@@liger1411 That’s a common misunderstanding though too. The obesity in the US can be in part due to portion sizes but it’s mostly what we eat not how much. If you want to see more, please do yourself a favor and look up what a food desert is. This is the problem. Healthy food is too expensive or too unobtainable for too many people.
@liger1411, it's not portion sizes, it's the quality of the food and how inactive they are due to everything slowly becoming automated. healthy food is slowly becoming more and more expensive making it easier to just buy shit and basically ruin your health, and with going outside and taking walks being innormalized because of chronically online culture nobody's active anymore. (saying this as an american teenager who eats dairy free and (mostly)gluten free and is very active)
@@EeveeRealSenpaibut that's their profession tho Americans eat like this just cause they can, and then complain about health issues and how unhealthy fast food is
@@Studiosagi that's also true, I didn't mean for my comment to sound mean, I just meant that what he does to signal a legendary ramen is that he finishes the broth completely,usually there is a bit of broth at the bottom of his bowl. Sorry if I sounded rude in my comment.
@@Maki_Games-mz2nx Hey, no worries, that's totally fine! As @beastbum said, it's a cultural thing, not to mention that ramen broth is usually REALLY salty- drinking it all would be pretty unhealthy, and kinda gross, too ^^;
I think this amount of rice is suitable for someone that's very physically active. If you're like me and only eat 1 meal a day, this portion is appropriately sized. Im not saying it's, just understandable
@@naivenostalgia Just wait until one of them wanders into an Italian-American community and gets to try some real Sunday gravy, which is really just a traditional Bolognese and homemade pasta. I would love to see the look on their face. Not to say that there aren't items of Japanese cuisine that might illicit the same response in return. That's what I love so, so much about food. If you're persistent, it will bring people together. Create an atmosphere of peace and contentment. You don't even need language for it to work.
It's basically Tomato Yaki Soba. Familiar noodle texture. Umami rich sauce. Maybe they see it as a gateway Western food, like California rolls in the US are a gateway to sushi.
@@sigrid714 I love it. It's basically fusion cuisine. A hard thing to do in Japan. They seem to be so protective of their own traditions, including cuisine. It's almost like if aliens landed on the Earth and hung out with us for a while and discovered that spaghetti is awesome. Then brought the idea back to their home world and it's unrecognizable to a visiting human later on. Hilarious.
I get a pound of carnitas from my local Mexican restaurant for less than 12 dollars.Feeds my whole family and we love it too.U get the pound of carnitas,tortillas and all of the sides!we all stuff our faces for 12 dollars and it's amazing!Can get a half pound for less than 8 bucks too my family has 5/ 6 people in it so a pound is a lot for 1-3 people
@@NadiaSeesItit depends on what you’re eating. For most people deep fried food (which should arguably be eaten less anyways) can be worth the cost charged.
@@lbabe1996As I like to put it, Japanese people cook like they have a shortage of fire. Expect some undercooking if you choose a cuisine that would normally use high heat like frying.
@@lbabe1996because fried the shit out of your food in oil ( sometimes old oil as i experience in America) is bad for your health. Especially when you already have buttermilk in your batch, it's just fat on fat. Taste good, sure, dying before hitting 50s, could be.
When I lived in Okinawa, whenever I went to a local restaurant, no matter what I ordered, it came with a side of white rice. A hamburger lunch, a side of white rice. Tacos with Spanish rice, a side of white rice. I loved it, so miss it..
Same, I'm a whote rice lover and when I was old enough to realize that most east asian cultures do in fact eat whote rice with almost every meal, and it's not just something they do in cartoons and anime😂 It feels so random what parts of culture they portray accurately on tv/movies vs what they go crazy with creativity wise.
@@spiralgodking9877 I think he explained one time in a video why most Japanese or people living in Japan don't finish their broth, because its so rich in sodium and fat and it would be to unhealthy if you'd do it all the time!
@@spiralgodking9877 It's because real ramen broth has about 100% of your daily limit of sodium as based on a 3,000 calorie daily intake. Drinking all the broth every day is a recipe for dying before 35 of a heart attack. It's actually got more sodium than most American Ramen flavor packets most of the time.
@@YeahImRoseYeah, measuring cooked rice in cups feels weird; wouldn’t that be like measuring cooked rice in deciliters? And I don’t really use Yankie Units, but wouldn’t ounces be a better equivalent for weight?
Perhaps it’s a lot by Japanese standards? 2.5 cups is 20 ounces. That’s about the size of those square take out boxes from Chinese places in the US. Not a large amount here, but we do tend to have bigger portions.
It's actually kind of good they run out of food because you know what you're getting is fresh and the ingredients haven't been sitting around for ages.
What’s Japan like with asking for a meal but removing certain parts? Like if you were to ask for that without the spaghetti is that ok or is it frowned upon?
I wouldn't consider rice part of the equation when mentioning portion size, just because it's sooo incredibly cheap to have a mountain of it. Nothing to even pay attention to
Japan is a country that really values waking up early, but fortunately Japan makes it easy by having the sun rise at like 4am so it's already blazing outside at 6.30am.
While quantity over quality to some extent is bad when it comes to food, as long as it's well prepared and tastes good, I'm not complaining. I just don't understand how people can complain about large portions of food especially when it's for a decent price. Just take home what you can't finish and eat it later. Rich people often lose touch with the sensibilities of the common man.
respect for you finishing your meals! i recently visited japan. unfortunately, i medically cant eat a lot at a time. i felt really bad leaving food, so i brought hawaiian omiyage 😅
Do it! It's lovely. The people are nice, a week of trips via train was less than $25 USD, I took 20,000 jpy (at the time $150 USD) with me, I spent less than half of it for the week, and I did tons of things
One has to wonder what rationale a restaurant has to oversize their portions to the extent one meal can feed 3-4 people? Japan culturally is all about quality over quantity even though their typical portions aren't exactly small. I guarantee the owners still think their back in 1985 😂❤
I'm finding quite amusing the fact that so many dishes include some amount of spaghetti there. Loving your content so far man, it always makes my mouth water. Should stop watching this shorts right before dinner time 😅
a pet peeve of mine is that I cannot control myself when it comes to rice. like I see myself excessively binge eating that whole plate and it whets my appetite.
I’ve seen plenty of comments like “well American prices are so bad because of the portions” in response to everyone praising Japan’s food prices. EXPLAIN THIS THEN
I would eat all that rice. That is a Below-average portion for me. I love this 🍚😍 your content is the comfiest and deliciously wholesomest that can be enjoyed on this platform. Thaaaaaank yooooou
I’m sorry. 1.1 lbs of rice is a MEDIUM? And that’s only part of an $8 meal that comes with shrimp and meat?! I wish there were a restaurant like that near me
