4 Unique Japanese Dishes You Need to Try!
Coming from England, a land known world-wide for its bland, beige, sloppy brown dishes (that English people love), the experiments in flavours that can be found in every conbini (convenience store) zapped my taste buds into paralysis. It was like finding out there are new colours and swimming in them.
There’s something unspeakly fascinating about Japanese food. And it’s not just in the refined Sushi and Sashimi that we’ve all been made aware of.
Since my trip to Japan, a day hasn’t gone by where I haven’t thought about these flavours, for better or worse. Some of them I long to be re-united with, others turn good dreams into nightmares. The theme that combines them? You won’t taste them anywhere else. Here are 4 unique Japanese dishes you must try when travelling through Japan!
1. Meiji Meltykiss: Matcha
I came across these when my AirBnB was double-booked in Tokyo. The owner of the flat came zooming around on a moped and apologetically handed me a bag of goodies and ¥30,000, before opening up the flat next door and waving goodbye. As well as meeting the kindest AirBnB owner on the planet, I was introduced to Meltykiss: Matcha.
The flavour of matcha is common all over Japan and while it is possible to get in other countries, you will have some difficulty…
