2018年6月1日金曜日 - 
Sarah - Food
Over the Golden Week holiday, I took a trip
to Seoul, South Korea to visit some friends. I had a great time and enjoyed
some delicious food. However, I was a little surprised at just how spicy the
food was. Of course, I have eaten Korean food before, but only in America.
American-Korean food is much sweeter than
the food I had in Korea. I have heard that Japanese-Korean food is the same
way. It made me think about how countries change food to suit the tastes of their residents.
It’s
not just Korean food that is different in America. Almost all cultural food is altered slightly. Most Americans cannot handle too much spice, so Korean, Thai, and Indian
food are all made to be on the sweeter side rather
than the spicy side. America even creates its own unique dishes. For
example, many Chinese dishes that A
mericans eat are not Chinese at all! They were actually created in America. Sushi is also very different in America compared to Japan. In Japan, sushi usually consists of rice topped with a piece of raw fish. In America, many restaurants would call that sashimi. Typical sushi in America is in a roll shape and the ingredients used are quite strange. For example, I have seen a sushi roll that had shrimp tempura and avocado inside and was topped with mango and a sweet sauce. There is also a popular sushi roll called a Philadelphia roll that contains tuna and cream cheese.
But
it's not just America that alters food. Japan does it as well. Sweets are a
good example of this. Many sweets that were created in America or other
countries are not as sweet here in Japan. While Americans regularly eat
extremely sweet products, that is not the case for Japanese people. So, much less
sugar is added.
much sweeter：はるかに甘い
suit：合わせる
residents：居住者
altered：作り変えられる
handle：取り扱う
rather than：～ではなく
compared to：～と比べて
consists：～から成る
ingredients：材料