たべもの

こんにちは、みんなさん！

きょうは、たべものについてかきます　（＾－＾）

I think I said when I came to your class in the summer, but one of the things I was most looking forward to about Japan was the food, and it did not disappoint!

So you all know what sushi is, and of course I’ve been to eat some already ~

This is a picture from a trip we made to the local conveyor belt sushi restaurant; it’s kind of like Yo! Sushi in the UK, but much cheaper! One plate is 100 yen, and I was full after only four. (You can see that some of my friends ate a little more than that, though!).

 If you haven’t been to a restaurant like this before, you sit down next to a little conveyor belt full of small plates of sushi, and just pick up any plate that you think looks tasty. Then at the end, the waiter or waitress counts up how many plates you had, and works out how much you owe them. I was a little confused the first time, so I was glad that I had some Japanese friends to help me out!

I’ve also eaten some ramen already. Have you heard of ramen before? It's a kind of noodle soup. とてもゆうめいな日本のたべものですよ。

This is the “curry ramen” I had out at a restaurant:

 

 

Of course, a lot of students eat instant ramen because it’s very easy to make. I’ve got some too, it’s soy sauce flavoured:

 

 

(As you can see on the packet, soy sauce is actually called しょうゆ in Japanese, I was pronouncing it wrong for the first week)

In any case, you shouldn’t just live on ramen, it’s not very good for you!

The other food that I’m really enjoying is the bento (べんとう、弁当）boxes that you can buy in the supermarket. This is one that was reduced because the shop was closing soon (the shops are very strict when it comes to having fresh food for the bento boxes, so you can get good deals if you go shopping later). This bento box includes えびてんぷら (deep-fried shrimp) and すきやき (sweet beef stew).

 

 

Sticking with supermarket food, I really like the おにぎり (rice balls) that are available everywhere. They're a little like sandwiches. You shape the rice into a ball or a triangle, put a filling like tuna or chicken inside, then wrap it with のり (seaweed) to eat it.

 

 

Finally, this is a strawberry-flavoured KitKat! You can get a lot of different flavours of chocolate here, including matcha green tea flavoured, but so far this is my favourite.

みんなさん、どうおもいますか。日本のたべものをたべたことがありますか。？？どうでしたか。

You can post a reply in the comments below. Also, please leave a comment if there’s anything you’d like me to write about next time! I still have a lot of Japanese food to discover, so I'm sure I'll be writing about it again soon.

よんでくれて、ありがとうございます！