Japanese Foods To Try (Makanan Jepang yang Harus Dicoba)

1. Yakitori 「焼き鳥」
Skewered chicken pieces that are grilled over hot charcoals.

2. Sukiyaki 「すき焼き」
Thinly sliced beef and vegetables simmered in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin.

3. Ramen 「ラーメン」
Noodles in broth garnished with small pieces of meat and vegetables.

4. Okonomiyaki 「お好み焼き」
A savoury pancake containing a variety of ingredients. Okonomi, meaning “what you like”, and yaki meaning “grilled”. My favourite okonomiyaki was at Kiji (in the basement of the Umeda Sky Building) in Osaka.

5. Sushi 「寿司」
Cooked vinegar rice commonly topped with raw fish, or put into rolls.

6. Kushikatsu 「串カツ」
A deep-fried cutlet of meat or vegetable skewered on bamboo skewers and eaten with a tonkatsu dipping sauce. I had some good kushikatsu at a store called Daruma located at the base of Tsūtenkaku in Osaka.

7. Yakiniku 「焼肉」
Thinly sliced beef and vegetables grilled over a charcoal or gas burner and eaten with a tare (sweetened, thickened soy sauce) dipping sauce.

8. Yakisoba 「焼きそば」
Ramen-style noodles stir-fried with pieces of pork and vegetables and flavoured with yakisoba sauce.

9. Tempura 「天ぷら」
Thin strips of vegetables and seafood lightly dipped in batter then briefly deep-fried in hot oil and eaten with a tentsuyu dipping sauce or sprinkled with sea salt.

10. Nikuman 「肉まん」
A steamed pork bun.

11. Edamame 「枝豆」
Edamame are boiled green vegetable soybeans in the pod

12. Tonkatsu 「豚カツ」
A breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet sliced into thin strips and accompanied by a sweet condiment dipping sauce.

13. Shabu-shabu 「しゃぶしゃぶ」
Shabu-shabu, meaning “swish swish”, is prepared by submerging thinly sliced beef and vegetables in a pot of boiling water and swishing it back and forth until cooked. Cooked meat and vegetables are usually dipped in various sauces before eating, and served with a bowl of steamed white rice.

14. Karaage 「唐揚げ」
Japanese fried chicken.

15. Teppanyaki 「鉄板焼き」
Not necessarily a food but more of a style of Japanese cuisine where chefs cook food over a hot plate in front of guests at restaurants. Teppan means “iron plate” and yaki means “grilled”. Most diners enjoy both watching the skilled maneuvers of the chefs preparing the food as well as the cuisine itself.

16. Gyūdon 「牛丼」
Gyūdon is usually translated as beef bowl. Gyū means “cow” or “beef”, and don is short for donburi, meaning “bowl”. It is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi, soy sauce and mirin.

17. Soba 「そば」
Thin noodles made from buckwheat flour and served either chilled with a dipping sauce, or in hot broth as a noodle soup.

18. Curry Rice 「カレーライス」
Japanese-style curry rice is Japan’s adaptation of Western-style curry, which draws its influence from stews mixed with curry powder.

19. Oden 「おでん」
Fish cakes, fried tofu and vegetables simmered in a hot pot and and available in most Japanese convenience stores.

20. Udon 「うどん」
Thick wheat-flour noodles in a mildly flavoured broth.

Sumber : http://www.rosiana.com/2010/12/japanese-foods-to-try.html