Japanese foods are not really all that, amirite?

actual japanese food tastes so… bland Japanese food is quite popular to be very salty, especially their ramen. You either have a habit of cooking foods with tons of salt, or your tongue is ruined by all those years eating too much salt.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Right, this is the problem, most of the japanese food seasonings are just salt, there are lots of spices and smell beside "just" salt

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

most of the japanese food seasonings are just salt That is also wrong. At this point I don't trust your opinion about foods anymore.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

As a Japanese food lover I don't think they're that wrong. The most basic Japanese condiments are soy sauce and miso, then there's also mirin and sake for sweetness. I would say Japanese food is mostly salty, sweet and umami and I agree that there are only very few dishes that are spicy, hot and sour (and most of those are adaptions of Chinese food).

by Salty_Substance 2 days ago

Actually, "thing I grew up with and am used to is much better than the thing foreigners like" is just about the most popular opinion of the uninformed worldwide.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Oh people actually read those? I didn't know that

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

It took me months to get used to it whilst living there, the flavours are a lot more delicate but once you're attuned to it, other foods seem unnecessarily overpowering.

by Glass_Journalist2880 2 days ago

This isn't an opinion really so much as it is just fact. Japaese food has a focus on freshness and purity.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

i liked ramen and curry in japan but i lowkey like the fake american fusion sushi better than authentic sushi i also like american pizza more than italian pizza

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I also think authentic italian food are too one dimensional for me, just different foods with the same seasoning

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

As an Indian, Japanese food in Japan woke me up in a different world altogether. It literally spoke to a visage of my soul that I was completely oblivious to. It's amazing for me

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I'd prefer indian foods although i never went to india and have no plans to, but there's a lot of indian immigrant's restaurant where i lived too,so it's kind of authentic i guess lol

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

kurang pedas 😂

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Lebih enak mie ayam bakso sama nasi padang🥰

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

This just depends on where you ate at. I went to Japan last year but stayed in a non-touristy area and the food was great. I'm also from the US so the food here is generally ultra processed and super salty. Like I could eat sushi everyday all day for $15 USD there. I also ate a bunch of Japanese curry. I just think it comes down to if you went to a spot that caters to tourists or not.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I visited Japan for 2-weeks in the 1990s. At the end of the excursion I was so tired of Japanese food. Bland as the OP mentioned. Salty, soy sauce, fermented or umami and tangy rice vinegar were the prominent flavors I experienced for the entirety of those 2-weeks. There was virtually no variation.

by Kooky-Importance 2 days ago

Indonesian food is a bit strong

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I honestly heard the same thing about the ramen there. Also, it matters where you go in Japan. The touristy spots aren't that good I've heard, which have more reviews than some of the not so touristy spots which are supposedly a lot better than the touristy spots.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Yes from what I've seen there is salt and soy sauce 90% of the time. You can taste the natural flavor of food more, unlike Indian food for example. It's a preference of course

by Anonymous 2 days ago

As the saying goes: Japanese food is simplified Chinese food

by janick74 2 days ago

Chinese foods are leagues above actual japanese food

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

Well, china is roughly a bazillion time larger than japan, it's bound to have a more diversified cuisine.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

I don't know why someone would have Japanese food when Korean Food exists.

by PitifulFlounder 2 days ago

Yeah korean food kinda grows on you, i used to hate kimchi and jjangmyeon but i crave for them every now and then

by AudienceAbject 2 days ago

I could eat dejigogi until I die.

by PitifulFlounder 2 days ago

I used to think that too, until one day I noticed in one anime that they were eating ketchup on omu rice. It was unsalted boiled rice, unsalted omelette and... Ketchup? This would taste horrible. And then I started noticing that a lot of the food they make would actually not taste that great.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Because I want to taste it. Literally everything tastes better when salt is present.

by StandardPlantain 2 days ago

That's an insult to cooking.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

lmao ok

by StandardPlantain 2 days ago

Your knowledge of a cusine is based on a cartoon....riiiiight

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Standard Omurice normally comes with fried rice, not boiled/steamed rice.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

You eat ultra processed crap and sugary junk, that's certain.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Have u ever ate indonesian food?

by AudienceAbject 1 day ago

A lot of Japanese food is a weird mix of foods they've taken elsewhere and made it their own. By nature, a lot of their traditional food is very simple and focuses on the natural flavours (kaiseki cuisine). Also spicy food is non-existent lol. As a fellow SE Asian it's pretty abysmal. A lot of their food is overly sweet imo with all the sauces they use.

by Spare_Ambassador_66 1 day ago