| When you choose to go to a Japanese | | | | menu. |
| restaurant, you usually have the tendency to get | | | | One of the favorite Japanese foods is sushi. The |
| overwhelmed because of the many choices being | | | | good news is, it is easy to prepare as long as you |
| made available to you. It is not surprising though | | | | have the ingredients namely sushi nori or |
| that the Japanese food menu is extensive | | | | seaweed (as wrapper for the rice); Japanese rice |
| because they have various cooking methods | | | | or sticky rice, crabsticks, avocado, cucumber, |
| available. Add to the fact that they choose to be | | | | tuna or salmon, ginger (for filling); and, sushi-su, |
| very experimental and flexible in the ingredients | | | | soy sauce, sesame seed and wasabi (for garnish). |
| they use. While we usually just rely on pork, | | | | Ideally, you lay the ingredients on the seaweed, |
| chicken and beef, they use various kinds of fishes | | | | roll them and cut them. |
| and seafood such as various kinds of eel, shrimp | | | | Another easy and common Japanese food are |
| and octopus. | | | | those which use miso - mostly soups. A miso |
| Since most ingredients used for cooking the items | | | | soup is very easy to make as well. Have your |
| in a Japanese food menu are sourced from Japan, | | | | choice of vegetables prepared - maybe eggplant |
| plus, they are usually prepared by "imported" | | | | and zucchini (brush with a little sesame oil and |
| chefs, it would usually cost you more money | | | | cook in the oven). The miso broth is easily |
| when dining out. Hence, if you enjoy Japanese | | | | prepared with miso paste, little sake or water and |
| food but would want to avoid the high costs of | | | | or mirin plus seasoning to taste. The vegetables |
| specialty restaurant dining, you may probably | | | | and the broth are combined for the perfect soup. |
| want to just try making recipes you find on the | | | | |