October 18, 2009
Progressive Japanese Food
Just like technology, cuisines all around the world evolve in to something more modern as time goes by. What are modern cuisines? Some say, when non-traditional foods or non-traditional cookery methods are worked into that culture’s way of cooking it then gets modernized by the people of that ethnicity. The West has the most influence on how cuisines changed. One of the cuisines most wrought by the West is Japanese cuisine.
In the land down under, modern Japanese restaurants are becoming more and more popular. Japanese restaurants offer a variety of menu items, which appeal to most people. There are heaps of yummy selections to choose from, such as wagyu beef, Japanese bbq, and salmon carpaccios, just to name a few. Wagyu beef, cattle consorted mainly from Japan, is exceedingly moist and tender and some state that it has a butter and smooth taste to it as well. It is one of best quality meats in the market, very high standards are put in palce to raise them to ensure that the best quality of meat is achieved. Many people love Japanese barbecue. Typically, various meats and veggies are brought to the table raw and grilled on either a charcoal or electric grille. As the meats and vegetables are cooking 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 quite a few versions on the recipe, but usually very thin slicings 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 clients a assortment of Japanese barbecue styles and also diverse entrees of wagyu beef. Vegetables, 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.











