


Offering a warm and casual atmosphere, these bars serve fresh sushi that’s made-to-order. Feel like sushi but prefer to avoid paying big bucks for a meal at Michelin-stared Sushi Saito and Sukiyabashi Jiro? Visit one of Japan’s many stand-up sushi bars. For less than an Aussie fiver, you can get a crispy chicken katsu sandwich or a couple of onigiri (rice ball) filled with dried salmon flakes or egg.ĥ. No, seriously, you’ll be surprised to discover what you can find at your local convenience store – and at reasonable prices too.
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However, the beans are full of vitamins and proteins, thus making them a cheap and easy breakfast dish.Ĥ. Typically eaten with rice, the fermented soy beans have a slimy texture, a pungent smell and a strong flavour which means that it’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Nothing divides Japan more than natto, the Japanese equivalent of Vegemite. The option to order mini-sized bowls of ramen means that you can sample your way through many different kinds from Men no Bo-Toride’s milky Hakata-style tonkotsu (pork bone) ramen to Shina Soba-ya’s more delicate soy sauce-based ramen, a Tokyo specialty.ģ. Only an hour by train from downtown Tokyo, the museum is the world’s first food-themed amusement park with a store, race track and ramen stalls covering all three floors. If you love your noodles, be sure to check out Yokohama's Ramen Museum. There are plenty of sushi bars to choose from but Sushi Dai and Sushi Daiwa attract the biggest crowds, with punters lining up as early as 6am to get their sushi fix.Ģ. Whether you choose to go for a platter filled with fresh slices of tuna, salmon and prawn that was caught only hours ago, or a chirashi (essentially a sushi bowl), you’ll find it hard to go back to Fruit Loops. Forget about soggy sugar-laden cereal bowls, start your day with a protein-packed sushi breakfast at Tokyo’s famous Tsukiji fish market. Japan is a food lover’s dream and the only thing more difficult than choosing where to eat for dinner each night is trimming our list of the most impressive Japanese food experiences down to ten.ġ.
