known entity.
emuu (16)
Brad F. (9)
locohama (6)
Jamaipanese (5)
Nunnster (4)
The Envoy (4)
Adrian (3)
Malph (3)
Scott J (3)
Aki Hayakawa (2)
