日本食物英文版.pptVIP

Japanese Food and Culture The Island of Japan The Meal (gohan) Two Kinds of Food: ‘Staple’ and ‘Other dishes’ Staple (gohan) is rice Other dishes (okazu) are fish, meat, vegetables Traditional Concept of Meal Neutral flavor of rice considered complement to meal Fill up on gohan, okazu stimulate appetite Traditional meal has no Western counterpart Sake = rice, so the two are not consumed simultaneously Most basic meal: rice, soup, side dish Courses of a typical Japanese meal today Side dishes with rice and with sake The Table Zen Traditional, personal table Box with tray, individual sets