Restaurant Japanese: A Survival Guide

Top 10 Japanese Foods

In this video, Risa has listed the following top 10 Japanese Foods:

1. oden (おでん)
2. shabu shabu (しゃぶしゃぶ)^[18]
3. tenpura (天婦羅)
• tentsuyu (天汁)
4. shushi (寿司)
5. yakitori (焼き鳥)
6. gyudon (牛丼)
7. soba (そば)
8. mochi (餅 / もち)
9. natto (納豆)
10. o-misoshiru (お味噌汁)

For further information, view the following information:

• Survival Japanese as a Traveling Vegetarian (Travel for a Purpose)
• Survival Japanese—How to Order 丼ぶり  (Travel for a Purpose)
• Breakfast 
• See the recommended way to eat Tamago kake gohan
• Regional Fast Food
• Evolved from traditional culture and history of each region and most were created between 1950 and 1970
• yōshoku (洋食) vs Washoku (和食)

Traditional Japanese Restaurants

If you are looking for home-style cooking around, you need to look for the following kanji:

• 定食 (Teishoku )
• 食堂 (Shokudo)

in the name of restaurant.

Instead of ordering different Japanese dishes, you may want to order Teishoku Meal Set which usually consists of:

• Main dish
• Rice
• Miso soup
• Japanese-style pickle
• Additional side dish

The name of meal set will be named after the main dish.  For example, 

• Sauteed vegetables set 
• 野菜炒め定食 (Yasai itame teishoku)
• Fried potato patty set
• コロッケ定食 (Korokke teishoku)
• Sashimi set
• 刺身定食 (Sashimi teishoku)
• Deep fried shrimp set
• エビフライ定食 (Ebi-furai teishoku)
• Fish Teriyaki set
• ぶり照り焼き定食  (Buri teriyaki teishoku)
• Buri, a Japanese name for Japanese amberjack, yellowtail, and hamachi

Watch this video to practice the above Teishoku Meal Set in Japanese.

Photo Credit

• 10 vegetarian foods you can order at almost any Japanese restaurant

References

1. Learn the Top 10 Japanese Foods
2. How to Order Food at a Ramen Restaurant | Innovative Japanese
3. Ordering drinks at a restaurant in Japanese
4. How to order food from a menu in Japanese
5. Japanese conversation 1: ordering in a restaurant
6. How To Order Foods In Japan If You Can't Speak Japanese: Useful Tips
7. USEFUL JAPANESE VOCABULARY: TEISHOKU
8. 10 vegetarian foods you can order at almost any Japanese restaurant
9. 食べログ (Tabelog) 
• Restaurant search in Japan
10. Meaning of Japanese
• Pronunciation sounds good
11. Japan Guide: 4 Useful JAPANESE Phrases for Vegetarians :JAPAN 101
12. Japan Travel Guide: 5 Things You Should Know about Restaurants in Japan
13. Japan Guide : 5 Things You should Know about Restaurants in Japan #2 : Japan Travel Guide
• Need to know about what otoshi (or cover charge) is at izakaya (居酒屋).  Normally, you cannot avoid it.
14. Survival Japanese as a Traveling Vegetarian (Travel for a Purpose)
15. Survival Japanese—How to Order 丼ぶり (Travel for a Purpose)
16. 農家レストラン (Farm house restaurant search site)
17. yōshoku (洋食)—Western-style Japanese Foods
18. Nabe cooking: shabu shabu, sukiyaki, chanko nabe (video)
19. Japanese: Top 25 Adjectives to Learn (Travel for a Purpose)
20. Japanese: Top 15 Questions to Learn (Travel for a Purpose)
21. Washoku (和食) - Japanese Foods