ProbablyaCrazyPerson 2 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 I just saw a thing on the news that was something about a huge budget being allocated so that overseas Japanese restaurants "server food correctly" or something. They mentioned the Washington Post or something calling it "sushi police". I didn't catch it all and just did a search but couldn't find anything...... anyone help out and know more at all_ Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Is that something like table manner? Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Not that gamera I think it was more them not wanting overseas Japanese restaurants to serve food that was not "traditional Japanese style". ie. no cheese on sushi that kind of thing. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I hear teriyaki chicken is on top of sushi somewhere in the world. Maybe "don't do that" notice? Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Are they still going through with the toned down version of that very silly idea? I mean, it goes without saying that this is the country of sweet mild curry, non-spicy kimchi, natto spaghetti, tuna and mayo pizza, etc. I mean, I can understand it if there's going to be proper sushi chef certification handed out by a new world body (there's a Napolitan pizza certification handed out to restaurants and similar certificates from those countries of origin), but there's no way you can do that for an entire cuisine like Japanese, Italian, etc. Lots of Japanese restaurants in Japan won't be meeting the standard either if they serve fusion dishes or whatever, sheesh.. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by gamera: I hear teriyaki chicken is on top of sushi somewhere in the world. Maybe "don't do that" notice? You can get karage sushi here so how will they stop the rest of the world! Wife tells me that they're trying to have recommended rests that have Japanese chefs because of the huge numbers of chinese and koreans worldwide that have started up Japanese resturants and have no idea of the original taste etc. Apparently the Thai, french, italian govs have similar things here? My rule is to just eat in a thai rest with a thai chef, a j rest with a J chef etc.. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Ugah... Karaage on top of sushi!?!?!?!? Must be one of Nagoya Ten-musu! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 Umikko.. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted February 2, 2007 Share Posted February 2, 2007 I say, keep an open mind. If it works, it works, if it doesn't, it doesn't. We ordered the most Japanese sounding pizza on the menu the other day -- Mochi with nori and some other stuff. It didn't work. Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Yea, I saw that a few months back - it's really about these 'japanese' restaurant that are being opened by Koreans and Chinese and serving 'asian' food under the banner of 'japanese food' So they want to 'certify' restaurants that serve authentic cuisine. I think it's a good idea, but I don't know it's worth my tax payer money to fund such an effort - couldn't an industry trade group pay? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 This is in Japan, SirJib? I was under the impression they were talking about restaurants overseas. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 Big will, it is about oversea's restaurants. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 I might be missing the point but it seems like a bit of a ridiculous idea to me. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 6, 2007 Share Posted February 6, 2007 no Rach, you are not missing the point Link to post Share on other sites
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