5 Unusual Japanese Food

5 Unusual Japanese Food

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1.Zaru soba (Cold soba noodles)

Let’s be honest, cold noodles sounds like something you’d only eat the morning after you got a late-night Chinese takeaway and woke up with a pounding headache and sweet and sour sauce smeared around your face. But in a country with such hot and humid summers, these chilled buckwheat noodles dipped into a sweet broth with green onions and wasabi are very refreshing.

2. Uni (Sea Urchin)

Genuinely one of the greatest foods in the world, though it might not look like it. A complex medley of flavours – sweet yet bitter, salty yet delicate – if the golden brown of the sea urchin appears on your plate you know it’s going to be a good meal.

3.Okonomiyaki

A savoury pancake made with shredded cabbage, okonomiyaki literally means “what you like cooked”. Grilled on a special hot plate in the middle of the table, popular fillings include pork and squid. Goes wonderfully with three or four Asahi beers.

4.Tori Gai (Japanese Cockle)

Large, succulent and sweet, Tori Gai are extremely rare and so rather expensive. But by God are they good. You have to have a special licence to catch them and it’s a good thing too, otherwise everybody would be doing it.

5.Kakigori

A shaved ice dessert, topped with syrup and condensed milk. Kakigori is a snow cone’s sexy younger sister. Commonly served at local festivals during the summertime.