Japanese Food Essay

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Japanese food is loved by many people for many different reasons; to some people Japanese food is yummy while to the others, Japanese food offers a very healthy diet. Japanese cuisine is well known throughout the whole wide world. This essay will be an attempt to cover the most basic things about the history of Japanese cuisine, and some of the Japanese culture when it comes to eating. Similar to Chinese cuisine, the basis of traditional Japanese cuisine consist of rice, miso soup and side dishes. The cultivation of rice was introduced to Japan about 4000 years ago. Today in Japan, all 47 prefectures of Japan can grow rice. The annual production of rice in Japan is over 8.8 million tons in 2008, but Japan must import a minimum requirement of 770,000 tons of foreign rice since 1993 (tjf.or.jp, 1997). This is because in recent times, most popular Japanese cuisines are: holding-hand-shaped sushi; rolled sushi; hand-rolled sushi; sushi rice wrapped in fried bean curd and unrolled sushi served in box or bowl, which is the main reason why Japanese people need to import rice even though all 47 prefectures can produce rice. With the introduction of foreign food, religion, and a long history of Japanese culture sculpture the Japanese cuisine and eating habit we have today. Food variety in Japan started to diversify since the 16th century since importation of food was allowed. The word konpeitoo which was translated from Portuguese means confectionery, tempura also from Portuguese origin, is a popular Japanese food which is battered fish or vegetables deep fried. Dumplings and noodles were introduced from China, while Yakuniku and kimchi were introduced from Korea. There are also many other Asian and Western food introduce to Japan such as curry, burgers, sandwiches, omelettes, croquette, spaghetti, pizza and fried chicken to name a few. Since the introduction of foreign

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