Found there are a few Facebook groups for Japanese cooking.  I have just joined one, pending approval.  There are some interesting rules for the group.  One states that it is rude and disrespectful to show photos of your efforts with chopsticks stuck in the food, or crossed over your bowl/plate.  Posts that break this rule are removed and you have to brush up on your chopstick etiquette, and then resubmit.  Good to know.

Rob

Quote from: Robbo141 on June 28, 2024, 11:14 PM
Chopsticks stuck into a bowl of food mimics the incense sticks planted in containers of the ashes of deceased people. I learned a bunch of that kind of thing before traveling to Japan.
Show us your ramen, Rob!
Robbo

It seems my joining the group is still pending.  Guess I should be OK sticking one of my posh forks in the food.  Watched that YouTube link you posted Robbo.  Very nice and some clever stuff going on.  Will investigate his recipes further.

Rob

Also passing food via chopsticks between people is a big no-no. Mimics the passing of residual bones from said ashes via chopsticks between family members.
It's funny but I never think of just plonking chopsticks into a bowl of rice and leaving them standing but recently I had a client at lunch do exactly that and was a bit worried about sounding smug about advising him not to...
"I was in Japan recently....."

Robbo

Quote from: Kashmiri Bob on September 29, 2024, 07:41 PM
like on here.

Exclusive is certainly one word to describe it 

Congrats on the membership though. Will you be able to share recipes here?

Noticed the following link that seems to be doing the rounds on the Facebook Japanese cooking page.  I think it's part of a fairly large resource.  Only had a glance through so far, but looks interesting.  I did see mention somewhere of crushed banana and some other unusual ingredients.

www.justonecookbook.com/simple-chicken-curry/#wprm-recipe-container-59001

Rob