tiuxiu,
Could someone please explain what is good about Japanese foods? My son loves it, and worked for 6 months as a cook in a Japanese restaurant; but I just don't get the raw fish thing at all. I don't seem to even like their bean ice cream (ice cream, for gosh sakes!) and wasabi. Only their fried fresh veggies seem ok to me, but too fried and unhealthy to me. The only thing I really like is Japanese beer it seems.
DW and I love Japanese food. We just got back from 11 days in Japan this past Thanksgiving and the food was some of the best food of any type we've had.
Our love for Japanese food is hard to describe. Some of it has very subtle flavors; definitely not in your face like Indian or Thai. After all our meals in Japan, we came to conclusion that a lot of Japanese dishes are extremely well presented, tasty, good texture. It definitely seems to hit all the senses. I absolutely love Indian food, especially South Indian food, but I can understand why others don't since it can be so overpowering. There is rarely any subtlety with Indian food and presentation often times in secondary.
There's some about a nice bowl of ramen (which is actually Chinese) or soba. It smells and tastes wonderful! We had some Hida beef (like Kobe beef, but a different region of Japan) which was cooked over a hibachi on a magnolia leaf with a miso paste composed of grilled onions and other spices. SO good! Also, Sashimi is to die for. I can have it for breakfast.
I will agree that Japanese and many Asian desserts leave me wanting. They are either too sweet or have an unfavorable texture (too soft or too grainy). I like red bean ice cream, but it's not my absolute favorite. My favorite desserts are definitely European. Ohh the French and the Austrians can make some incredible desserts!
I like foods of all types, and find it hard to choose one over the other. If I had to pick five, in no order of preference:
- Mexican
- Indian (especially South Indian)
- Japanese
- Italian
- Thai
Countries where I didn't really like the food:
- Germany
- Peru
- Costa Rica
- Egypt
- Any Scandinavian country! (Norway, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland)