Though this is an interesting video, Hanpen fish cakes usually do not go into Ramen bowls, Kamaboko fish cakes, including Naruto (Pink swirl one), do. Hanpen is usually a part of Oden, which is a fish cake stew in winter time.
I went to Hawaii as a kid and we ended up going to this buffet. I saw what looked like Turkish delight on one of the tables, so I grabbed like 10 pieces for dessert and they ended up being fish cakes. Safe to say I threw up.
@@viis I did the same thing at a Mexican restaurant I though a bowl of sour cream was whipped cream and for about 15 years I couldn’t eat whipped cream without gagging
One time when I was in Japan, I was walking around in a city and stopped in a convenience store to get a snack. They had filled donuts, so I bought one assuming that is was filled with some kind of fruit jelly or cream. It was actually filled with NASTY fish cream!
That's... really not that unusual in most of the world? I get my wine from an institution that's been around since the 11th century, I think. Or 9th, I forget.
Depends on the type of fish ofc and fishcakes are almost the equivalent to meatballs in a way with the mincing. There are also some farmed fish species that apparently lack the familiar vibrant colors we're used to in their wild counterparts like salmon.
I thought this would go more into where the decorative shapes come from rather than the fish balls shown. Even so there are so many more types when eatting hotpot. Like cheese filled or fish egg filled.
@@questionmark521 they've got a light flavor and a really soft texture, I 've once tasted the Naruto Hanpens (the ones with a pink spiral) and they were quite tasty.
@@extremepacifist8719 There a different fish cakes depending on which asian country you're in. China and Korea have their own methods to make their own fishcakes
This man encompasses just one of the reasons as to why I love Japan, even when making simple products they put their full expertise and work ethic into making their products.
Fish cakes are quite common in East Asian recipes, not only in Japan, in Southern China, Vietnam, Korea, they all have very similar recipes of using fish cakes in their meals, in hot pots, in barbeque, in ramen, or in Bánh cuốn soup. That is pretty awesome.
I’m half Japanese and I once went to a kamaboko (fishcake) museum. We got to make our own kamaboko and it was honestly really fun! Shaping it is so difficult though
Imagine being a fish... first you get murdered, then your body gets ground up and processed into some white fluffy foam... the world can be so strange.
Chickens are turned into slime for mcnuggets too, and sometimes someone responds to a comment a full year later for no reason at all. The world can be strange indeed.
I got to say, I tried these fish cake for the first time a few months back, and I've never seen them before, and I love the texture. They are airy, light, and fluffy different from other fish cakes I've had. Love them.
In England there is a different type of fishcake. Usually it is a ball of haddock or salmon (there are other fish types that I cant remember) covered in breadcrumbs. The best ones have a sauce filling that melts in your mouth.
The fact that people thought they were made of marshmallows be they be like damn, when the reality is that marshmallow are made of animal parts too 💀💀🤣
Anyone noticed that the cakes are made in a special shape such that the cakes automatically flip over after they're cooked. The Japanese be making everything into an art.
*Sasuke at a ramen stand staring at his ramen bowl......* Sasuke: Can i have more......... NAAAARRRRUUUUUUUTTTTTTOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! *Pierce's table with a chidori*.......i had to do it -_-
So, I looked this specific type of kamaboko up, and they’re made with nagaimo, japanese mountain yam. I’ve used it for leavening okonomiyaki before. Makes it extemely fluffy. Kinda useful information for teaching how these are made.
You must have been the person who failed school and still doesn’t know what one plus one is. Lemme help you, it’s 2. They freaking showed how it was made; are you delusional
Apparently fishkeks are Naruto in japanese (donno if its true), but Naruto is also a name of some character idk, and people will scream in the comments if he says Naruto or smth. i d k
