Isekai Izakaya "Gen" - Vol. 7 Ch. 42 - Taste of Home

[MangaDex]

 

[eviljackspicer]

Types of eating: Triangular, Bakkari

Me: Chaos: by mixing everything into one big bowl to make the chef cry

LMAO

 

[IMACOP]

Reminds me of

 

[Mitsu13]

First time I know that method of eating is actually real in Japanese cuisine. Sounds interesting, I think I will try it next time. I thought Shokugeki is just introducing some not popular concept

 

[HaikenEdge]

This is one of the things that always annoyed me about Top Chef; when an Asian chef would serve the judges multiple dishes within a course, the judges—particularly Tom Colicchio, who already needs everything over-salted because of how badly damaged his palate is from a lifetime of cooking and eating New York restaurant food, which is notorious for being over-salted in the first place—would complain about each individual dish is bland or unbalanced, ignoring the fact that, in many of those cuisines, dishes aren't meant to be eaten separately but are meant to be eaten as a collective. There's just an underlying sense of racism and willful cultural ignorance and pretense of being an expert on food that just pisses me off.

 

[Saury]

First time I know that method of eating is actually real in Japanese cuisine. Sounds interesting, I think I will try it next time. I thought Shokugeki is just introducing some not popular concept

Not just in Japan. This is the way many asian cultures eat food. Rather than dishes being served in sequence, dishes are served as a set simultaneously, and people are meant to alternate between the various dishes. I cringe whenever I bring white friends to Korean restaurants for the first time because they always start eating the side dishes in isolation! The point is to eat them with everything else to give a variety of flavours as well as allow each individual to balance the seasoning to their own preferences.

This is one of the things that always annoyed me about Top Chef; when an Asian chef would serve the judges multiple dishes within a course, the judges—particularly Tom Colicchio, who already needs everything over-salted because of how badly damaged his palate is from a lifetime of cooking and eating New York restaurant food, which is notorious for being over-salted in the first place—would complain about each individual dish is bland or unbalanced, ignoring the fact that, in many of those cuisines, dishes aren't meant to be eaten separately but are meant to be eaten as a collective. There's just an underlying sense of racism and willful cultural ignorance and pretense of being an expert on food that just pisses me off.

1000% . People like Tom unfortunately reinforce American stereotypes...

 

[sjiveru]

That dude on page one is a guy who's job is going around knocking on people's windows to wake them up in the morning - a real profession before the days of alarm clocks!

 

[Mitsu13]

Not just in Japan. This is the way many asian cultures eat food. Rather than dishes being served in sequence, dishes are served as a set simultaneously, and people are meant to alternate between the various dishes. I cringe whenever I bring white friends to Korean restaurants for the first time because they always start eating the side dishes in isolation! The point is to eat them with everything else to give a variety of flavours as well as allow each individual to balance the seasoning to their own preferences.

Funny thing is I am an Asian and I never know about this lol thank you for telling me!

 

[brndndss]

huh, never really thought of different methods of eating. i suppose i'm still a triangle method person if i'm not making the meal, otherwise i just combine it all into my feeding trough

 

[fight2live]

Yae from Misoshiru de Kanpai would love this chapter 😁

 

[Llyana]

I was really interested by this concept of food order. I'm French and used to eat one dish at a time, but since a few years, I naturally began to eat a little from each plate because it was way better. But most Japanese / Chinese restaurants are used to the French way, so when you order a meal set, they serve you one dish at a time (miso soup, then salad, then sushi for example)!

 

[Beregorn]

This is one of the things that always annoyed me about Top Chef; when an Asian chef would serve the judges multiple dishes within a course, the judges—particularly Tom Colicchio, who already needs everything over-salted because of how badly damaged his palate is from a lifetime of cooking and eating New York restaurant food, which is notorious for being over-salted in the first place—would complain about each individual dish is bland or unbalanced, ignoring the fact that, in many of those cuisines, dishes aren't meant to be eaten separately but are meant to be eaten as a collective. There's just an underlying sense of racism and willful cultural ignorance and pretense of being an expert on food that just pisses me off.

On the other hand, when you are cooking, you are cooking FOR SOMEONE, and you should take into account the tastes and preferences of the people you are cooking for.
You need to clarify, to yourself in the first place, what you want to achieve: if you want to make the best dish of your roots, maybe Top Chefs isn't the best place to do so. If you instead want to win the competition, then you should swallow your pride and cook dishes that cater to the judges' tastes.
Or at least explain how your dish is supposed to be eaten: otherwise you are equally arrogant and "racist", since you assume that everyone in the world should automatically know how your dish should be eaten...

 

[miyako19]

Types of eating: Triangular, Bakkari

Me: Chaos: by mixing everything into one big bowl to make the chef cry

LMAO

In my country, that is called pig's food. My mother especially hates that. She will complain and nag from morning to night if I did that.

 

[miyako19]

As a Vietnamese, we also use this type of eating. Rice, main dish, side dishes and soup. It keeps us from tired due to eating same flavor.

 

[Grimmycoffee]

Thanks for the last page explanation, it was neat. I kinda have a rough idea even before this chapter, but I didn't think about specific method or function.

In my country, that is called pig's food. My mother especially hates that. She will complain and nag from morning to night if I did that.

It might be different in other provinces, but in Indonesia where I am, most foods are meant to be in one plate/bowl. The exceptions are probably fish aside from catfish, so that the bones can be separated easily.