Manaʻo paha ʻoe he ʻatikala ʻē aʻe kēia e hoʻomaikaʻi ana i ka meaʻai kupaianaha o Iapana. E ʻae mai iaʻu e hōʻoiaʻiʻo iā ʻoe, ʻo kaʻu pahuhopu ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ʻoe i ka ʻono maoli o nā kīʻaha kūloko maikaʻi loa o Iapana. He ʻokoʻa ka ʻano meaʻai o Iapana, mai ka sushi, kahi hui nani o ka laiki vinegared a me nā iʻa hou, i ka ramen, kahi hupa hoʻoluʻu ʻuhane me nā noodles. ʻO kēlā me kēia kīʻaha he ʻimi ʻana i ka ʻono a me nā kuʻuna. E hoʻomaka kākou i kahi huakaʻi ma nā leʻaleʻa gastronomic o Iapana, kahi o kēlā me kēia pāʻina he moʻolelo a me kahi ʻike poina ʻole no kou palale.
In IapanaʻAʻole ʻai wale ka meaʻai; he ʻano hana noʻeau. E lawe i ka sushi, no ka laʻana. ʻAʻole ia he iʻa maka ma luna o ka laiki; e pili ana i ka maikaʻi o nā mea kanu, ka ʻoki pololei ʻana o ka iʻa, a me ke koena o nā mea ʻono. A i ʻole e noʻonoʻo i nā ʻano ʻāpana o ka ramen, mai ka miso-infused broth o Sapporo a i ka momona iwi puaʻa o Kyushu's tonkotsu. ʻAʻole kēia he mau kīʻaha noodles wale nō; Hōʻike lākou i ke aniau a me ka moʻomeheu o ko lākou kumu.
He waiwai nui ka ʻāina meaʻai o Iapana i nā pōhaku makamae ʻē aʻe—e like me okonomiyaki, kahi pancake ʻono mai Osaka i hoʻopili ʻia me nā ʻano mea like ʻole, a i ʻole ka ʻono ʻono o ka wagashi o Kyoto, nā kīʻaha kuʻuna i nani e like me ka ʻono. Loaʻa i kēlā me kēia māhele kona mau mea kūikawā, i hana ʻia e ka mōʻaukala a me nā huahana kūloko.
I ka ʻimi ʻana i ka meaʻai Iapana, e ʻike ʻoe i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o kēlā me kēia kīʻaha i loko o ka moʻomeheu, mahalo ʻia i nā hanauna. ʻO ke akamai o ka hana ʻana i ka sushi, ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ka hupa ramen, a me ka hoʻomoʻa ʻana i ka meaʻai kai kaiseki—e hōʻike ana nā mea a pau i ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i ka maikaʻi. ʻAʻole ʻai wale; he ʻike e hoʻopili ai i nā manaʻo a pau.
Ke ʻimi nei mākou i nā ʻono he nui o Iapana, ʻaʻole ia no ka hoʻomaikaʻi hyperbolic; e pili ana i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana a me ka mahalo i ka hohonu o ke akamai kuke a me nā moʻolelo ma hope o kēlā me kēia kīʻaha. Inā he onigiri maʻalahi a i ʻole he omakase multi-course, ʻo ka meaʻai o Iapana kahi hōʻike i kāna moʻomeheu waiwai a he kono e ʻono i ke ola i hoʻokahi nahu i ka manawa.
Sushi
Hoʻopio ka sushi iaʻu i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana aʻu e ʻono ai. ʻO kēia kīʻaha nani, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka moʻomeheu Iapana, ua lanakila ma luna o ka poʻe leʻaleʻa meaʻai a puni ka honua. Ua hoʻomaka kāna huakaʻi ma ke ʻano he ala e mālama ai i ka iʻa, e ulu aʻe ana i ka wā i loko o kahi ʻano meaʻai. Hana nā kuki sushi akamai i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana, mai ka nigiri maʻamau—he ʻāpana iʻa maka ma luna o kahi moena o ka laiki i hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia—a i nā ʻōwili noʻonoʻo e like me ka California roll, e hōʻike ana i ka maʻalahi o ka sushi a hoihoi i nā ʻono like ʻole.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka hoʻoilina sushi i ka mahalo i kona paʻakikī. ʻO Nigiri, no ka laʻana, e hōʻike ana i ka sushi ma kāna ʻano kuʻuna, ʻoiai ke hōʻike nei ka California roll i kona hiki ke hoʻololi i nā makemake o ke Komohana. I ka ʻai ʻana i ka sushi, aia kahi ʻano waiwai e hahai ai. He mea kūpono ke hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau kuʻi a i ʻole nā lima o kekahi, ʻo ia ka mea maʻamau no ka nigiri. ʻO nā mea kī nui e like me ka soy sauce, ka wasabi, a me ka ʻalaʻala pickled ʻaʻole i hoʻopiha wale i ke kīʻaha akā hoʻokiʻekiʻe iā ia, e hoʻohui ana kēlā me kēia i kahi ʻokoʻa i ka ʻono holoʻokoʻa.
ʻAʻole ʻai wale ka sushi; he hoao ana. Ke hauʻoli nei au i nā nigiri i hoʻohanohano ʻia i ka manawa a me nā mea sushi hou, ke hoʻomau nei ka hana a me ka ʻono iaʻu e kahaha. ʻO ka waiwai o Sushi i hala, kona ʻano like ʻole, a me kona hopena moʻomeheu i hana i kēlā me kēia ʻai i kahi mākaʻikaʻi o ka mākaukau kuke.
ʻO Ramen
Ma waho aʻe o ka sushi, ua lilo wau i mea hoʻokalakupua i ka ramen, kahi meaʻai nui o nā mea ʻai Kepanī me ka pūliki ʻoluʻolu. Mai Kina mai, ua mohala ka ramen ma Iapana i mea ʻai meaʻai, i ʻike ʻia e kona hupa ʻono, nā noodles maʻemaʻe, a me nā mea hoʻonaninani.
E noʻonoʻo kākou i ke kumu he mea koʻikoʻi ka ramen.
- ʻAno ʻĀpana: Hāʻawi nā ʻāpana o Iapana i kahi milo kūʻokoʻa i ka ramen, e hāʻawi ana i kahi kikoʻī o nā ʻono a me ka hoʻomākaukau. ʻO ka ramen tonkotsu a Fukuoka, i kaulana no kona hupa iwi puaʻa velvety, ʻokoʻa me ka miso ramen a Sapporo, kahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi kumu umami waiwai. ʻO ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i kēia mau wehewehe ʻāina ua like ia me kahi huakaʻi ʻono ma ka ʻāina meaʻai o Iapana.
- Nā Hana ʻAi ʻAi: Ma Iapana, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i ka ramen kahi hana kiʻi, piha me kāna mau hana ponoʻī. ʻAʻole ʻae wale ʻia ka slurping ʻoluʻolu akā ua paipai ʻia, no ka mea, hoʻokomo ʻia ka noodles me ka ea, hoʻonui i ka ʻono a hōʻailona i ka mahalo i ke kuke. ʻO ke kuʻuna nō hoʻi ke kauoha e hoʻopau i kēlā me kēia ʻai, e hoʻohanohano i ka hana a ke kumu ma ka waiho ʻole ʻana i kahi ʻāpana o ka hupa a me nā noodles.
- Puuwai Puuwai: Hōʻike ka Ramen i ka meaʻai hōʻoluʻolu, kūpono no nā lā anu a i ʻole ka pōloli. ʻO kona hupa momona, i hoʻoheheʻe ʻia me nā noodles maikaʻi a me nā mea hana e like me chashu, ajitama (nā hua moa i hoʻolapalapa ʻia), a me ka nori, hāʻawi i kahi symphony o nā ʻono a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e hoʻohauʻoli loa.
takoyaki
He kīʻaha aloha ʻo Takoyaki ma Iapana, mahalo pinepine ʻia no kona ʻano ʻano like ʻole e hui pū ana i kahi pūpū crispy me kahi kikowaena palupalu a ʻono. Ua kaulana kēia mau 'pōpō heʻe' ma ke ʻano he meaʻai koʻikoʻi ma ke alanui ma Iapana, e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻono maikaʻi ʻole e poina ʻia e ka poʻe makemake meaʻai.
ʻO ka hana ʻana i ka takoyaki, ʻo ia ka hana ʻana i ka paila mai ka palaoa, nā hua manu, a me ka hupa dashi waiwai nui a umami, a laila ninini ʻia i loko o nā mole i hoʻolālā ʻia no kēia mau ʻai. Aia ma ka puʻuwai o kēlā me kēia pōleʻa kahi ʻāpana heʻe, a laila e kuke ʻia a loaʻa ka hue gula a me ke ʻano poepoe. ʻO ka ʻokoʻa i loko o nā ʻano leʻaleʻa—he ʻano ʻili o waho e hāʻawi ana i kahi ʻoluʻolu o loko-e hoʻomāʻona i kēlā me kēia nahu o ka takoyaki.
Kūlana ʻo Takoyaki ma muli o kona hiki ke hoʻololi. He mea maʻamau ia i nā ʻahaʻaina meaʻai Kepanī, kahi e hāʻawi ai nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻano mea ʻono, e ʻae iā ʻoe e hoʻololi i kāu takoyaki i kāu makemake. ʻO nā koho e like me ka mayonnaise creamy, ka ʻuala takoyaki tangy, nā flakes bonito wispy, a me nā aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou e hoʻohui i nā papa o ka ʻono. Hoʻopiha ʻia kēlā me kēia waha o kēia mau pōpō heʻe i kāhiko ʻia me ka ʻono, e lilo ia i mea ʻai ʻai hiki ʻole ke hoʻomau iā ʻoe e hoʻi hou mai.
ʻO ke kumu, ʻaʻole ʻai wale ka takoyaki; He huakaʻi ʻai ia e hōʻike ana i ke ʻano o ka moʻomeheu meaʻai alanui Iapana, e hāʻawi ana i nā ʻano ʻono a me nā mea leʻaleʻa e hōʻoluʻolu a hoihoi.
Yakiniku
ʻO Yakiniku, ʻo ia ka unuhi ʻana i ka 'ʻiʻo i hoʻomoʻa ʻia' ma ka ʻōlelo Kepanī, he ʻike koʻikoʻi ia no ka poʻe e ʻimi ana i ka ʻāina meaʻai o Iapana. Ma ke ʻano he hoihoi i nā kīʻaha ʻiʻo, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo aku ʻo yakiniku kekahi o nā ala maikaʻi loa e ʻai ai ma Iapana. E noʻonoʻo kākou i ʻekolu mau mea nui e hoʻolilo ai i ka yakiniku i mea koho maikaʻi loa no ka poʻe leʻaleʻa meaʻai:
ʻO ka mea mua, ʻo ke ʻano hana grilling kahi mea nui o yakiniku. ʻO ʻoe ke kuleana ma ka papaʻaina, inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i kahi pahu lanahu e hoʻokomo ai i kahi ʻano uwahi a i ʻole kahi pahu uila e hāʻawi ana i ka mana wela kūpono. Hoʻoholo ʻoe i ka lōʻihi o ka kuke ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana a me ke ʻano o ka ʻā a me ka palupalu āu e makemake ai. ʻAʻole pili kēia hana lima i ka kuke ʻana; e pili ana i ka hoʻolikelike ʻana i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i kou makemake pilikino.
ʻO ka lua, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka nui o ka ʻiʻo i lawelawe ʻia ma nā hale ʻaina yakiniku. E ʻike pinepine ʻoe i nā koho e like me ka pipi wagyu maikaʻi, i ʻike ʻia no kona marbling ikaika a palupalu, me nā koho ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻōpū puaʻa momona a me nā ʻūhā moa momona. Ua kaulana ʻo Wagyu, no kona ʻano momona, no laila e hoʻoheheʻe maoli ʻia i loko o kou waha, e hāʻawi ana i kahi leʻaleʻa gastronomic like ʻole.
ʻO ka hope, ʻo ka ʻai yakiniku kahi huakaʻi ʻimi. Paipai ia i ka poʻe ʻaina e hoʻomāhuahua i kā lākou ʻano meaʻai ma ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā ʻiʻo like ʻole, me nā mea punahele kahiko a me nā koho exotic e like me ka offal a me ka ʻōlelo pipi. ʻO ka laulā ākea o nā ʻiʻo, i hui pū ʻia me ka plethora o nā ʻuala a me nā kīʻaha ʻaoʻao, hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia i ka ʻono pau ʻole. Hiki i kēlā me kēia kipa ke lilo i mea hoʻokūkū hou, ʻoiai ʻoe e hui a hoʻokūkū e hana i kāu nahu kūpono.
ʻO Okonomiyaki
ʻO Okonomiyaki, kahi pancake ʻono maikaʻi mai Iapana, hoʻohui pono i ka ʻono a me ke ʻano. Mai Osaka mai, ua laha keia mea ai ma Iapana.
'Okonomiyaki' 'o ia ho'i 'i kuke e like me kou makemake,' e hō'ike ana i kona ma'alahi. Me nā ʻano ʻāpana ʻāpana like ʻole, hoʻohana ke kīʻaha i nā ʻano mea like ʻole. ʻO ke ʻano Hiroshima ka kāpeti, ka noodles, a me ka puaʻa, ʻoiai ʻo ke ʻano Osaka e hui pū i ke kāpeti, nā aniani ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka iʻa a i ʻole ka ʻiʻo i loko o ka pā.
ʻO ke ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka okonomiyaki mai kāna mau mea hoʻopiha. ʻO ka ʻai maʻamau ka ʻokonomiyaki sauce, ʻo ia ka mea like me ka wocestershire sauce akā ʻoi aku ka ʻono, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, a me ka limu aonori, nā mea a pau e hoʻonui ai i ka ʻono a me ka hōʻike ʻana o ke kīʻaha.
ʻAʻole ʻai wale ʻo Okonomiyaki; he hōʻike ia o ka hana ʻai ʻai Iapana. ʻAʻole pono e poina ka poʻe kipa i Iapana i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana, no ka mea, hōʻike ia i ka hiki ke hoʻololi i ka kuke ʻana o Iapana.
