Articles of category "Japanese foods"

Sushi - is there any other dish so popular all over the world, being a colorful ethnic meal and an international snack. Unique taste, easiness of cooking and the ability to change the stuffing according to the products you have at hand makes sushi an essential part of practically each ones home menu. So that you can do not only sushi with fish, but also vegetable sushi are very popular, too.

Tempura -- or batter-coated deep-frying of fresh fish and vegetables -- was introduced to Europe by Portuguese missionaries in the 16th century. That is why the origin of the word tempura goes to the Portuguese that ate fish due to the Catholic proscription against meat during Lent, in Latin, "ad tempora cuaresmae", meaning "in the time of Lent". Vegetables and fish were the initial things cooked this way in the history of tempura due to their trade with the Portuguese and Dutch merchants, but present day it is not necessary.