camk

We're off out with friends tonight to a Japanese place, they do Sushi but I've had it loads of times. Any recommendations for something Japanese but not Sushi ? Spicy is good and I eat anything as long as its got a face Also whats good on the drinks front ? Since I'm off work tomorrow

[Edited by camk - 5/28/2003 2:51:31 PM]

scooby_si

sacki (or however u spell it) served at exacery da right temperature 76 deg farenheight (i kud b rong on that as well) [james bond mode off]
Si

[Edited by scooby_si - 5/28/2003 3:00:55 PM]

boxst

Hello

Teriyaki Steak is really tasty.

Steve.

boxst

Hello

Also regarding the post above, Sake is lethal as it is easily absorbed into the bloodstream because of the temperature and is about 15% proof.

If you are eating with Japanese friends order Fugu (Blow Fish), and watch them be in awe of your manliness ( ).

Steve.

Poor Guy

fugu lol.

pbee

is it just sushi or tepanyaki as well. if it is tepanyaki depending who booked the table for what meal, you could have a great choice with tepanyaki of meat and fish normally set menus, fantastic food.

lpski1

Blowfish !!

you da man, order 5 of them. Hold tight, wait, then relax. pmsl

yoza

Whale , dolphin , alsation,take your pick!

lpski1

FACT - While the fugu has long been praised in Japan as the most delicious
of all fishes, it has also been feared, as improper preparation may
cause fatal poisoning. Even in the Meiji period (1868-1912) the
sale of fugu was prohibited in some districts. The poisonous
parts, such as the ovary and the liver, have been identified and
strict supervision has been exercised by health authorities. This
development has served to decrease the number of accidents, but,
nonetheless, fugu caused the death of a famous kabuki (traditional
Japanese theater arts) actor in 1975. At present, fugu dishes are
enjoyed as delicacy, and lanterns made of torafugu skins,
originally children's toys, are sold to tourists as folk part in
Kanazawa, Shimonoseki, Moji, and other cities.

Alpine99

simpsons mode on..

BRING ME FUGU

simpsons mode off..

Classic episode where Homer eats the contents of a Japanese restaurant..

Teryaki is good... isn't that the one they cook at the table in front of you? Good entertainment as well as good eating..

Apparition

Tepenyaki is entertaining as well as tasty

Poor Guy

heres fugu.

the middle bit is safe.................... they think.

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

[Homer Simpson Mode]Fugu Me[/HS mode]

Fat Boy

I worked for a Japanese bank for 18 years so i have a little bit of experience....

Teppan yaki literally means hot table, and is the one where they slice and dice everything in front of you and then fry it. Teriyaki sauce is a sort of sweet barbecue sauce.
Sake is rice wine, 12-15% by volume, drunk cold if it is very good quality, and hot if it's ordinary. Better drink is plum gin - a couple of fingers in the bottom of a tall glass, on top of the plum and then fill up with hot water, or if you're a big western gai-jin like me, drink it neat and terrify the japs. Beer - Sapporo black star, Kirin , Asahi dry all good light lager type beers.

Fugu is alright as a sort of once in a lifetime experience, but all it tastes of is mild fish.I had it in Tokyo a few years ago ( £300 fortunately I wasn't paying) The skill is to leave enough traces of the poisonous elements there to give the punter a mildly hallucinogenic buzz and numb lips, without killing him stone dead. The numb lips bit worked for me. It takes 6 years to become a Fugu chef and you have to be registered as working with a dangerous substance - all waste has to be disposed of in the same way as hazardous chemicals. Anyway no fugu restaurants in the UK.

Other good food - sashimi (like sushi - raw fish but no rice), Shabu-shabu and suki-yaki, both variations on a sort of boil your own at the table - you get a big bowl of stock and loads of raw materials which you cook in the boiling stock, and once you've finished and done the ramen (noodles) in the stock you're left with a nice soup.Chobin doshi - little seafood consomme style soup
served in a little teapot thing. Yakitori - barbequed meat on skewers - mini kebabs - dip in chili powder.

Udon bowls - fried rice or noodles with various toppings.

Most interesting experiences :

Asking for a fish meal in Kyoto,japan, being taken to a tank to select the poor bugger, after which he was whipped out, gutted, filleted and fried, then served on a plate with his head, spine and tail, so quickly that the head was still making gulping movements while i was eating the fillet on the other side of the plate >++++++@>.

In Capetown, having crayfish ( which is more like lobster) sashimi ie raw. they brought it to the table at the request of my japanese boss and it seemed to be just an ordinary lobster (not red as it was raw) which had been chopped into slices. he offered it to me first , so being game for a laugh, I went to grab a piece of it with my chopsticks , and the whole thing lurched and tried to drag itself off the plate. Another but you can't lose face so I carried on anyway. Tasted like snot to me....but it certainly emptied our end of the restaurant.

Some useful words (pronounce phonetically):

"Oiishi des" - Delicious

" Konnichi-wa" - Hello

" Konban-wa" - Good evening

" O-genki desu-ka?" - you are well? - like how are you.

" Ni biiru O kudasai" - Two beers please

" Chonbo" - Cheers

Enjoy, fantastic food

Diablo

Tempura (sp?) is good - stuff fried in light batter.

Little Miss WRX

I always try to go for something different at a Japanese restaraunt, but as soon as I see the sushi menu I end up having that as I am pretty much addicted to the taste.

I would have sushi all the time if I could.

camk

yakitori sounds good to me, well done lads

[Edited by camk - 5/28/2003 4:24:14 PM]

boxst

And this is a useful phrase to write down for the waiter:

Ž„‚Í‚¿‚傤‚Ç“Å‚³‚ꂽ

"I have just been poisoned"

Steve.

** Edited to say ScoobyNet needs to update their database to be UTF-8 ! **

[Edited by boxst - 5/28/2003 4:51:30 PM]

camk

Tempura it was,with funy soup very nice too. Plentee good Japanese lager too.....mmmmmm

Fat Boy

Good stuff. BTW did you try saying Chonbo to the waiters? I might have fibbed a bit when I said it meant cheers (that's Kampai), it actually means ****-up

carl

LOL at Fat Boy!

Reminds me of the bit in Red Dwarf where the cat says "I like my food to move....."

daiscooby

Mr Higgins

Long way from the Wah Wah, Conti's, Princess Tea Rooms and the Moti Raj mate

Had a dish in Korea once that was still wriggling on the plate, sort of small green eels in snot with noodles . As you say you dont want to loose face so you eat and pray.

stu200

iTrader: (1)

Anyone got any recommendations for a good sushi/sashimi "cookbook" ?

It'd make a nice change from tuna mayo baguettes and such like for lunch

[Edited by stu200 - 5/31/2003 12:45:33 AM]

Fat Boy

Mr Hamill

That Korean dish sounds exactly like the last dish I had in the Wah-Wah...

Yep, I guess we've both been a long way from there, and I suppose it was no coincidence that Contis went bust and shut down after we moved either.

camk

LOL @ Fatboy, luckily by the time I'd sunk a few beers I forgot

Fat Boy

Stu.

Tricky as the Japs won't let their sushi chef trainees do anything other than learn how to prepare the rice for three years during their apprenticeship, so a quick and easy guide to sushi/sashimi isn't really going to happen. The biggest problem is getting the quality of the fish right, even before all the meticulous preparation, as there's nothing worse than poor quality sushi/sashimi (and nothing better than the good quality stuff).

Lots of other japanese food can be made at home, but it's all about ingredients and presentation, best to get an expert to do it for you IMHO, or sort out a Japanese girlfriend, which has other fringe benefits .

Fat Boy