Interview Results

We interviewed 3 males who are international students in NUFS.
They study Japanese at this university.
They are all from America.
One of them is from California.

Two of international students have tried Nagoya-meshi but the other hasn’t.
Both of them have tried Misokatsu.
One of them likes Misokatsu very much.
He recommended Ma-maison. It is famous Tonkatsu( deep-fried pork) restaurant near NUFS.

Misokatsu is popular in Nagaya, but local food in California is Mexican food.
In the middle of America, hamburger, pizza and BBQ are popular among people.
In the west part of America, seafood is good.

Ramen seems to be popular among American.
Ramen is like Chinese noodle flavored miso, soy sauce, solt and so on.

We thought more foreigners have tried Nagaya-meshi.
We want them to have more chances to eat Nagaya-meshi.
Nagaya-meshi is very delicious and popular among Japanese while many foreigners living in Nagaya have never tried Nagaya-meshi before or have tried only once.

Miso-nikomi noodle

This is miso-nikomi noodle. Miso-nikomi noodle is a noodle in miso broth. Miso-nikomi noodle is put in an earthen pot. Miso-nikomi noodle usually includes chicken, egg, green onion, shiitake mushroom and deep-fried bean curd. noodle is used a thin and flat noodle. This is called kishimen.

The famous restaurant of miso-nikomi noodle is Yamamotoyahonke. There are many Yamamotoyahonke in Aichi. One of Yamamotoyahonke is at Esca. Esca is an underground shopping center near Shinkansen Entrance of Nagoya station. Business hours is from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

I have been to the restaurant with my friend. It is so delisious, but it is so hot! Be carefule to burn your mouth. First, you should put some noodle on the lid of a earthen pot and cool them for a while. Then, you can eat it.

hitsumabushi (Atsuta houraiken)

Atsuta houraiken is a hitsumabushi-restaurant. This restaurant offers fresh-grilled eels with piping hot rice and it is a policy of this restaurant. The cooks begin cooking after look the customers' faces. They think they want to serve the best quality dishes. Perhaps sometimes it takes a little bit long times until the dishes are served, but they stick to this posture for serving to customers a really good fresh dishes. The costs of hitsumabushi is 2,730 yen, the large serving is 3,780 yen. First, you should taste eels as it, second, add spice and try it, third, pour hot green tea and eat it. You might find your favorite tastes. It takes about 7 minutes on foot from nearest subway station.

Atsuta ward Kobe503 in Nagoya city

tel 052-671-8686

Tenmusu Senju (千寿)

Tenmusu is a kind of rice ball, and unique rice ball in Nagoya. It is a little smaller than regular rice ball. It contains fried shrimp. As fried shrimp is popular among Japanese people, tenmusu is also popular among those. Generally saying, ordinary rice ball is seasoned with salt, but tenmusu is not. You can enjoy ocean flavor of fried shrimp and dried laver. When you eat tenmusu, be careful not to spill rice. You can use chopsticks.

Senju is one of the most famous tenmusu restaurants in Nagoya. It is located in Osu 4 cho-me. You can get there by subway. It is near from Kamimaezu Station. It is easy to get there. You should try tenmusu once. I love tenmusu and have been to this restaurant. It tastes really good.

misokatsu

This is a picture of Nagoya food. The food call Misokatsu.

If you can come Nagoya, you go to eat Misokatsu in Yabaton.

The food shop is traditional and famous food shop. So poeple generally pour sauce onto Katsu, but Most of Nagoya people use miso on katsu. It is traditional food in Nagoya and very popular.

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What to eat in Nagoya

This site has information about Nagoya-meshi. This site introduces Nagoya-meshi, including Hitumabusi, Misonikomi udon and so on. You can know how Nagoya-meshi is cook, what ingredient are in Nagoya-meshi. It is easy to understand what Nagoya-meshi is because this site has many pictures of Nagoya-meshi.

Where to eat Nagoya-meshi

This site explains what Nagoya-meshi is, how to get to the restaurant, where to eat, and how to eat Nagoya-meshi.
It is useful site for foreigners because the sentences are clear and easy to understand with pictures.
As telephone numbers are on it, you can make a reservation or ask questions.
And it is linked to some sites that are related to Nagoya-meshi, you can see more information about each Nagaya-meshi.

Nagoya Cuisine

In this site, you can see some Nagoya meshi. It shows you some pictures and explains about each food for example histories, how to eat, and popular restaurants. The pictures are very clear and beautiful so I recommend you to see this site.