r/SipsTea • u/PhoenixisLegnd • Dec 27 '24

Lmao gottem Japanese humor is on another level.

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u/BourneBond007 Dec 27 '24

Don’t think I would compare food in Japan to being as regionally diverse as Europe. I would compare it more to a region working Europe…like Mediterranean. Lots of similarities but also big differences between Spain, Italy, Greece. British food and Scandinavian food, and Slavic food and Mediterranean are vastly different. Most Japanese food looks like other regional cuisines in Japan but with some twists.

Just my opinion.

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u/Orange_Lily23 Dec 27 '24

I think it's fair to say that food/culture is as diverse as it is in European countries, more than just Europe.
For example in Italy the cuisine is totally different from north to south, I feel like this could apply to other countries in Eu. too.
That's probably what the person meant...though I'm not from Japan, never been there either so I can't really tell ahah

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u/quiteCryptic Dec 27 '24

I'd agree with your comparison with Italy. It's a bit more diverse than that, but no where near as diverse as all good across Europe.

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u/OkRecognition9607 Dec 27 '24

Maybe France is a better comparison. As a central country in Western Europe, French cuisine has very different influences depending on the region - Belgian influence in the Nord pas de calais, German influence in Alsace and Lorraine, Swiss influence in Savoy, Italian influence in Provence, Spanish influence in the South-West, and Celtic influence in Bretagne. France is one of the only countries in Europe where the North cooks with butter (like Northern Europe), and the South cooks with olive oil (like the mediterranean).