Comments on: Ribs, thighs and tongues: Japan’s favourite grilled items http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 00:04:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Buddhist priests favourite grilled beef » 世論 What Japan Thinks http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-3243 Buddhist priests favourite grilled beef » 世論 What Japan Thinks Thu, 06 Jul 2006 14:11:35 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-3243 [...] Bearing this in mind, Triva no Izumi (Fount of Trivia) decided to ask 100 meat-eating priests what their favourite kind of 焼肉, yakiniku, grilled meat, beef in particular, was. What percentage of the total number of priests asked admitted to meat-eating is sadly not recorded. I have also previously translated another survey on the general population’s favourite grilled meat. First, they interviewed a number of priests who described their favourite cuts; most were brave enough to come out in the open, but a few were hidden behind mosaic blurs. The excuses used were varied, from just the simple “I know I’m not supposed to, but I do it anyway”, to more complex justification such as “The vegetarian diet is OK for young people, but I’m getting on a bit so I need the extra nutrition…”, via the enigmatic “I like shojin ryori (Buddhist veggie meals) of course, but yakiniku is yakiniku…” They then had the priests introduce their favourite cuts in just far too much detail, before presenting the final top three. From 100 meat-eating priests (with at least one liking to wash it all down with a beer or three), the third ranked was タン塩, tan shio, salted tounge with 19 votes. Second was ハラミ, harami, “outside skirt” with 22 votes, but the outright winner that forty-four out of a hundred vegetarian priests prefered was カルビ, karubi, ribs. [...] […] Bearing this in mind, Triva no Izumi (Fount of Trivia) decided to ask 100 meat-eating priests what their favourite kind of 焼肉, yakiniku, grilled meat, beef in particular, was. What percentage of the total number of priests asked admitted to meat-eating is sadly not recorded. I have also previously translated another survey on the general population’s favourite grilled meat. First, they interviewed a number of priests who described their favourite cuts; most were brave enough to come out in the open, but a few were hidden behind mosaic blurs. The excuses used were varied, from just the simple “I know I’m not supposed to, but I do it anyway”, to more complex justification such as “The vegetarian diet is OK for young people, but I’m getting on a bit so I need the extra nutrition…”, via the enigmatic “I like shojin ryori (Buddhist veggie meals) of course, but yakiniku is yakiniku…” They then had the priests introduce their favourite cuts in just far too much detail, before presenting the final top three. From 100 meat-eating priests (with at least one liking to wash it all down with a beer or three), the third ranked was タン塩, tan shio, salted tounge with 19 votes. Second was ハラミ, harami, “outside skirt” with 22 votes, but the outright winner that forty-four out of a hundred vegetarian priests prefered was カルビ, karubi, ribs. […]

]]> By: Kayly http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-255 Kayly Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:43:48 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-255 Me again. re: ModernArk = If you are vegan let the staff behind the counter know (sometimes the staff who wait tables are new so they might not understand). If you let them know they will make suggestions as the meal specials change every few days. There is usually at least one cake that is vegan and if you remind them they will not add cream or icecream. Even if you are not vegan please say you are vegetarian when you make your order as this place started out as a regular place with only a few dishes that could be changed to suit. Over time with more and more of us asking for vegetarian dishes it has totally changed. Now we just have to get it to be totally non-smoking :) so if you are a non-smoker please ask if you can have a non-smoking table on the balcony. They will say sorry but that they only have a non-smoking section indoors. Then the choice is yours as if there are few people on the balcony it is a nice place to sit even though it is not completely open, and you can always move indoors if the smokers light up. The cat that lives there is one of my clients and he is also called ケイ(Kei). Me again.
re: ModernArk = If you are vegan let the staff behind the counter know (sometimes the staff who wait tables are new so they might not understand). If you let them know they will make suggestions as the meal specials change every few days. There is usually at least one cake that is vegan and if you remind them they will not add cream or icecream.

Even if you are not vegan please say you are vegetarian when you make your order as this place started out as a regular place with only a few dishes that could be changed to suit. Over time with more and more of us asking for vegetarian dishes it has totally changed.

Now we just have to get it to be totally non-smoking :) so if you are a non-smoker please ask if you can have a non-smoking table on the balcony. They will say sorry but that they only have a non-smoking section indoors. Then the choice is yours as if there are few people on the balcony it is a nice place to sit even though it is not completely open, and you can always move indoors if the smokers light up.

The cat that lives there is one of my clients and he is also called ケイ(Kei).

]]> By: Ken Y-N (Seron) http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-251 Ken Y-N (Seron) Sun, 12 Mar 2006 07:48:52 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-251 Hi Kayly, I haven't been to Kyoto for ages, but I'm a regular visitor to Kobe. ModernArk sounds interesting, and VegiSmile is a bit off the beaten track, but I'll maybe give it a go next month. Hi Kayly,

I haven’t been to Kyoto for ages, but I’m a regular visitor to Kobe. ModernArk sounds interesting, and VegiSmile is a bit off the beaten track, but I’ll maybe give it a go next month.

]]> By: Kayly http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-245 Kayly Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:04:57 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/03/09/ribs-thighs-and-tongues-japans-favourite-grilled-items/#comment-245 Hi! Also a veggie in Kansai. Have you been to VegiSmile (Kobe) http://www.arukusize.com/shop/gourmet/vegi.html Cafe Peace (Kyoto) http://www.cafepeace.com/indexE.html and ModernArk Cafe (Kobe) http://www.chronicle.co.jp/map/index.html Hi! Also a veggie in Kansai.
Have you been to VegiSmile (Kobe) http://www.arukusize.com/shop/gourmet/vegi.html
Cafe Peace (Kyoto) http://www.cafepeace.com/indexE.html
and ModernArk Cafe (Kobe) http://www.chronicle.co.jp/map/index.html

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