Food, Food, and More Food Thread

smallangel1 wrote:what's that festival where guys give girls chocolate instead?

That festival is called "The first date". :mrgreen:

i voted for sushi of course heheh, wish you couldve put sushi/sashimi altogether.. ju-chan's right, sashimi's easier to make, n i failed too making sushi :sweat:

niko2x wrote:That festival is called "The first date". :mrgreen:

really
coz i remember watching SOS and they called something else~
it's like girls give guys chocolate on valentine festival
and guys give girls chocolate on another speical day

smallangel1 wrote:

really
coz i remember watching SOS and they called something else~
it's like girls give guys chocolate on valentine festival
and guys give girls chocolate on another speical day

It's called White Day. It occurs exactly one month later on March 14th. Basically the girl gives the guy the chocolate on Valentine's Day, then the guy responds on White Day as to whether or not he likes her or not.

wow that sounds soooooooooo ROMANTIC! :inlove: shoot if i lived in japan i'd be giving chocolates to every chick i met! LOL

lovelessemotion wrote:wow that sounds soooooooooo ROMANTIC! :inlove: shoot if i lived in japan i'd be giving chocolates to every chick i met! LOL

Heh. Tradition dictates you'd have to receive a chocolate in advance. =)
I guess you'd be a pretty popular guy if you had gotten chocolates from every chick you had met!

that's so bad
why do girls have to make the first move first?

cuz most guys are wusses! and i guess japan knows that....so they make the girls go first...but yea i'd kinda suck if a girl gave chocolates to a dude and he never gave anything back :mecry: 'one sides love!' so sad... kinda like in ANIME lol!

Yu-dofu (tofu hot pot) Good to have for cold cold weather :D
from http://japanesefood.about.com/library/recipe/blyudofu.htm

Ingredients:
2 block silk tofu (kinugoshi)
6 inches konbu (kelp)
5 cup water

For dipping sauce:
2 cup dashi soup
1/3 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin

For toppings:
dried bonito flakes
chopped scallions

How to Cook:
Clean the konbu with wet towel.
Put the konbu and water in a donabe pot and leave it for a few hours.
Cut tofu into small cubes.
Put the pot over low heat at the table.
Add tofu in the pot and simmer.
Put dashi soup, soy sauce, and mirin in a pot and heat to make dipping sauce.
Pour the dipping sauce into individual bowls.
Add some topping in the bowl and eat boiled tofu, dipping in the sauce.
*Makes 4 servings

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Man, that poll is a tough one... I love all of them!!!! I picked sushi because, out of the list, sushi is the most versatile. There's like a gazillion types of sushi. At least once a month, I make a point to pig out at one of several all-you-can-eat sushi bars in Honolulu.

Does anyone know of a "Sushi for Dummies" type web site? In the more fancy sushi bars, you need to ask for sushi by its japanese name (ex: maki, unagi, etc.) So, if I was looking for sushi with the tiny orange fish eggs, what is it called?

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Smiley_18 wrote:I think I would go for sushi and sashimi :)
Making me hungry now!
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Terrible! They're eating Nemo!!!!!!!! :(

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thetenken wrote:

It's called White Day. It occurs exactly one month later on March 14th. Basically the girl gives the guy the chocolate on Valentine's Day, then the guy responds on White Day as to whether or not he likes her or not.

Love Hina and Women of the Onsen 2 both focused on this subject quite a bit.

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Sorry for the many posts on this thread...

One item that's totally missing from the poll is "Donburi". KIKU-TV/TBS televised a 1-hour special on sushi, donburi, and ramen:

http://www.kikutv.com/shows/specials_2003_fall/#sushi

I captured the show, so if anyone's interested in these three types of Japanese foods, I'll seed it somewhere.

Back to donburi... It's basically a bowl with a ton of rice on the bottom, topped with nori and your other favorite toppings. Toppings include chicken, beef, eel (unagi), egg, and tonkatsu (sort of like beef cutlet). My personal favorite is unagi donburi. What they do is filet the eel with the skin on one side. They then place several wooden scewers through the fillet, then grill both sides over an open flame. On the skin side, they cook it until it become crunchy. Take a bowl and layer the bottm with a heapping pile of steamed rice, usually about 2 inches thick. Take shredded nori and cover the top of the rice with it. Dip the cooked fillet into a dipping sauce, then place the fillet on top of the nori. Sprinkle some egg flakes and ginger on top. Served warm, but it's also good to eat at room temperature.

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groink wrote:Sorry for the many posts on this thread...

One item that's totally missing from the poll is "Donburi". KIKU-TV/TBS televised a 1-hour special on sushi, donburi, and ramen:

http://www.kikutv.com/shows/specials_2003_fall/#sushi

I captured the show, so if anyone's interested in these three types of Japanese foods, I'll seed it somewhere.

Back to donburi... It's basically a bowl with a ton of rice on the bottom, topped with nori and your other favorite toppings. Toppings include chicken, beef, eel (unagi), egg, and tonkatsu (sort of like beef cutlet). My personal favorite is unagi donburi. What they do is filet the eel with the skin on one side. They then place several wooden scewers through the fillet, then grill both sides over an open flame. On the skin side, they cook it until it become crunchy. Take a bowl and layer the bottm with a heapping pile of steamed rice, usually about 2 inches thick. Take shredded nori and cover the top of the rice with it. Dip the cooked fillet into a dipping sauce, then place the fillet on top of the nori. Sprinkle some egg flakes and ginger on top. Served warm, but it's also good to eat at room temperature.

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Ooooh. Unagi Donburi. Oishii!!!! :D

groink wrote:
I captured the show, so if anyone's interested in these three types of Japanese foods, I'll seed it somewhere.

love u leech from u hehe ;)

thetenken wrote:

It's called White Day. It occurs exactly one month later on March 14th. Basically the girl gives the guy the chocolate on Valentine's Day, then the guy responds on White Day as to whether or not he likes her or not.

sweet..

anybody care to give me chocolate........
i though in valentines they give flower....
i want chocs.... :nut:

groink wrote:If I have children of my own, I think I'll make them lunches like these. Most of them enjoy it... It is also theroputic for the parents when making them.

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It would be theraputic ONLY IF you have time to make it everyday. Otherwise it would really just be a pain in the neck.

i dont know what bentos is.....
(anyone care to show me)

but i like sushi..
i hate wasabi...

still remember the first time i accidently eat it...

i just throw up the minute i put them in my mouth.....

hydea wrote:i dont know what bentos is.....(anyone care to show me)

JPNese box lunches.

Who like takoyaki? This is a dish that Osaka is famous for. Very easy to make and tasy as well. For all you closet Kansai people, here is the recipe: (a lot of times, osaka families have their own family recipe of the takoyaki, and are fircely proud of their own)

[Takoyaki (octopus balls)]
1) Mix flour, egg, water, and bonito broth to make dough.
2) Place dough in round takoyaki cooker.
3) Add octopus and flip until all sides are cooked.
4) Spread sauce on takoyaki. Add mayonaise, seaweed flakes and bonito flakes as you like.
Learn about it more here.
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Or you can make you own in this game. Enjoy!