Wednesday, February 18, 2009

dogs in my hand

Hello, how are you doing today? People sometimes be confused or get in a bind for the cultural differences of their food. There is always a possibility that people have wrong ideas for foreign countries’ food. I have seen a lot of restraint of Sushi which is Japanese traditional food in New York but some of it (It can be said more.) are not even similar of the real thing. As a general way to eat Sushi, Japanese must use Soy Sauce and the mustard of Japanese horseradish. However some American or other nations’ people living in New York don’t taste Soy Sauce or Japanese horseradish so the cooks have to find other kind of dressing materials for seasoning. It might make Sushi exactly different from the real one.
We either have confused about the cultural differences for the served food in Keio cafeteria. Quite many kinds of Spanish food which are not familiar for us are served in cafeteria every day, so we have to try it with big courage. Almost those challenging would be failed. But it’s ok. We are used to do that. And Keio cafeteria’s cooks sometimes try to serve some Japanese food for us. It’s very delightful for us but there are many mistakes or misunderstandings. The first thing I have seen in cafeteria’s menu is “Chicken Gyu-Don.” Of course, “Chicken” IS chicken but “Gyu” means BEEF in Japanese.
How can I get this? When I had eaten to check it, there were NO BEEF. It was just Chicken Don, but it tasted OK.
If you want to understand the other countries’ cultures, you have to be very careful, or you might befoul at it.

This is all what I think while eating hotdogs in train to New York City.

…..Where are the DOGS? What’s so HOT?

See you next time!

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