Chop and Drink Guide for Japan: Wetin You Go Chop and Drink

Why Japan be food lover paradise

Japan dey treat food like craft. Whether na 800 yen wey you spend for one bowl of ramen or you waka splash money on multi-course kaiseki dinner, dem go still handle am with care. See wetin you go chop, wetin you go drink, and how you go do am like person wey sabi area well well.

Correct dishes make you try

• Sushi and sashimi — the best one dey near Tokyo Toyosu Market or any sushi-ya for area. Conveyor-belt spots like Sushiro dey cost around 120 yen per plate.
• Ramen — different area get different style: heavy tonkotsu for Fukuoka, miso ramen for Sapporo, shoyu for Tokyo. One bowl go cost 800 to 1,200 yen.
• Tempura — seafood and vegetables wey dem fry small small, e sweet pass for special tempura counter.
• Okonomiyaki — na savoury pancake, make you compare Osaka style with Hiroshima style.
• Kaiseki — seasonal multi-course chop, na the peak of Japanese food.

Street chop and small small bite

• Takoyaki — octopus balls, na Osaka signature, e dey cost about 600 yen for six.
• Yakitori — grilled chicken sticks, e go sweet well with cold beer.
• Taiyaki — fish-shape cake wey dem fill with sweet red bean.
• Onigiri — rice balls from any konbini (small shop) for around 150 yen, e sweet pass wetin you go expect.

Wetin you go drink

• Sake — rice wine wey dem fit serve hot or cold; ask for junmai make e sweet pass.
• Shochu — stronger drink wey dem distill, dem dey mix am with water or soda.
• Japanese beer — Asahi, Kirin, and Sapporo dey rule; draft dem dey call nama biru.
• Green tea — matcha and sencha full everywhere, sometimes na free e dey come with chop.
• Highball — whisky mix with soda, na the correct izakaya drink.

Chop tips and how you go behave

• Talk itadakimasu before you chop and gochisousama after you don finish.
• To slurp noodle na correct thing, e dey show say you dey enjoy the chop.
• No put chopstick stand-up for rice or pass food from chopstick to chopstick.
• Tip no dey required and e fit even confuse person.
• Plenty small restaurant na cash-only and dem get ticket machine for door.
• Izakaya fit add small seating charge (otoshi) wey come with small starter snack.

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