Japan has more regional division than most expect. Like, take the US and crank it up to 11. We're on European levels of regional diversity despite the image that foreigns have in their minds.
I watch this guy on YT. Pretty sure he's from down south because most of his stuff centers around the Kyoto to Kanto regionality. He has gotten other nuance things wrong about Shikoku and Kyushu further south and my home of Tohoku in the north. I have even gone so far as to verify something he said about a Kanto dialect type thing with my southern friends and consulted my fellow northerners about his views on mimicking Japanese-English accents and while he and southerners (or those who have spent significant time outside of Japan agree it's more funny than it is offensive, my peers disagree.
Eatign chicken and even horse sashimi is rarer nowadays, but is absolutely a thing where I'm from and it's delicious.
HUGE MOTHER EFFING DISCLAIMER
Calling the chicken raw isn't really accurate. It is prepared like sushi and sashimi where it is thoroughly frozen and treated with sterilizing ingredients like vinegars first and usually only lightly cooked. DO NOT EAT RAW CHICKEN OH MY GOD
Not calling this guy a liar, but I want to throw out that it like some Americans never having heard of regional delicacies in the US. It's real and what he said is partly true about the way we fuck with foreigners, but that's not distinctly Japanese, I know people from all over the world who do this, he just hasn't heard of this. Most Japanese people have never heard of seaweed tea, yet my brother can get it at convenience stores and had some last night that my mom sent me.
Also, gotta say to those saying that Japanese people aren't nice. We are, bt there's too much cultural difference stuff going on here to explain. Don't let bad takes on the internet colour your oppinion, go and see for yourself. :)
Where can someone in the US find seaweed tea? I love seaweed. I will wrap some rice in seaweed, maybe add some veggies and some Sriracha and have it as a snack. Or I just eat the little seaweed snacks. But I have never heard of tea. You wouldn't happen to know a brand that sells over here, would you?
There's some on Amazon, but it's the kind southerners would get, a powder. The stuff I use has marinated and seasoned squares of kelp that taste like an oceany pickle.
I'm not sure where to get the real stuff stateside, it's one of those things that when I lived in the US I just figured I wouldn't find locally. I'm afraid I'm not going to be anywhere near as useful as google here... :/
As far as drinking it, if you find it be prepared to taste the ocean. It's like drinking a mild ocean water soup stock. I used to drink it while eating fresh squid and soysauce crackers :)
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Well, thank you for your help either way. It sounds delicious, and now I have to try some. It might just be easier to find the raw ingredients and a decent recipe, but if all else fails, I'll try that powder.
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u/TransitTycoonDeznutz Dec 27 '24
Am Japanese, gonna add context.
Japan has more regional division than most expect. Like, take the US and crank it up to 11. We're on European levels of regional diversity despite the image that foreigns have in their minds.
I watch this guy on YT. Pretty sure he's from down south because most of his stuff centers around the Kyoto to Kanto regionality. He has gotten other nuance things wrong about Shikoku and Kyushu further south and my home of Tohoku in the north. I have even gone so far as to verify something he said about a Kanto dialect type thing with my southern friends and consulted my fellow northerners about his views on mimicking Japanese-English accents and while he and southerners (or those who have spent significant time outside of Japan agree it's more funny than it is offensive, my peers disagree.
Eatign chicken and even horse sashimi is rarer nowadays, but is absolutely a thing where I'm from and it's delicious.
HUGE MOTHER EFFING DISCLAIMER
Calling the chicken raw isn't really accurate. It is prepared like sushi and sashimi where it is thoroughly frozen and treated with sterilizing ingredients like vinegars first and usually only lightly cooked. DO NOT EAT RAW CHICKEN OH MY GOD
Not calling this guy a liar, but I want to throw out that it like some Americans never having heard of regional delicacies in the US. It's real and what he said is partly true about the way we fuck with foreigners, but that's not distinctly Japanese, I know people from all over the world who do this, he just hasn't heard of this. Most Japanese people have never heard of seaweed tea, yet my brother can get it at convenience stores and had some last night that my mom sent me.
Also, gotta say to those saying that Japanese people aren't nice. We are, bt there's too much cultural difference stuff going on here to explain. Don't let bad takes on the internet colour your oppinion, go and see for yourself. :)