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Irwan Uno — November 30, 2007 / 4:06 pm
One reason why I love Japan very much is its food, don’t you?! But frankly, it took some time for me to finally like the Nihon shoku (J-food). I can still laugh at myself when I remember how I was first introduced to this. Me, together with 5 other Indonesian students to go to Japan on an exchange program, we were taken to this Japanese restaurant in Jakarta during a week pre-departure orientation.
I had a friend named Nasir. When the meal set already served, he first started with the Miso shiru (Miso soup, you are not a J-food real lover if you don’t know this!). I can still picture his funny face right after he took the first sip off the soup bowl. Hahaha. But that was not all the surprises yet. There was this kind of sticky food made from soy bean and smelled…rather strange!
That’s how I first knew Natto. Natto is a fermented soybean meal. This very traditional meal of Japan has been there for as long as 1,000 years. Very old kind of meal indeed!
When you are in Japan, eating Natto would be one of the unforgettable experiences you’ll find. Some people may survive Natto, some people may not. Just like me, I simply can not like Natto.
I question many of my Japanese friends, what is it in Natto that makes many people in Japan (even outside Japan, in fact) keep consuming it.
Well, you’ll be surprised to know that there are many official research result announcements made on what benefit you’ll get by consuming Natto. It is said that consuming Natto will prevent people from getting heart attacks, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, obesity, and intestinal diseases caused by pathogenesis. This is probably the reason why some people try to create various Natto meal recipes, so that instead of thinking the ‘yachky’ side of Natto, we can get attracted to it.
I’ve found some nice names of Natto meal.
Honestly, I’ve never tried any of them. The names certainly sound interesting, but even at this moment when I am writing this article, I am quite sure that Natto is not for me! Thanks.
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Coaster
I have a little blog about Japanese Ice Cream and have a post about Natto Ice Cream - http://japaneseicecream.blogspot.com/2007/08/natto-ice-cream.html Natto Ice cream
If you ever try it, let me know please.
December 2nd, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Irwan Uno
Natto ice cream is certainly a good try Coaster, but again, Natto - Nat to me! But i was thinking, if some people are that eager to promote Natto, why not try with Natto Birthday Cake or probably Natto pudding..?
December 6th, 2007 at 4:28 pm