Anyone cooking Japanese? FOOD that is, not People you silli characters.

[numbered]

To get much less healthy, the fast food is Tonkatsu. Basically deep fried breaded pork parts of varying types. Sometimes chicken substitutes.

Take a thin piece of loin, salt and pepper, flour it, dip in egg, cover with Panko and fry. Serve with rice and a pile of Napa cabbage (and some pickles if you can find them). The trickiest part will be to find the katsu sauce. Kikkoman has an acceptable version at some markets

[NewtonMP2100]

.....Takoyaki......!!

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I used to cook Teriyaki chicken thighs. Prep in morning and let marinate while at work. Start the rice, pop chicken in the oven for 40 - 50 minutes and you have dinner. Plenty of recipes don't even need a marinate period.

If you have a slow/multi cooker, there should be dozens of meals with Japanese flavors.

[Mr Downtown]

I'm crazy about Japanese curry. Delicious comfort food for cold winter days.

You'll find the cubes (hot or mild) at most large grocery stores. Just lightly brown some meat and veggies, and throw in the water and cubes of dehydrated sauce. I like to just lightly brown some boneless pork chops for a bit of umami, then dice them and throw them in the slow cooker with water and sauce cubes for a couple of hours—but you can also just do it in a skillet in about 30 min. Serve over rice, of course.

[lost in space]

Soba noodles, hot or cold, dipped in tsuyu with wasabi and bits of nori. MMMMmmmmm.

Where's Drew?

[dk62]

Japanese food is extremely varied and I do not even remember seeing teriyaki anywhere on the menus in Japan. Being from the Old World, you could also try motsunabe, I love it, but most people in the States will not go near it.

Regarding fish and parasites, farmed salmon is generally parasite-free and much safer for sushi than wild-caught one. Any fish will be parasite-free after a couple of days in the freezer, but the taste will depend on how quickly and well you can freeze it.

[NewtonMP2100]

....soylent green.....is people......!!!!

[rz]

I spent three weeks in Japan a few months ago. Lots of great food. One thing that stood out was the fact that shrimp, which is considered a delicacy here and is priced accordingly, is cheap over there. One of my favorite places to go for "fast food" was the "conveyor belt sushi" place. Each plate was 100 yen (about 88 cents at the time). Had ramen several times. Also had curry a few times, but it's not my favorite. The guy I was traveling with loved it though, so we went a couple of times.