Cuisine

I really have no idea why I waited so late before I posted this, but I guess this only proves the power of procrastination: I am having a mandarin exam tomorrow, and  (I) don't feel like reviewing my notes at all. I have encountered numerous contents I should be blogging about throughout my journey here, but I put it off, until I need to put off even a bigger issue (read: exam) hehe. Since it has been a while since I wrote in proper English, I shall begin my essay in a GP manner.

Due to the advent of globalization, I have came across numerous cuisines since I was born. In Jakarta, as in every big city around the world, you can always come across different cuisines: You name it, we have it. Since the beginning, my impression towards Japanese cuisine has always been a good one: Japanese food is resonant with top-notch ingredients, palatable tastes, and health benefits. I have been to Japan twice thus far, and as I grew up I believed that I 'knew' real Japanese cuisine.

Ironically, only when I am living in China, a country ample with equally renowned feasts and thousands of years of history, tradition, and culture attached to them (think of 八大菜系), did I discover what a genuine Japanese cuisine really was.

A genuine Japanese dish is gentle. Only natural ingredients are used, with neither lavish nor sharp-tasting spices. A genuine Japanese dish is polite, it is unobtrusive to the person who eats it. After being bombarded with Chinese, Indonesian, and Singaporean dishes that employ extravagant flavors and aromas, a calm, polite, and refreshing fragrance from this particular Japanese dish is a godsend. Having said thus, a genuine Japanese dish is far from being plain or boring. Employing the subtlest flavors and the deceivingly simple designs, this particular Japanese dish turns out to be very beautiful and charming; A single taste was more than enough to make one fall for her.

I am blessed to have such a privilege to come across the Japanese dish. Deep within, I have yet to be satisfied in enjoying her; I need to take my leave soon and begin my university life in the States. But I am exceedingly grateful, for I am privileged, I am very fortunate, I am very blessed to receive such an opportunity. I look forward to encounter a genuine Japanese dish in the future!

Truly Indonesia's Finest,

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