I heard many Okinawa dishes and culture have some assimilation SEA from the days of merchant Maritime..
Also a neat trivia, the Japanese word potato called jyagaimo meaning is potato from jakarta
Thank God the anime oishinbo that yamaoka got much better characterization... Idk the live action ver, but I still think if oishinbo got remake anime, I just hope they use the old anime as basis and cut the fat..
Heck,if oishinbo got remake but as live action, I still hope it create better...
Wow, the first part of this theme cooking is very different with the special/OVA adaptation...
In manga is more "joking", meanwhile the anime have more serious tone