Japanese Dishes

chilled soba served on a dish (often on a wicker basket or in a shallow steaming basket) with dipping sauce​

kamaboko; steamed seasoned fish paste, usu. in a semicylindrical shape on a strip of wood and sliced to go in soup, etc.

soba noodles in broth served continuously so that the guest or customer never has an empty bowl

mochi sprinkled with sweetened soy flour​

hot pot stew made with offal, vegetables and (often) miso​

chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer​

restaurant dinner tray; set of dishes served on an individual tray for entertaining guests; banquet​

sophisticated traditional Japanese cuisine brought in courses

cooked rice with green tea poured on it​

beef tongue (a specialty of Sendai); ox tongue​

sushi; anything made with vinegared rice (may also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies)​

sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top

chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg​

(fish) grilled or broiled with salt​

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)​

teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)​

assortment (of food); assorted dishes; combination platter​

leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef)​

pickled vegetables

cold Chinese noodles accompanied by soup for dipping​

spiced noodles (ultra hot noodles from spicy ramen shops); devils noodles​

cooking meat, fish, etc. over flames

fried beef or pork offal (entrails)​

steamed meat dumpling (Chinese-style)​

Steak of whale (may be served on skewers)

rolled egg; rolled omelette

fried cake of minced meat

sea urchin

sea urchin

fatty cut (esp. of tuna belly)​

medium-fatty tuna​

skewered rice dumplings in a sweet soy glaze​

dish made with pork belly and bones, simmered with miso, sake, vegetables, etc. (from Kagoshima)​

food cooked on a grill in front of customers

sashimi (raw sliced fish, shellfish or crustaceans)​

Japanese dumpling made from mochiko

1) grilled squid ; 2) squid pancake (Osaka)

Chinese noodles (esp. ramen)​

thinly shredded cabbage (usual. served with tonkatsu)

fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to (Sumo) wrestlers

savoury pancake with various fillings, thinner than okonomiyaki​

bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt

noodles made in flat strips

udon cooked in a broth containing miso paste​

miso soup

miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans ; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso

first segment of a chicken's wing

(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing​

eel fillets cooked over charcoal with soy flavoured sauce, cut in small pieces and served on rice

tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter

sushi wrapped in fried tofu​

fried tofu (aburage) used for inarizushi​

fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes)

mixed vegetable and seafood tempura

deep-fried food

fried tofu

dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku, etc. stewed in soy-flavored dashi​

gyoza; pot sticker; crescent-shaped pan-fried dumplings stuffed with minced pork and vegetables​

muscle; tendon; sinew​

Liver from an eel

liver; innards​

bracken-starch dumpling

bracken​

eel

to boil; to decoct; to infuse​

rice cracker

tofu; bean curd

manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling

steamed yeast bun with filling​

Japanese beef

mochi; (sticky) rice cake

beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin

soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles

yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat

sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan

crotch; crutch; groin; thigh​

roasted pork fillet (often used in ramen)

(custard) pudding

blue king crab

red king crab

crab

to like; to prefer​

fish-shaped pancake filled with bean jam

sea bream (Sparidae)

okonomiyaki; savoury pancake containing meat or seafood and vegetables​

octopus dumplings​

to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue

octopus

cotton candy​

cotton

pastry; confectionery​

deep-fried skewered meat and vegetables

spit; skewer​