Comments on: 黒福多(Kurobuta)

By: seat

seat — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:45:19 +0000

You know even potato alone, there are many kinds…^^;; The ice-cream I had was satsumaimo, I wonder if it is the same as yam hmm…

Yeah, I get so familiar with which part of Japan produces pork and which part produces chicken, just by reading the menus in restaurants…but also I think because Japan is such a small country and there is not much land for agriculture, therefore the food supply is so specialised=limited, not just limited by regions but by seasons as well. Unlike HK, you get food from all parts of china and you simply can get any kind of food at anytime of the year. There are exceptions like crab, that you only get in certain seasons of course.

By: Freda

Freda — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 16:52:28 +0000

Ah the region-named food…grand marketing device…^^;;; Make it their signature and sound more special. It’s like those hundred version of ramen named with the region, which I guess quite a few of them really don’t taste much difference.

haha it’s such a different culture where potato icecream is consider a common thing (Americn are so bland and safe, always vanilla, chocolate)~ I saw yam icecream at that Soba place in NY and I wonder about it…that would be the same as potato icecream right.

By: seat

seat — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 01:30:42 +0000

I was shocked when the waitress told us that was pork ear AFTER we ate it. ^^;;
鹿児島=kagoshima, likely is where the pork came from? It is like that in Japan, chicken from where and where, vegetables from where and where…really too serious. ^^;;;
Yeah the fried pork cutlet is MUCH better than marusen(very famous place)!! I am still surprised you haven’t had potato ice-cream before - it is very very common in Japan!

By: Joan

Joan — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:32:59 +0000

This place is very pork-centric indeed. The fried pork is THAT good? I wish I could try! Potato ice-cream~~~ how does that taste like? From picture I’m most interested in fried collagen.

By: Freda

Freda — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:22:03 +0000

I didn’t know Japanese eat pork ear ^^;; I know Tomoko, those curly fried skin looks like pig tails. These specialize place is amazing (that I guess Japan has plenty of as the culture takes eating and practically everything very seriously) *O* What is kagoshima pork? The Stewed gristle is almost like Shanghai’s kind.

By: tomoko

tomoko — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 02:08:43 +0000

the 軟骨looks really good!
I thought the pork skin was pork tail or something! how do they get it so curly!?
also pork ear looks very curious^^;