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Dishes Prepared Menu Categories
at the Table
Aemono
Mizutaki/Chirinabe
Dressed salad dishes.
Nabemono (one-pot meal) of Agemono
vegetables, tofu, and chicken
(mizutaki) or fish (chirinabe). Deep-fried foods.
Okonomiyaki Nimono Grilled eel (unagi) basted in a sweet sauce,
a yakimono dish
Thick pancake-shaped mix of Simmered foods.
cabbage, egg, shrimp, squid, Sashimi (Otsukuri) Tori no kara-age
or pork cooked on a griddle.
Shabu-shabu Raw fish (see p127). Deep-fried chicken.
Sunomono Tsukemono no moriawase
Nabemono (hot pot) with thinly
sliced beef and vegetables Vinegared dishes. Combination of pickles.
cooked in a metal pan. Yakimono Yakitori
Grilled foods. Marinated chicken grilled
on skewers.
À La Carte Yakiniku
Agedashi-dofu
Korean-style beef barbecue.
Deep-fried tofu (bean curd) Chinese-Style Dishes
in a stock.
Chikuzen-ni Gyoza
Vegetables and bits of chicken
simmered together. Fried dumplings.
Table condiments: seven-spice (shichimi) Eda mame Harumaki
powder, jar of soy sauce, and ground chili
pepper (ichimi) Soybeans steamed in the pod. Spring roll.
Popular summer snack. Shumai
Sukiyaki Hiya-yakko/Yudofu
Small, pork dumplings crimped
High-quality pan-cooked beef Cold/simmered tofu. at the top and steamed.
or chicken and vegetables. Kinpira Yakimeshi/chahan
Teppanyaki
Sautéed burdock and carrot Fried rice.
Meat and/or shrimp or squid strips seasoned with sauces.
and vegetables grilled on a Natto Izakaya Snacks
griddle in front of the diner.
Udon-suki Fermented soybeans. Cucumber and Dried
Niku-jaga sea weed squid
Udon noodles, chicken, and
sometimes clams or shrimp Beef or pork simmered with
simmered in a soup. potatoes and other ingredients.
Oden
Sushi
Chirashi-zushi Hot pot with white radish, boiled
egg, and fish cake in soy broth.
“Scattered” sushi (see p126). Ohitashi
Nigiri-zushi
Boiled spinach or other green Onion and bonito
“Fingers” of sushi (see p126). leafy vegetable with sauce.
Maki-zushi Shio-yaki
At izakaya (see p118)
“Rolled” sushi (see p127). Fish sprinked with salt and establishments, which are
grilled over a flame or charcoal. tavern-like places serving
Set Meal Tamago-yaki food rather than restaurants,
Teishoku dishes such as dried strips of
Rolled omelet. squid and pickles complement
A set meal (see p116), with rice, Tonkatsu the beer, shochu and other
drinks (see pp128–9).
soup, some vegetables, salad,
a main meat dish, and pickles. Breaded, fried pork cutlet.

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