Japanese Lifestyle II FOOD

After my 6 week stay in Tokyo, I will have to go to see my GP for a check-up, because I am afraid I might have soy milk blood, seaweed connective tissue and tofu organs... As much as I learned to like Japanese food and appreciate how healthy for you it is...Does everything really has to taste and smell like soy and sea????

BREAKFAST
this is what I call "the breakfast box" -tamagoyaki, rice balls, fried chicken, ginger, radish



"Tamagoyaki" (fried egg)
among all, my absolute favorite from that box, which actually fits into my "European" idea of breakfast

tastes something between omelet and pancakes

Rice balls- seaweed, rice, filling



I am not sure why they call them "rice balls" instead of "rice triangles" Hasn't anybody noticed that they are not round? Anyway, this is probably the most popular snack. You can have it with tuna, salmon...seaweed...not really sure what else, maybe meat. As visible on the picture, you can never be sure what you are getting before you open it. I always pick the ones with red signs on the pack and luckily it's almost always salmon!

FAST FOOD

"Tako-yaki" very popular "fast food" balls made of octopus, vegetables and flour;
come with different sauce variations on top




soup in the convenient stores



GROCERIES STORE
I feel like Marco Polo on ihis first discovery trips to Asia every time I walk into the supermarket trying to figure out for hours what should I have for dinner this time...

wide range of seaweed...




DESSERTS

Japanese ricecake with red bean


DRINKS

Macha latte- not really sure if that is "green tea" latte or something else. You can find it as instant powder in the supermarket, in the convenient stores or even have it at Starbucks. I personally like it. My flatmate thinks it is disgusting. De gustibus non est disputandum- there's no accounting for taste!



Calpis or "the" Coca Cola of Japan (in my personal opinion), in terms of popularity. Tastes like sweet water



Red beans soup



Corn soup



*Last two in the category of drinks, since they taste sweet and you can have them in a can from the vending machines

...and the story goes on and on... I was trying different food every day and still I can't say that I know a lot about Japanese food. Typical food from the north, food from the south, food from Hokkaido, food from Okinawa...from Kyoto...from Nagoya, from Hiroshima... everywhere different things...It takes a lifetime to know it all...