Japanese cuisine in Italy: a world to be discovered
Italy is considered the homeland of good food and the Mediterranean diet. However, for some years now, globalization and curiosity towards cultures that are clearly different from ours, have meant that more and more international cuisine restaurants have opened. Among these, Japanese cuisine restaurants certainly occupy a privileged place, as they prepare dishes that are not only good, but also beautiful to look at.
So let's find out what is the basis of this fascinating culinary culture. What Japanese cuisine consists of
Although a part of the cuisine in Japan is represented by the c.d. junk food (i.e. from junk food), another part of it is instead particularly refined and based on the use of nutritious and well-cooked ingredients. In fact, the main raw materials are fish, rice, vegetables, pasta and legumes, especially soy and its derivatives.
When we talk about Japanese cuisine in Italy we tend to identify it above all with sushi and sashimi, but this type of gastronomy is enriched with many other dishes that are cooked and served in sometimes imaginative ways.
Furthermore, what makes Japanese gastronomy not only a matter of food, but a combination of traction and art, is the fact that certain methodologies are followed for the realization of the dishes, such as the art of cutting fish and carving the fruit; techniques that make each dish a small work of art of precision and detail. Alongside modern Japanese cuisine, as we know it in Italy, there are further variations that date back to the samurai era and are followed in some particular ceremonies. These are the Yusoku, Honzen and Kaiseki cuisines.
Indispensable utensils for Japanese cuisine
In order to make Japanese dishes, it is necessary to use some tools that can only be found in Japanese kitchens. In addition to a rice cooker, molds for onigiri, Japanese knives with more performing blades than normal knives, bamboo placemats for rolling the maki, various plates for cooking fish or meat dishes with vegetables and various services are indispensable. cast iron and ceramic.
These are some of the utensils that can be found in a typical kitchen or in a Japanese restaurant, necessary to enhance the flavors during a given cooking method and to make compact and precise rice-based foods.
Main dishes of Japanese cuisine in Italy
Not only sushi and sashimi, in a typical Japanese restaurant it is possible to taste other excellent dishes:
Miso soup (soup with tofu and seaweed)
Ramen (wheat noodles soup)
Soba (wheat noodles in broth)
Taiyaki (fish-shaped cake)
Takoyaki (octopus balls)
Tempura
Chicken or shrimp skewers with a curry variant
Dorayaki (sweet pancake filled with adzuki bean jam)
Mochi (rice flour cakes with various fillings)
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