What LA Thinks Japanese Food Is Vs. What Japanese Really Eat

By Koji Steven | Thursday, February 9, 2012 | 2 Comments

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I admit that when I first saw the title of this LA Weekly article, “L.A.’s Idea of Japanese Food vs. What Japanese Really Eat,” I wanted to hate on it. Say that the writer Andrew Froug was wrong and didn’t know what he was talking about.

However, no matter how many times I read the article, I couldn’t find anything that I disagreed with. So instead of doing that, let’s just say that this is a great article to read if you want a brief but accurate insight into Japanese cuisine.

[Venn Diagram courtesy of LA Weekly]

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http://thylacine.livejournal.com/ ErikaHarada

How could you hate on it? It’s so accurate!!!

Sushi tho, is still eaten in Japan…not as much, perhaps, but kaiten-zushi places have made it cheaper and more accessible :3

Some other Asian food venns here:

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http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/VietVennDiag.jpg

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genemoy

Hilarious that the right side of the Venn diagram has three youshoku (Western influenced) dishes, now considered to be part of Japanese cuisine, and there are at least two JA dishes on the left side of the diagram. I wonder how this would look with experiences in different countries, like the way Chinese food changes to meet different national tastes.

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