Modern-day Japanese Food
1 February 2010Just like technology, cuisines all around the world evolve in to something more modernistic as time goes by. How do you classify modern cuisine? Some say, when non-traditional foods or non-traditional cookery methods are brought into that culture’s way of cooking it then becomes modernized by the people of that ethnicity. The West has the most influence on how cuisines changed. One of the cuisines most influenced by the West is Japanese cuisine.
In the land down under, modern Japanese restaurants are becoming progressively popular. Japanese restaurants offer a assortment of menu items, which appeal to most people. There are many delectable options to choose from, such as wagyu beef, Japanese bbq, and salmon carpaccios, just to name a few. Wagyu beef, cattle consorted primarily from Japan, is the most moist and tender, butter and smooth taste to it according to some. It is probably one of the most pricy cuts of beef because very high standards are put in place to produce them. Most people are familiar with Japanese barbeque. Typically, different meats and veggies are brought to the table raw and cooked on either a charcoal or electric grille. As the meats and vegetables are cooking special japanese sauces are mainly used to flavour the food. Normal Asian constituents are used in the sauces, such as; garlic, sesame, soy sauce, and sake. Salmon Carpaccio is a exquisitely prepared dish. There are a few versions of the recipe, but typically very thin cuts of salmon lay on the serving dish with pickled ginger scattered throughout the salmon. Sometimes one would see edamame beans with the salmon as well. For the finishing touch, a sauce is drizzled over the top, usually sesame oil or miso based.
In Australia, many Japanese restaurants offer their patrons a variety of Japanese barbeque styles and also various entrees of wagyu beef. Veggies, seafood and various meats seemed to popular for Japanese barbecue at many restaurants, with an assortment of cooking sauces to choose from. Wagyu beef can be served as: beef tenderloin with a garlic-ginger ponzu sauce, wagyu beef as a sirloin or in a roll form.
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