Fave foods in Japan

My favorite foods in Japan are sushi, sashimi and udon (read:udong). The last one is good if we eat in winter, in Japan so many noodle, but udon still the best for me..Umai kore! (read:delicious). I like very much these foods, when i was in my country, i often went to my favorite japanese restaurant in my hometown-Bandung, west Java. The fave japanese restaurant have specialist menu is sushi and udon. My friend who works as a chef told me about japanese food, most japanese foods just use simple ingredients, are also simple to cook and usually simple to serve but they still have a good taste, and i wondering of that until i arrived in sushi's origin country, Japan in July 2007 and I am very excited to try my fave japanese food.

And after three weeks i live here (in Saga) i went to a sushi bar with my husband and Adi's family, i dont remember how many times i have eaten sushi there since i arrived. I think sushi in Japan has a different taste, probably the fish and rice as material is the reason why the taste is different. In my country, especially in my hometown it is difficult to find fresh fish from the sea and japanese rice (for sushi) is different too, little bit short and whole. So maybe thats the reason, beside other ingredients like the sauce called soyou and chili called wasabi. So far i know, wasabi made from Japanese "horseradish", its root is used as a spice and has an extremely strong flavor than chili pepper.

Not only sushi's taste is more delicious here, sashimi too. But udon tastes more delicious in my country than here, i dont know why, maybe in my country the ingredients is adjustable automatically with our taste, we usually use many spices in our foods. The left picture are sashimi (the thin sliced of fresh fish) and udon (noodle with the soup).

I read in some magazines and on the internet about the benefits if we consume sushi and or sashimi. We can increase our health and our stamina. So, i cannot change my fave japanese foods, beside they have a good taste, are simple to eat, i also get other benefits for my body. But in different case, for pregnant women is not suggestion to eat uncooked foods for healthy pregnancy and avoid probability get complication in their pregnancy because of some fish and shellfish contain potentially dangerous levels of mercury.

Saga,Japan

-Sya