Oishii!

美味しい (Oishii)！！

The minds of anyone who has ever tasted Japanese food

When I was growing up in New England, the availability of Japanese cuisine available in restaurants and grocery stores were scarce. The concept of eating a raw fish was still very appalling to many. Skip 10 years and today we see not only Japanese restaurants prospering in various major cities, but also thousands of tourists from overseas visiting Japan to try “the very authentic sushi.”

Japan offers an incredibly diverse cuisine. With the blessings of ample water and various geographical features within the country, each region has developed its own traditional cuisines based on the resources they had. Even though the fact that a few dishes such as ramen, sushi, tempura, and pancakes becoming extremely well-known in the foreign countries was a great start, a part of me always felt a little frustrated that other cultural dishes haven’t made it there.

Then I came to think that the lack of familiarity and understanding of the other dishes was the reason why it hasn’t become prevalent. Oishii! will report various dishes and ingredients not tried by most people from overseas, in hopes that by having the historical and cultural information of the exotic food you would get the courage to try them. It was out of curiosity and familiarity of sushi that people decided to bite into a piece of uncooked fish, after all.