Modern Japanese Cuisines
Just like technology, cuisines all around the world evolve in to something more modernistic as time goes by. What constitutes a modern cuisine? Some say, when non-traditional foods or non-traditional preparation methods are brought into that culture’s way of cooking it then gets modernised by the people of that ethnicity. The West has the most influence on how cuisines changed. One of the cuisines most wrought by the West is Japanese cuisine.
In Australia, modern Japanese restaurants are becoming increasingly popular. Japanese restaurants offer a assortment of menu items, which appeal to most of the public. There are heaps of delicious selections to choose from, such as wagyu beef, Japanese bbq, and salmon carpaccios, just to name a few. Wagyu beef, cattle associated primarily from Japan, is extremely moist and tender and some state that it has a butter and smooth taste to it as well. It is probably one of the most expensive cuts of beef because very high standards are put in place to produce them. Most people are familiar with Japanese bbq. Typically, various meats and veggies are brought to the table raw and grilled on either a charcoal or electric grille. As the meats and vegetables are cooking sauces are primarily used to flavor the food. Typical Asian constituents are used in the sauces, such as; garlic, sesame, soy sauce, and sake. Salmon Carpaccio is a delicately prepared dish. There are a few variants of the recipe, but typically very thin cuts of salmon lay on the serving dish with pickled ginger scattered throughout the salmon. Sometimes one would see edamame beans with the salmon as well. For the finishing touch, a sauce is drizzled over the top, usually sesame oil or miso based.
In the land down under, many Japanese restaurants offer their patrons a assortment of Japanese bbq styles and also diverse entrees of wagyu beef. Veggies, seafood and various meats seemed to popular for Japanese barbeque at many restaurants, with an assortment of cooking sauces to choose from. Wagyu beef can be served as: beef tenderloin with a garlic-ginger ponzu sauce, wagyu beef as a sirloin or in a roll form.
