Donburi （丼物）- Japanese rice bowl –

Japanese white rice

My foreign friends are not good at white rice.

It has no taste.
It feels like eating glue.

But Japanese people love white rice.

We eat white rice before eating some meat or vegetable dish.
And the white rice mixes with some dishes in your mouth.

Japanese rice bowl – Donburi –

My foreign friends can eat a Donburi and like it.

What is Rice bowls “Donburi” ?

A bowl of rice with side dishes on top of white rice.
We have many kinds of Donburi recipe.

Oyako-Donburi（親子丼）

It is a populer one.

Japanese dashi soup
with Chicken and Egg on the white rice.

It also contains green onions and onions.

Oyako(親子）means parent and children.

We eat parent and eggs in a bowl.

You can see row egg in the bowl.
So Japanese people like row egg,
we eat white rice with row egg and soy sauce.

When you stay a Japanese style Hotel,
you can see a raw egg in your breakfast.
Please try white rice and row egg and soy sauce.

Japanese eggs are clean.
There is no concern of Salmonella.

If you really know your Oyako-donburi,
you will use this spice bamboo bottle.
(Japanese seasoning with Red chilli peppers.
七味=Shichimi)

Katsudon(カツ丼）

Japanese Pork Cutlet and Egg Rice Bowl.
TonKatsu is Pork Cutlet （豚カツ：豚＝Ton：カツ＝Cutlet）
There are Tonkatsu restaurant in Japan.
It is popular menu.
Katsudon is delicious
Crispy Pork Cutlet and fluffy egg. Good!

Gyudon (牛丼）- Beef rice bowl –

This is a rice bowl with beef and onions
and Japanese dashi soup.

The red one is a ginger pickle.

Sashimidon (海鮮丼 Kaosendon)

We can eat many kinds of Sashimi in a bowl.

This rice does not use vinegar. (Rice of Sushi use the vinegar.)

See you on our next trip!!