Today, I tried write English version. Just wanna practice, I hope you can feel what I’m trying to tell. ^-^
Okay, let’s go!
Why my title like that? Honestly, with me food is the shortest way to take me to go heaven ^0^. And you? You too? Yah, I really want to write this post to talked with you about how I love Japanese food and what I discovered, many interesting things. I ate tons a lot of delicious food which I can’t count. So, in this post I just list some of them. My food journey, I wished I will have more time in Japan to eat more and more.
#1 Matcha
Of course, the first candidate – matcha! I tried and ate many kind of matcha from ice-cream to cake or drink. Everything is supper delicious to me. Specially, when I went to Hakamura , I saw matcha ice-cream with 6 levels. Ahhhh! I tried the max level. Very dark matcha! My tongue and Haruka chan’s were green .Haha. Once you ate for the first spoon, matcha was dancing in my mouth \*^O^*/.
Near GRIT! where my company used to be worked with, there is a matcha coffee shop – Okagean. I went there many times, thanks to Ishikawa san, I knew matcha shake. Oh man! I love them so much!!!!
#2 Gyoza
This shop also near GRIT! There are many delicious shop around there but I didn’t know until Ito san showed me about it. Gyoza is very big in this shop, crunchy and so flavorful when you deep them in delicious sauce. Really really yummy~ Hiyayakko is very smooth. Ito san taught me her way eat hiyayakko with Negi rice. Yah, very delicious. I like that ^-^. Gyoza is so delicious that I want to eat more and more. That’s why just last week, I came back again with Ishikawa san.
#3 Yaki niku
How I can say about this? Ah, really exciting when eat yaki niku. ^0^. Thanks to Yoshida san, I had interesting experience with Yaki niku. Japan’s beef is very soft, super-soft. Yes!!!
Vietnam’s beef is hard. So we often cut into small or thin piece. If big pieces, we will simmer them. That’s why I was surprised when ate yaki niku in Japan. Whohoo! Beef was marinaded with rich spice. They whet my appetite. That’s moment, I went to food heaven. Woa~~ *twinkle twinkle*
After that day, I had more one chance with Yaki niku with everyone in GRIT! after marathon. The kind of buffet, I ate so much!!! After eating Yaki niku, Japanese will eat ramen or udon to finish the meal. Actually, in Vietnam, noodles or rice is the main dish in meal. So we often eat first. But in here very different so I was surprised and exciting. Also I tried Japanese-style-eating when eat yaki niku with Yoshida san and Ishikawa san. So full!!! 美味しかった、楽しかった〜
#4 Tempura
If choose one word to talk about tempura, I will say “delicate”.
I was so lucky when had a chance go to eat Tempura shop on Naho’s birthday. I could see the chef cooked very professional. Tempura taught me that If I want to become a good chef, I should learn from rustic simplicity. Tempura not use many spice, every taste come from themselves. The sweet of sweet potato, sweet of shrimp, baby corn, vegetables. The strong bitter of sea urchin, a little bit salty from shrimp’s skin and so on. The way of chef cooking, I could feel that he really careful and appreciate with ingredients to cook great dishes. He cooked from his heart. “What’s start from heart will come to heart”.
Thank you everyone for experiences I had with Japanese food. Having more and more things I want to talk with you but maybe see you in the next chapter “Japanese food journey” ^0^
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