一般の話題
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汁は飲み物でしょう。
(English) “Eat your soup!”
You may have heard this phrase countless times as a child… unless you grew up in Japan that is. In the Japanese language, the verb used for the consumption of soup is nomu ( 飲む ) meaning -to drink-!
割烹とは。。。？
(English) A kappou is a traditional Japanese establishment where the owner/cook is visible from the counter or tables, and can interact with the customers. A sushi kappou is pretty much what we call a sushi bar in the west.
パンにする？ご飯にする？
「今晩何食べる？ ご飯にする？それともパン？」
私はよく夫にこう聞きます。変ですか？
フランス人の夫は、とてもおかしいと思い、必ず「…と、何？」と聞き返します。
ご飯と米
(English) In Japanese, there are two words for rice: gohan ( 御飯 ) and kome ( 米 ). While the latter is strictly used for actual uncooked rice, the word gohan means cooked rice, but is also the general word for a meal. Rice is considered the base of a traditional Japanese meal, and when one says asagohan ( 朝御飯 ) or yuuhan ( 夕飯 ), meaning breakfast and dinner, one is literally saying the -morning rice- or the -evening rice-.
東洋・西洋のマリアージュ
(English) In Japan, alcoholic beverages are never dissociated from food. And yet, the concept of pairing dishes with specific drinks is relatively foreign to traditional Japanese culture. In fact, the term used when speaking of food and wine pairing, mariage, is taken directly from the French language.
