tantan

I also wish we had an equivalent for Natsukashii. I just use it in English anyway in the hope that we can adopt it into our language. Best word ever. Mayo: I'm a mayo addict. It makes EVERYTHING taste better. Only QP will do. Ajinomoto and other brands taste like a combination of paint and glue (Yes, I've eaten both). I think the craziest combination I've tried was kimuchi, nattou and QP. It wasn't delicious, but not bad. I'd eat it again. The bad thing was that it nullified nattou's stickiness. I'll try QP on anything, but always put it on curry, tatsuta age, bi bim ba, kimuchi fried rice or cucumber and lettuce. A little bit with zaru soba is good. It also goes well mixed with wasabi.

My friend told me about a restaurant serving tonkatsu which uses sesame oil to fry the cutlet. I'm addicted to anything cooked in sesame oil, and also a tonkatsu addict, so would love to try it but not going to "waste" that much precious sesame oil just on one dish. Has anyone else tried it? My friend also said that in the restaurant, the chef uses his bare hands to turn the cutlet! I'm not sure how that works....

My personal favourite is KARAMUCHO. They come as normal potato chips, or in a cup as little sticks and both are delicious. Just the right amount of spiciness. I also like okonomiyaki flavour chips.