Japanese cuisine
Known all over the world Japanese cuisine has great variety of dishes and its regional specialties. Some of the most popular Japanese dishes are native, but many of them have long ago penetrated in the eating culture and became Japanized.
These dishes are categorized into rice dishes, seafood dishes, noodle dishes, nabe dishes, soya bean dishes, yoshoku dishes and some other dishes.
Nevertheless, the typical Japanese meal consists of so called bowl of rice or gohan, a bowl of miso soup or miso shiru, pickled vegetables and of course, fish or meat. While rice is the main dish, several kinds of noodles are cheap and very popular for light meals. Being island inhabitants, the Japanese are very proud of their seafood. The wide range of fish, squid, octopus, eel, and shellfish can be met all kinds of dishes from sushi to tempura.
Seafood Dishes
Seafood dishes are prepared and eaten in many different ways: raw, dried, boiled, grilled, deep fried or steamed.
Sashimi is typical raw seafood. Many fish can be enjoyed raw if they are fresh and prepared in the right way. Most types of sashimi are served with soya sauce and wasabi.
Yakizakana is grilled fish. Many varieties of fish are cooked this way.