Vegetarian foods are rich in fiber and less in fat content. A vegetarian diet has more health benefits than a non-vegetarian diet. It helps in minimizing cardiovascular risk factors. A vegetarian diet is full of vegetables and fruits and it helps in protecting your heart and arteries. If you are traveling to Japan do proper research regarding its vegetarian food so that you have the desired vegetarian meal.
Matsuhisa Noboyuki a famous Japanese chef and a restaurateur are well known for his traditional Japanese dishes. He has a number of restaurants in the world. His restaurants have a unique collection of many Japanese dishes,Japanese restaurant Aspen provides a wide variety of vegetarian cuisine to its customers who are in search of vegan food.
Vegetarian food that you can order at restaurants
Japanese food makes extensive use of rice, noodles, vegetables, seaweed and soy products. It is always a good choice to order such food which does not have fish or meat in them instead of asking them to make something special for you. There are a lot of vegetarian foods in the Japanese diet.
Some of the Japanese vegetarian delicacies are as follows:
- Mochi – Mochi is a nice dish which is served warm. It is found in the form of rice cakes. It can be served fried or grilled.
- Eggplant called Nasu in Japanese is ordered as a side dish. It is served as baked or grilled and the flavor is given with a warm miso sauce. Some other vegetables served as a side dish are konyaku (gelatin type food made by yams), yamaimo potato and pumpkin.
- Kushimono – Kushimono is easily available in Japan called as skewered food. Mushrooms, okra, green pepper are served on sticks.
- Pickles – Pickled vegetable Tsukemono is served as a side dish accompanying your meal. They are soaked in salt water or sugar.
- Daikon – This vegetable is used on a large scale in Japan, served as pickled, boiled and eaten as a salad. Grated daikon provides cool touch to other foods.
- Beans (name) – These are served as boiled. Sweetened beans you can find in many Japanese desserts like anpan, mohaka, taiyaki etc.
- Tofu – Tofu restaurants are in abundance in Japan. It is served boiled or fried.
- Kinpira -Root vegetables like lotus root, carrots, bamboo shoots are cooked and are served in a sauce of soy and mirin.
- Rice – All the Japanese traditional meals always include a bowl of unadulterated rice. Senbei (rice crackers) are usually served with green tea.
- Soba and Udon noodles – They are straight and dried noodles. Mostly served in Tsuyu broth made from soy sauce, ginger and wasabi.
- Umeboshi – It is dried salted pickled plum which helps in digestion.
- Seasoned cucumber – It is one of the best and popular appetizers or bars food. It is always made fresh.
- Vegan sushi – You can enjoy vegan sushi at any Japanese restaurant.
Conclusion
Each and every year more and more Japanese restaurants are coming up which offer more vegetarian options to the customers. So, if you are visiting any Japanese restaurant do a little bit of research about the vegetarian specialty of that restaurant.
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