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Reading the Menu Zosui

General vocabulary likely to be useful when eating out is given Rice soup made with the
in the Phrase Book on pages 407–08. Individual ingredients leftover stock of a one-pot meal.
are also listed there. A selection of some of the most popular Noodle Dishes
dishes and styles of cook ing are listed in this glossary, including Kitsune soba/udon
Japanese script to help you read menus in Japanese. Further
details about some of the dishes follow on pages 316–21. Soba or udon noodles in flavored
dashi broth with bits of fried tofu.
Donburi: Rice-bowl Kare raisu
Dishes Nabe yaki udon
Katsudon “Curry rice”. Can be ebi-kare
(shrimp curry), katsu-kare Noodles simmered with a dashi
Rice bowl topped with a (with deep-fried pork cutlet), etc. broth, often with shrimp tempura,
breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet shiitake mushroom, and egg.
and semi-cooked egg. Makunouchi bento
Ramen
Nikudon Classic bento (see p319).
Chinese-style noodles in a broth.
Rice bowl with beef, tofu, Ocha-zuke Usually there are thin slices of
and gelatinous noodles. roast pork on top, sliced leeks,
Rice in a bowl with a piece of seaweed, and fish-paste roll.
Oyakodon grilled salmon, pickled plum,
etc., over which tea is poured. Reimen (Hiyashi chuka)
Rice bowl with chicken, onions,
and runny, semi-cooked egg. Omu-raisu Chinese noodles topped with
strips of ham or roast pork,
Tamagodon Thin omelet around rice mixed cucumbers, and cabbage.
with tomato sauce and meat bits.
Rice bowl topped with a Somen
semi-cooked egg. Onigiri
Thin noodles, usually in ice water.
Tendon Triangular blocks of rice wrapped
in strips of dried seaweed (nori). Tamago-toji soba/udon
Rice bowl that has one or
two shrimp tempura and Unaju Soba or udon in a flavored dashi
sauce. broth into which an egg has
Grilled eel served over rice in a been stirred to cook gently.
Other Rice Dishes lacquered, lidded box.
Kamameshi Tempura soba/udon
Yaki-onigiri
Steamed rice and tidbits served Soba or udon in a flavored broth
in a clay or metal pot with a Variation of onigiri, without sea- with pieces of shrimp tempura.
wood en lid. weed, grilled over a flame.
Yakisoba
Rice Crackers and Nibbles
Soft Chinese noodles sautéed
Crackers (senbei or osenbe) are sold in supermarkets all over Japan. on a griddle with vegetables
Beautifully made and presented, they are also sold at station gift and some form of meat or fish.
counters and stalls at the popular tourist attractions.
Zarusoba
Rice crackers with nori Chocolate-coated
Mixed rice seaweed “Pocky” sticks Soba noodles served cold on a
crackers bamboo rack. Ten-zarusoba has
shrimp and vegetable tempura.
Dishes Prepared
at the Table
Prawn Mizutaki/Chirinabe
crackers
Rice crackers shaped like Pea and soya bean Nabemono (one-pot meal) of
persimmon seeds crackers vegetables, tofu, and chicken
(mizutaki) or fish (chirinabe).

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