I am going to Japan soon, what foods do I need to try?

Question

I love noodles!!!!!

Answer 1

Japanese cuisine offers a great variety of noodle-based dishes and regional specialties. Some of the most popular are listed below.

Soba

Soba noodles are native Japanese noodles made of buckwheat flour or a mixture of buckwheat and wheat flour. Soba are about as thick as spaghetti. They can be served cold or hot and with various toppings.

Udon

Udon noodles are native Japanese noodles made of wheat flour. Udon are thicker than soba and can also be served either hot or cold and with various toppings.

Ramen

Ramen are Chinese style noodles prepared in a soup with various toppings. Ramen is one of the many popular dishes that were originally introduced from China but have become completely Japanized over time.



Somen

Like Udon noodles, somen are Japanese noodles made of wheat flour, but they are much thinner than Udon and Soba. Somen are usually eaten cold and are considered a summer speciality.

Yakisoba

Yakisoba are fried or deep fried Chinese style noodles served with vegetables, meat and ginger.  

Answer 2

Aside from the over-popularized dishes like chicken teriyaki, sushi, and miso soup, there is a whole other world of Japanese cuisine. If you love noodles, definitely try these dishes:

-Udon (thick buckwheat noodles), usually in a dashi broth (which is made from kelp and fish) with fried tofu, fishcakes, and an assortment of vegetables

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon

-Ramen (thin egg noodles) in any kind of broth, with usually a hard-boiled egg, vegetables, and cha-shu (japanese roast pork)

         - Shoyu Ramen: soy sauce broth

         - Tonkatsu Ramen: pork bone broth

        -  Miso Ramen: miso-based broth

        -  Tantanmen: spicy sesame broth with ground beef

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

-Soba: thin buckwheat noodles with a dipping sauce of soy, rice wine, and dashi stock, usually topped with shredded seaweed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soba

-Yakisoba/Yakiudon: Pan fried soba or udon noodles with shredded carrots, beef/chicken/any kind of meat, onions cooked on a hot griddle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakisoba

-Sukiyaki: Beef, mushrooms, cabbage, tofu, and sweet potato noodles cooked in a beef broth in a hot pot, usually served with a raw egg on the side

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukiyaki

Other than noodles, here are some rice-bowl dishes, called Donburi in Japan.

Gyudon: Cooked beef and onions in a sweet-salty sauce made of soy sauce, rice wine, and dashi (popular food chain that serves it is Yoshinoya)

Katsudon: Fried breaded pork cutlet over rice with scrambled eggs and peas

Unagidon: Barbeque Eel over Rice

Oyakodon: Basically Katsudon, but instead of a breaded pork cutlet, it's chicken

Karedon: Curry with potatoes and carrots, served with rice and pickled ginger

Here are popular street foods:

Takoyaki: Battered octopus dumplings, served with a sweet sauce. (fillings include ham and cheese)

Okonomiyaki: Japanese "pizza", basically eggs, bacon, mayonaise, shredded seaweed, sweet sauce, shrimp and batter, combined with noodles

Lastly, you should definitely try a McDonald's! Don't order the regular stuff you see in the ones in America, but dishes that you can only get at a McDonald's in Japan! (like a fried shrimp burger or a green tea milkshake!)

Answer 3

there soap is amazing chicken lo mein and deffinetly sushi

Answer 4

first you can try eating with chop sticks!!