Cultural Differences

A Chinese student studying in Japan recently wrote about her dining experience at the famed establishment

The vast majority of sushi toppings include raw fish. Lin’s friends found the Japanese delicacy incredibly hard to swallow, and after testing their limits with two pieces of fishy sushi, apparently exited the restaurant to fill their bellies with deep-fried pork cutlets at a nearby establishment.

The remaining entourage then cancelled all the items on their pre-ordered course and asked to switch to “cooked sushi” … to go.

In response to the unusual request, the sushi master enquired, “Is sushi served cooked in your country? If you can’t handle raw food, you should have informed us when you made the reservation!” Possibly feeling humiliated for being questioned, Lin then retorted, “Who knew!? I didn’t make the reservation!” 

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2014/05/12/chinese-student-asks-for-cooked-sushi-at-sukibayashi-jiro-gets-flamed-by-chinese-netizens/

- Sweet green tea does not exist in Japan. They are normally bitter.

- Teppanyaki does not exit in Japan.

Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word teppanyaki is derived from teppan (鉄板), which means iron plate, and yaki (焼き), which means grilled, broiled, or pan-fried. In Japan, teppanyaki refers to dishes cooked using an iron plate, including steak, shrimp, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, and monjayaki. 

In the United States, teppanyaki was made famous by the Benihana restaurant chain, which opened its first restaurant in New York in 1964.^[3] Benihana and other chains of teppanyaki steakhouses continue to place an emphasis on the chef performing a show for the diners, continuing to introduce new variations and tricks. The chef might juggle utensils, flip a shrimp tail into his shirt pocket, catch an egg in his hat, toss an egg up in the air and split it with a spatula, flip flattened shrimp pieces into diners' mouths, or arrange onion rings into fire-shooting volcanoes.

-Sushi is different

Japan sushi are often made with rice and one piece of fish. In other occasions, sushi rolls include seaweed and fish or cucumber. In western country, we include other ingredients ranging from cheese, mayo, etc. These do not exist in Japan.