Japan Diary – The food conundrum

Japan Diary – The food conundrum

Indians are foodie by default. It’s rare to find an Indian who doesn’t love the food. The availability of information, travel, cookery shows on various channels have exposed us to delicious and mouthwatering dishes prepared in variety of cuisines. Most of us have problem with food when we go abroad. If the destination is USA or Asia pacific you do have a chance of finding Indian restaurant or locating some edible food. If its china or Japan…..just have fun.

Since Japanese speaks English, it’s easy to communicate at restaurant and get what you want. Hey, wait I am just kiddingJ.  That’s not the case. Japanese shy away from people who speak English. That’s the worse part. Imagine standing at the restaurant counter and trying to communicate what you want when the other person doesn’t understand at all. Only the American retail chains like MacDonald’s and KFC where you can find young people exposed to some English education at schools.

Indian Vegetarians (the real the hardcore the total vegetarians) have tough time to find edible food among the meat and sea foods serving restaurants. The menu will be in Japanese so there is no way to decipher the ingredients. Take a look at this picture and check what you can possibly order?