Sushi and Sashimi
Both of these dishes are often considered the same dish. Sashimi consists of thin slices of raw fish or other seafood served with Japanese spicy radish (wasabi) and shoyu. While sushi uses seafood but is served with rice, vegetables and eggs and is usually covered with layers using nori.
Domburimono
This dish consists of a bowl (domburi) of rice covered with various dishes such as boiled beef (gyudon), chicken and eggs (oyakodon), fried shrimp (tendon) or fried pork and eggs (katsudon) with tofu and pickled soup. This food is very affordable because that’s why many people like it.
Tempura
Tempura is seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and fried, tempura is served with sauce and daikon. The word “tempura” comes from Portuguese ‘tempero‘ (sauce) and this dish dates from the middle of the 16th century, when Portuguese and Spanish culture was first introduced to Japan.
Sukiyaki
This is a delicious vegetable soup with stuffed beef cooked in large Nabe and dipped in a bowl of raw eggs mixed. The vegetables that are usually used are leeks, shiitake mushrooms and chrysanthemum leaves (shungiku). Also added tofu and noodles (shirataki) and ingredients cooked in sauces made from soy sauce, sugar and sweet sake (mirin).
Shabushabu
For this dish, we can dip thin slices of beef in a pan of boiling water for a few seconds and then dip the beef in sesame sauce (goma dare) before we eat. Then, vegetables like Enoki mushrooms and Chinese cabbage, tofu and Shirataki are added.
When cooked, it is dipped in soy sauce and orange sauce (ponzu). After the beef and vegetables have been finished, udon can be added to the pan and eaten with additional flavorings such as broth, garlic, chive and daikon. This is the most economical food in Japan.
Okonomiyaki
This food can be described as a tasty Japanese cake. Vegetables and minced meat or seafood mixed with dough and cooked on a skillet. Like other cakes, the okonomiyaki can be reversed to cook on both sides. Then on top it is covered with a special sauce and mayonnaise and ditaburinori and dried shale fish (katsuobushi) and fried eggs.