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Dishes from Tokyo
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Sushi
Vinegared rice paired with raw fish and seafood - nigiri, maki and more.
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Shoyu Ramen
Shoyu ramen is Japan's classic soy-based ramen with a clear amber chicken-pork broth, thin alkaline noodles and chāshū, ajitama and scallion.
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Panko
Coarse Japanese breadcrumbs from crustless bread, fried light and crunchy for tonkatsu, korokke, and ebi fry.
Tempura
Seafood and vegetables in a feather-light, lacy batter.
Tonkatsu
Panko-crusted pork cutlet, shatteringly crisp outside and juicy within.
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Tempura Soba
A Japanese noodle dish of soba in dashi broth, topped with a piece of crisp shrimp or kakiage tempura - a Tokyo staple since the Edo period, often eaten standing at a counter.
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Ikinari Dango
Hand-held grilled rice dumplings on bamboo skewers, brushed with sweet soy glaze - a Japanese festival and hanami snack sold from roadside stalls and eaten on the spot.
Imagawayaki
Round Japanese wheel-cake cooked in a heavy cast-iron clam mould, filled with sweet red bean paste and sold at shrine approaches and matsuri stalls.
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