Asian cuisine

approach to Japanese cuisine. The food is far from bland; in fact, every bite is full of flavor and excitement. There's traditional sushi and Japanese alcoholic beverages such as sake. For example, my favorite meal at Behinana's consists of crab, cream cheese, and seaweed tempura in a spicy chili sauce, topped with spicy crab and shrimp. It also includes a few dishes most Americans are accustomed to, such as Filet minion. Even though the menu is primarily focused on Japanese cuisine, there are…

anything feeling and not sweet. It could be a plate of noodles, a sandwich or a plate of fried rice. Until today, Jannine still eat more her own culture food and she barely eat “American” food. However, Jannine does eat a lot of differentces of Asian cuisine. Jannine believe that the changes in her food culture is mostly due to modern life. When Jannine were still in the Philippine, she, her friends and many younger Filipinos would usually eat at least one meal a day that is non-traditional…

became one of my biggest influences to the decision of my in-group. Before I was even placed into school, I claimed myself to be Asian at the time. My parents were in the process of teaching me the Vietnamese language and some of its traditions. Traditions such as Vietnamese New Years and the proper way to greet my elderlies. I was already accustomed to the Vietnamese cuisines because my mother knew how to cook Vietnamese food and our family went down to Charlotte almost every weekend, where my…

People see and describe culture in many different ways. Culture could be different characteristics and knowledge of a particular group, for example characteristics such as language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Growing up we are experiencing and learning many different cultures from our peers and our communities, but do people ever think about how these different characteristics can affect who we are? Even the most simple of characteristics that fall under culture can impact…

The topic of Week nine is the foodways of Japanese-Americans, and how they differ from Japanese traditions. To learn more about this, we were assigned four readings. The first one, “Japan: Japanese Food”, by Ayako Yoshimura explains the diffusion of Japanese foodways into America. She starts by describing how Japanese people entered the United States, which occurred when the Edo seclusion policy was nullified, allowing people to migrate in order to find work. A large percentage flocked to…

1. Provide a concise summary of the film. From its inception around 2000 years ago in Northern China, Tofu has evolved to be a vital part of the Chinese cuisine [1]. The art of making tofu spread to eventually reach the south western parts of the Chinese mainland and has become an integral part of the food culture of areas such as the Yunnan province. Making varieties of tofu, such as the hairy tofu has also become an art as it requires the mastery of microorganisms. For the Mongolian nomads in…

Today, risotto has become an innately Italian dish. In most Italian restaurants, you will find at least one type of risotto on the menu. Strangely, despite it’s inherent Italian-ness, rice and risotto are relatively new introductions to Italian cuisine. Rice has a long history of domestication in Asia and was not brought to Italy for several thousand years after being domesticated (P. Huang et al. 2012, X. Huang et al. 2012). Despite its foreign origins, I argue that the way rice and risotto…

INTRODUCTION : Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in South Asia and is commonly used in South Asian (Indian, Bangladeshi, Nepali, Sri Lankan, and Pakistani) cuisine and ritual. Ghee is a type of clarified butter that is prepared by boiling butter and removing the residue. Spices can be added for flavor. Ghee has a long shelf-life and needs no refrigeration if kept in an airtight container to prevent oxidation. The texture, color and taste of ghee depends on the…

Chinese food is the most popular food in the world. More and more people from different countries know more about China because of Chinese food. In the article sunshine and water in China by Zhe Xing, the author said if there is any city with more than 50 thousand people, they must have Chinese people as well as Chinese restaurants.(Zhe 2013). Chinese food is more than 5000 years old, and it has special rules.There are five ways to judge a traditional Chinese food: color, smell, taste, meaning,…

Have you ever sat at home and just got the urge for a pizza? We all do this but some of us simply go to the closest pizza shop and get a greasy, overpriced pizza, feel unhealthy the next morning and regret buying the pizza, as well as having less money in our pockets. I have done this plenty of times. I would be much better off if I thought about my decision before just jumping in the car and going to the nearest place. From this moment onwards, I know where I will be going for a pizza even if…