Japanese Fried Chicken
This is the last post I will be writing in my loose series on Matsuri food (but I am heading to another Matsuri this weekend so I reserve the right to go back on my word). I have left this to last, because I wasn’t sure that I should let the world see the bad side of good food. I’ve decided that I will let the cat out of the bag, today, and let you see the Japanese version of fried chicken.
Japanese food has a great reputation for clean, healthy eating. The most popular dishes that the rest of the world sees are raw, fresh, simple or at least natural and they all seem to be the sort of food that makes you feel better rather than worse.
The side that most of the world doesn’t see is the Japanese obsession with deep frying. Few foreigners are prepared for the quantity of deep fried food that is consumed in Japan. I’m not talking about light and delicate tempura, but deep fried, crumbed or battered everything. Not even Elvis with his deep fried peanut butter sandwiches could phase the Japanese who seem to have developed a method for frying and eating just about anything on the menu.
The photo above shoes a greasy vendor of fried chicken and his equally greasy son. They drop the little battered pieces of chicken into the stewy oil that is bubbling slowly in the foreground. When they are cooked or at least within a couple of hours of being ready, they are scooped out and sold in cups to unsuspecting pedestrians. Out of a cup full, most of the chicken is eaten and most of the oil is worn on shirt or sleeve.
This stuff is quite disgusting and atrociously bad for your health. It is dirty and doesn’t seem at all Japanese. Regardless, I put my hands up as an occasional fan and as such I continue to order and enjoy it. But I stop at recommending it…please follow your doctor’s advice before trying this for yourself.
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