Cuisine of Japan | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-11

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Cuisine of Japan


00:01:22 1 Overview of traditional Japanese cuisine
00:04:35 2 Seasonality
00:05:49 3 Traditional ingredients
00:06:17 3.1 Meat consumption
00:07:39 3.2 Cooking oil
00:08:44 3.3 Seasonings
00:10:17 4 Dishes
00:10:53 5 Salads
00:12:27 6 Cooking techniques
00:12:48 7 List of dishes
00:13:46 8 Classification
00:13:55 8.1 Kaiseki
00:14:55 8.2 Vegetarian
00:16:45 9 Rice
00:18:00 10 Noodles
00:19:37 11 Sweets
00:20:25 12 Beverages
00:20:34 12.1 Tea
00:20:53 12.2 Beer
00:21:56 12.3 Sake
00:23:20 12.4 Shōchū
00:23:41 12.5 Whisky
00:24:09 12.6 Wine
00:24:29 13 Regional cuisine
00:25:07 14 Traditional table settings
00:26:25 15 Dining etiquette
00:26:35 15.1 Tables and sitting
00:27:53 15.2 iItadakimasu/i and iGochisōsama/i
00:28:47 15.3 Hot towels
00:29:30 15.4 Bowls
00:30:19 15.5 Soy sauce
00:30:45 15.6 Chopsticks
00:32:05 15.7 Communal dish
00:32:29 15.8 Eat what is given
00:33:21 15.9 Drinking
00:33:53 16 Dishes for special occasions
00:35:06 17 Imported and adapted foods
00:36:58 17.1 Yōshoku - Foreign (Western) food, dishessup&#91;4&#93;/sup
00:38:01 17.2 Okonomiyaki
00:38:15 17.3 Tonkatsu
00:38:28 17.4 Curry
00:38:55 17.5 Ramen
00:39:12 17.6 Wafū burgers (Japanese Styled-Burgers)
00:39:41 17.7 Italian
00:40:13 18 Outside Japan
00:41:39 18.1 Taiwan
00:42:15 18.2 China
00:42:45 18.3 Thailand
00:43:43 18.4 Indonesia
00:46:45 18.5 Philippines
00:47:31 18.6 Australia
00:48:12 18.7 United Kingdom
00:48:30 18.8 Canada
00:49:14 18.9 United States
00:50:29 18.10 Mexico
00:51:10 18.11 Brazil
00:51:45 19 Cultural heritage
00:52:28 20 Food controversies



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Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of social and economic changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (和食, washoku) is based on rice with miso soup and other dishes; there is an emphasis on seasonal ingredients. Side dishes often consist of fish, pickled vegetables, and vegetables cooked in broth. Seafood is common, often grilled, but also served raw as sashimi or in sushi. Seafood and vegetables are also deep-fried in a light batter, as tempura. Apart from rice, staples include noodles, such as soba and udon. Japan also has many simmered dishes such as fish products in broth called oden, or beef in sukiyaki and nikujaga.
Dishes inspired by foreign food—in particular Chinese food like ramen, fried dumplings, and gyōza—as well as foods like spaghetti, curry, and hamburgers have become adopted with variants for Japanese tastes and ingredients. Historically, the Japanese shunned meat, but with the modernization of Japan in the 1880s, meat-based dishes such as tonkatsu and yakiniku have become common. Japanese cuisine, particularly sushi, has become popular throughout the world. In 2011, Japan overtook France in number of Michelin-starred restaurants and has maintained the title since.