When eating Ramen in Japan, don't forget to slurp.

[yuiyoshida]

いただきます！itadakimasu! おいしい ね oishii ne!

miso (paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt) shoyu (soysauce) tonkotsu shio ra-Men (Tonkotsu translates to “pork bone.”) ra-Men (type of Japanese noodle)

[calimary]

1. We once had dinner with some Chinese gents who sat back at the end of the meal my mom had cooked

and they burped! Out loud! Multiple times!

We soon learned that this is considered VERY good etiquette, particularly toward the host or chef or whoever prepared the meal. It's a compliment. It's a very loud and surprising way to tell your host how great you thought the food was! They were pretty good burpers, too, as I recall!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

2. I saw that in Germany too. n/t

[yuiyoshida]

3. In Japan "Go shi so sama deshita" is your

complement to the Chef. When leaving a Restaurant you say this, or if sitting at a sushi table with the Chef close by, simply say "GO SHE SO SAMA DESH TA"
ごちそさま でした it means, "That was a very good feast"

[Ligyron]

11. huh, good to know!

Thanks

[Buckeye_Democrat]

4. I used to eat natto at lunch every day.

I worked at a Japanese-owned company at the time, and even the Japanese there thought it was disgusting.

It's loaded with Vitamin K2, and I was speculating at the time it might help my genetic condition called PXE. I gave up on the slimy stuff after about a year.

[yuiyoshida]

5. OMG..I L OVE NATTO!

putting Natto over hot steaming Japanese rice, with cooked (or raw) egg with a little (the good stuff not the cheap) soy sauce is a heavenly delight!

なっと わ とても おいしい ですね!!!

[Buckeye_Democrat]

6. I grew to tolerate it.

It's definitely better when mixed with rice! I wouldn't say that I ever really liked it, however.

My Japanese coworkers all considered it to be very healthy food.

[yuiyoshida]

7. mixed with rice is okay, but its the egg yolk that makes

it taste great. Add two, even better.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

8. Hmm... I might try it!

There's a fair number of Japanese businesses here, so there's a couple specialty stores that sell natto and other Japanese food. If I'm near them, I'll stop and buy some natto again.

[Ligyron]

12. I love to eat rice w raw egg!

Saw it in a National Geographic mag almost forty years ago and decided to try it. Yum!

Friends and family think I'm nutz - yuk!

That and Sushi from the same mag article, which I couldn't wait to try. I catch a lot of saltwater fish and couldn't believe how good it was raw instead of fried and drowned in tartar sauce (which I do also like on occasion).

But, I had to wait another ten years to finally get rolled Sushi and that was from a friend's Japanese wife when I was in the military. I then had to wait another 15 years to find it actually served in a restaurant - Japanese, of course.

I was amazed that it ever became popular with the American public 'cause I'll I heard was, "eeew!" for years.

"You don't know what your missing guys", was my standard reply for the first 20.

Great post and vid, Thanks!

p.s.: oh, and Japanese mayo, yum!

[yuiyoshida]

13. I never understood how one culture can pass judgement over another's food!

[tblue37]

9. Good God that is a darling little girl! I love the expression on her face. nt

[Helen Borg]

10. Not slurping is offensive!

It means you don't like them!

[jmowreader]

14. And when eating it in Korea...

never call it Ramen (it's "ramyun" in Korean) and always get it with cheese and ham.