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I like the grilled rice balls. And I like grilled mackerel (bathe it in smoke).

Is this similar to the tofu/egg they sell at the supermarket?

Steamed egg custard.

Go eat fugu in Osaka. It's cheaper than in TOkyo. Actually the food is generally really good in Osaka...

crab chawan mushi! To die for!

The restaurants near my place don't have udon like this. I have to prepare it myself at home.

One of the reasons I love cilantro is the way it brightens my gaucamole.

Kyushi style ramen is my favorite.

mushroom soup!

My date and I were either at Le Cirque. It was dessert course, he looked at my dessert and yelled: "What's that black shit in your ice cream?" I stared at him. It's vanilla you idiot. Vanilla.

Braised goose is really good, Chiu Chow style. Taiwanese people eat boiled goose. In Los Angeles, there are little Taiwanese snack shops that serve boiled goose.

I had a Malaysian dish of steamed fish in pandan leaf. It was very good.

Are you referring to Bhutanese Red Rice? I've made this once or twice. It does have a great nutty flavor, with some fruit to it. As different from plain white rice as Basmati, but nothing like Basmati. It has an al dente texture similar to brown rice, however, which I don't particularly enjoy. But if you put it on a plate, your guests will coo and caa like you've invented sliced bread. (I don't recall it being particularly expensive.) No purple rice is dark purple, like eggplant. And it is more like glutinous rice than regular rice. Chinese people like to use it in desserts. But in Japan I've had it in sushi. Yum.

Purple rice!

But it tastes so good! I have not wanted a repeat date after they have looked at me in disgust for eating raw fish, raw meat. Thanks, but I'll stick to a fellow barbarian.

pork kakuni, taste so good

fried young gobo

Age nasu, with bonito flakes on them.

Try the stone pot bibimbap!

For the salty duck eggs, you can make a meat dish: Mix with ground pork and garlic and steam the whole thing.

I've had it without the brown sauce, with a clear sauce. But forgot what it was called.

Galbi, tried and true.

I like oden in the winter..... so comforting.

I like the marinated raw crab (blue crab). Don't know the korean name. Does that count as kimchi? It's marinated in chili paste and garlic, scallions, vinegar?.

I like dried cherries in a turkey sandwich. My grandma has made fried rice with dried cranberries before. It is really good.