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Cuisines in the world evolve into something more modern over time. How do you classify modern cuisine? Many say, when non-traditional foods or non-traditional preparation methods are worked into that culture’s way of cooking it then gets modernised by the people of that ethnicity. The most influence on cuisines and how they change stems principally from the West. One of the cuisines most influenced by the West is Japanese cuisine.
In Australia, modern Japanese restaurants are becoming more and more popular. Japanese restaurants offer a variety of menu items, which appeal to most people. There are many yummy selections to choose from, such as wagyu beef, Japanese bbq, and salmon carpaccios, just to name a few. Wagyu beef, cattle affiliated mainly from Japan, is exceedingly moist and tender and some state that it has a butter and smooth taste to it as well. It is an pricey meat and very high standards are put in place to farm them to ensure that the best quality of meat is achieved. Many people enjoy Japanese bbq. Typically, different meats and vegetables are brought to the table raw and seared on either a charcoal or electric grille. As the meats and vegetables are cooking special japanese sauces are mainly used to flavour the food. Normal Asian ingredients are used in the sauces, such as; garlic, sesame, soy sauce, and sake. Salmon Carpaccio is a delicately prepared dish. There are a few variants of the recipe, but typically very thin slicings of salmon lay on the serving dish with pickled ginger spread throughout the salmon. Sometimes one would see edamame beans with the salmon as well. For the finishing touch, a sauce is mizzled over the top, usually sesame oil or miso based.
In Aussie, many Japanese restaurants offer their clients a variety of Japanese bbq styles and also various entrees of wagyu beef. Vegetables, seafood and various meats seemed to popular for Japanese bbq at many restaurants, with an assortment of cooking sauces to choose from. Wagyu beef can be served as: beef tenderloin with a garlic-ginger ponzu sauce, wagyu beef as a sirloin or in a roll form.
