The man is from Massachusetts and can barely pronounceĪmerican English, but with that much power to misinform people, I expect him to know the difference between shiso the herb and miso theįermented bean paste. I'll tell you that he trotted out the distinctive herb shiso and introduced it as “miso leaf.” Of Emeril, I watched an episode of Emeril Live once where he was The marketers, media and the celebrity chefs that still butcher a word that's not all that hard to pronounce in the first place? They ought to commit “hari-kari” (don't even get me started on that one). Personally, I dislike the shape of the rocker-less edge,īut what I like less? That people with broadcast powers are still mispronouncing it. These Japanese knives are everywhere these days, andĮveryone from Rachael Ray to Emeril Lagasse are touting them as the best You may remember the reverse of this etiquette played out in Tampopo. Don't slurp in a Chinese restaurant, or Vietnamese, but in a Japanese restaurant? It's expected. Speaking of ramen gaffes, the Japanese way of eating noodles is to pick up a few noodles with your chopsticks,and slurp them quickly into your mouth so that some of that soup is carried with them. Schweineschnitzel instead of the soup dish you were expecting. Sophomore-year Conversational Japanese skills and end up with a plate of You're going to look like an idiot if you try and dust off your Very few ramen specialists also offer the fried pork chop dish on their menus, but some do. The broth, and is the key ingredient in Kyushu-style ramen. Tonkotsu ( ton koh tsoo) means “pork bone,” what yields the fatty marrow and thickness to Tonkatsu ( ton kah tsoo) is a breaded, fried pork chop. Yelp and write how much you loved the tonkatsu soup and screw it up. Soup? Boiled with a ton of meat, bones, vegetables, a little dried fish,Ī whole lot of large Japanese leeks. Six-for-a-dollar instant noodle pack and the real-deal ramen soup. Your first-timer friends to experience the difference between the Asking for Tonkatsu When you Want Tonkotsu

If all you want is fresh raw fish, artfully presented, with no rice, you ask for sashimi.Ĥ. The rice can be prepared with non-fish ingredients like peas, or egg, and shaped in many ways and it's still called sushi. This week–five things for you to avoid sounding like one in a Japanese restaurant.Ĭhirashi sushi with not a fish part in sight I'm just as guilty of butchering foreign word pronunciation as any American, but there are times when the media perpetuates mistakes that will make you look like a schmuck.

Pronounce chirashi