Not raw, please生が苦手な方へ
Order these dishes and you will eat well anywhere. Japan is not only raw fish.
Order these dishes and you will eat well anywhere. Japan is not only raw fish.
A surprising number of visitors arrive worried that they will not be able to eat here. Almost all Japanese cooking is cooked. Grilled fish, fried chicken, simmered vegetables, noodles, hotpot, curry, dumplings, tempura, eel, tonkatsu, ramen — none of it is raw.
Raw fish is simply the most photographed part. Skip it and you keep the rest of the menu, which is most of it.
Say it before you order, not when the plate arrives: “No raw, please” is understood almost everywhere, and Nama wa dame desu if you would rather say it in Japanese.
A raw egg arrives with several dishes — on rice bowls, with sukiyaki, on top of some noodles. Say “No egg” if that is a problem; it is easy to leave out.
Fish stock is in a great deal of Japanese food, including miso soup and most noodle broth. It is cooked, so it is not a raw-food issue — but it matters if you are vegetarian. See the vegetarian page.