Thursday, November 24, 2011

DIFFERENT ASIAN CULTURE FOOD


The most unique and delicious recipes and dishes you can find around the world can be found in Asia. Asia has quite many delectable and very unique cuisines compared other countries in the world and that is something they can boast about. In this article we are going to tackle the different Asian culture food you can find in few countries in Asia.

The Japanese Asian culture food
One of the most famous kinds of food in Japanese cuisine is sushi. Basically made up of raw fish wrapped with meshi or vinegar rice then rolled with nori, which is a type of seaweed. Though this maybe simple sounding procedure and you may think that sushi is very easy to make well, let me stop you there. The art of sushi making is not that easy, the perfect blend of fish, rice, nori and seasonings can make the difference of the best and the worst tasting sushi you ever tasted.

There too are kinds of sushi’s which vary on how they are prepared an how they are shaped.

Nigiri Sushi (Hand pressed Sushi)
The most basic type of sushi which is oval in shape and has various toppings on it.

Maki-zushi (sushi rolls)
Another common type of sushi where it the fish is wrapped with rice and then rolled in a sheet of Nori.

The Chinese Asian culture food
To really understand Chinese culture food, it is always best that we start at the beginning. Chinese cooks will surely agree that cooking is not only a mere craft but it is pure art. Compared to other countries, Chinese believe that it is not merely cooking and preparing the food but it is more than that. Furthermore, the art of preparing and cooking Chinese culture food is very different from other countries. Chinese cooks are required to have expertise on these fields. For example, when it comes to noodles, many countries today use a machine to automatically make stretch the dough and make the noodle. However, in Chinese food, noodle is stretched using the hands.

Furthermore, Chinese cooking is based and bounded by the principles of Confucianism and Taoism which in general states that food should be healthy and the food should be easy to eat.

Of course the Asain culture food tour does not stop there. There are still many countries we have not discussed but of course we all need to stop somewhere right? Nonetheless, for sure after reading this article you have learned a thing or two about the great Asian culture food that will surely get your tastebuds going.

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