Showing posts with label food. Show all posts
Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Dec 25, 2011

Evolution of sushi-go-round

I wrote about kaiten zushi before.
And now, we can see the evolution of it.
The racing car in the photo above bring us a sushi.
When you can't find favorite sushi on the conveyor,
you can order with a touch panel to get a car carrying sushi.

Instant noodles

As you know the instant noodles packaged in a cup are already seen all over the world.
But do you know the history of these products?
Instant noodles were invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando, the Taiwanese-born founder of the Japanese food company Nissin.
He used Chikin Ramen (Chicken Ramen) as the first instant ramen noodles.
In 1970, Nissin formed the subsidiary Nissin Foods (USA) Co. Inc, to sell instant noodles to the United States.
Nissin recognized that the bowls traditionally used to package instant noodles were not common in the U.S, so they instead turned to the paper cup; in 1971, they introduced instant ramen packaged in a styrofoam cup.
Nissin subsequently introduced this to Japan.

Dec 24, 2011

Tonkatsu

Tonkatsu means a pork cutlet.
The pork cutlet is a Japanese food though it is a fly dish.
We eat putting the Worcester sauce on this.
Recently, crushing sesame seeds immediately before eating, and putting on the source become popular at a restaurant.

Sanuki-udon

Udon is a noodle eaten for a long time in Japan.
It is made from wheat, and we eat by putting it in soy sauce soup.
The Sanuki-udon is the most famous udon in Japan with the feature with a strong texture of which the origin is Kagawa Prefecture.
This noodle is becoming popular most now though several noodles are in Japan, and the popularity will not go out of use in the future. 

Kaiten zushi

Kaiten zushi means a Conveyor belt sushi,
also called sushi-go-round.
In Australia, it is also known as sushi train.
Kaiten-zushi is a sushi restaurant where the plates with the sushi are placed on a rotating conveyor belt that winds through the restaurant and moves past every table and counter seat.
Recently in Japan, most of these restaurants are introducing touch panel order system for placing special orders.