When I Order American (アメリカンを頼んだら)
May 08th 2010 07:47
When I went to L.A., I was amazed by unfamiliar Japanese named food; Kyoto-bowl, which is rice bowl with toppings of teriyaki chicken and boiled vegetable. Off course, it doesn’t exist here in Japan. ^^
Vice versa, there are a lot of strange name foods in Japan.
“American” means weak coffee. However, we don’t call ordinal coffee “European”, but “Regular”. Yesterday, I dropped by a Ramen shop with my friend because I didn’t afford to have decent supper. I ordered “Taiwan Ramen”, which is very hot and spicy. My friend told me Taiwan Ramen which we have in Japan doesn’t exist in Taiwan. It was one of Nagoya cuisine. Then, I found memo on the table which said that “you also order American if you prefer milder Taiwan Ramen.” Hahaha, strange! If you’d like to have a little hot spicy Ramen, you have to order “American Taiwan”.
Haha, I googled it and found instant ramen; American Taiwan Ramen. ^^
Vice versa, there are a lot of strange name foods in Japan.
“American” means weak coffee. However, we don’t call ordinal coffee “European”, but “Regular”. Yesterday, I dropped by a Ramen shop with my friend because I didn’t afford to have decent supper. I ordered “Taiwan Ramen”, which is very hot and spicy. My friend told me Taiwan Ramen which we have in Japan doesn’t exist in Taiwan. It was one of Nagoya cuisine. Then, I found memo on the table which said that “you also order American if you prefer milder Taiwan Ramen.” Hahaha, strange! If you’d like to have a little hot spicy Ramen, you have to order “American Taiwan”.
Haha, I googled it and found instant ramen; American Taiwan Ramen. ^^
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A., I was amazed by an unfamiliarly named Japanese food: Kyoto-bowl, which is a rice bowl topped with teriyaki chicken and boiled vegetables.
Of course, it doesn’t exist here in Japan.
Vice versa, there are a lot of strangely named foods in Japan.
However, we don’t call original coffee “European”, but “Regular”.
Yesterday, I dropped by a Ramen shop with my friend because I couldn't afford to have a decent supper.
My friend told me that the Taiwan Ramen which we have in Japan doesn’t actually exist in Taiwan.
It is a part of Nagoyan cuisine.
Then, I found memo on the table which said that “you can also order American if you prefer the milder Taiwan Ramen.” Hahaha, strange!
Haha, I googled it and found this instant ramen: American Taiwan Ramen.
It was "Oriental" flavor... Whatever that means hahaha
A., I was amazed by the unfamiliar Japanese-named food. For example, Kyoto-bowl, which is a rice bowl with toppings of teriyaki chicken and boiled vegetables.
Off course, it doesn’t exist here in Japan.
On the other hand, there are a lot of strangely named foods in Japan, too. (I think it sounds a little awkward to start a sentence with "vice-versa." Usually "vice-versa" is used at the end; for example, "Dogs don't like cats, and vice-versa.")
However, we don’t call ordinary coffee “European”, but “Regular”.
Yesterday, I dropped by a Ramen shop with my friend because I couldn't afford to have a decent supper.
My friend told me Taiwan Ramen, which we have in Japan, doesn’t exist in Taiwan.
It is part of Nagoyan cuisine.
Then, I found a memo on the table which said “You also order American if you prefer milder Taiwan Ramen.” Hahaha, strange!
Haha, I googled it and found this instant ramen: American Taiwan Ramen.
A., I was amazed by the American given titles of the Japanese themed food. For example, There is a dish named"Kyoto-bowl" which is rice bowl topped with teriyaki chicken and boiled vegetable.
Of course, there is no such thing in Japan.
Just the same, there are a lot of dishes with strange names here in Japan.
To order an American coffee, would mean that you want a weak coffee
Yesterday, I dropped by a Ramen shop with my friend because Icouldn't afford a decent supper.
I ordered a “Taiwan Ramen”, which is avery hot and spicy ramen dish.
If you’d like to have a little hot and spicy Ramen, you have to order “American Taiwan”.
A., I was amazed by this unfamiliar Japanese named food; Kyoto-bowl, which is a rice bowl with toppings of teriyaki chicken and boiled vegetables.
Yesterday, I stopped by a Ramen shop with my friend because I couldn't afford to have a decent supper.
It was one of Nagoya's cuisine.
If you’d like to have a less spicy Ramen, you have to order “American Taiwan”.
Weak coffee? I think Americans like their coffee much stronger than Japanese people. We did make Starbucks. ^___^
mmm...American Tai food. lol
American Taiwaneseの王っさんより
I grew up in the U.S., lived in Japan for a few years, and am now living in Taipei.
So I find your post very interesting. Made me laugh - hahaha!
By the way, the ramen in Taipei is not very good - Tokyo's is much better.