[Spareribs]

I was in Kyoto, Japan a few weeks ago and I stopped at this restaurant and ordered the fried beef.
 
Wow!. It was super crispy on the outside and a nice red color on the inside! Loved it. It also came with several dipping sauces too. My favorite was the amazing deep flavored curry sauce.
 
I've had country fried steak before which is common in many diners out west like in Texas and Arizona but this was a very different fried beef. It was amazing!
 

 

[LeThao]

I'm an exchange student in Japan now. I'm also really like Japanese cuisine. Sukiyaki in particular

 

[Spareribs]

Delicious!

 

[LeThao]

Have you ever tried others Japanese foods?

 

[Spareribs]

Yes. I posted some of the other meats I tried in this other thread.
 
http://www.head-fi.org/t/806991/that-steak-was-so-tender-and-good
 
 
For the other food items, I ate a bunch of the noodle dishes, sukiyaki, shabu shabu, sushi,  yakiniku, yakitori, various seafood, kushikatsu, curry, takoyaki, Okonomiyaki, oden, onigiri, mochi, the McDonald's shrimp sandwich, etc....

 

[LeThao]

Wow, amazing. You even tried Kobe beef. My Japanese told me that he is not sure if i like Kobe beef or not. Some people don't like because as you said it melts in your melts unlike the other chewing meats.

 

[Spareribs]

While Kobe beef is a great treat, it's not the only outstanding beef. I don't know the names of the other beef types but at any good quality yakiniku restaurant, there will be other amazing beefs too. Even at the super markets, I saw some really impressive well marbled beef that looked outstanding.

 

[LeThao]

It looks like you are a big fan of beef , doesn't it 

. And i feel that you like Japan so much. Have you ever tried to learn Japanese, i can see that you know a lot of Japanese dishes's name.

 

[Spareribs]

Well, my knowledge of Japan is actually pretty bad. I'm more of a food fan. 
 
However, just for fun I did teach myself the basic Hiragana and Katakana alphabet only with free apps on my phone. It took about 2 months I think. I also memorized some of the survival phrases which helps a bit. 
 
I also did some research on the characteristics of the types of restaurants and food places so I'll get a basic idea of what to expect. And I also memorized the food names too in advance.
 
At one place in an old neighborhood in Osaka, there was no English menu and I can't understand a Japanese menu so I just told the girl to give me whatever she thinks is good and she served me some excellent fried chicken and egg omelet. That was fun actually to take these weird chances.

 

[LeThao]

Yeah, the Japanese characters are totally different from English, and they use 3 type of characters so it is really tough. 
 
Your weird experiences in Japan are so interesting lol. By the way, have you ever tried Vietnamese cuisine? 

 

[Spareribs]

Yes but only in America since we have many Vietnamese communities. Of course pho is popular and I enjoy it and I really like the bahn mi sandwhiches too. I think it would be great to visit Vietnam someday because I really like their style of food.

 

[LeThao]

I'm really happy to hear that. .I was impressed because you know the word " banh mi " . I think one of the most important thing making Vietnamese food special is the variety of sauces. Like fish sauce ( nuoc mam) or soy bean sauce.. I hope to see you in Vietnam someday

 

[Spareribs]

Thanks!