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Feb 12, 2017 19:48:25 GMT -5
Post by tangerinesun on Feb 12, 2017 19:48:25 GMT -5
Osaka kushikatsu is the true kushikatsu
Yuzuru makes it sound so simple. Shinsekai ("New World") is the oldest kushikatsu
restaurant in Osaka, an institution in the Dotonburi district since it opened in 1947
under its original name, Daruma.
Kushikatsu is basically a bamboo skewer of batter-fried pork cutlet and green onions,
although just about anything that can be skewered might be on a kushikatsu menu
— "nouvelle" kushikatsu.
Osaka considers this a hometown dish, the way Chicago thinks it owns the Polish hot dog.
At Happy-Go-Lucky Dnevnik, closing March 2018, Tamuraic recorded a somewhat anxious
first-time experience enjoying kushikatsu at Shinsekai.
〜〜〜
The unbreakable backbone of dining out on kushikatsu isbeer and shouchuu dipping
sauce etiquette. Osaka shops serve the sauce in communal tubs, no spoons or ladles.
If you aren't hygienic about dipping, there are risks to public health.
NO DOUBLE DIPPING, meaning you can't return a skewer from your mouth to the tub
for a second dip. Your cootie-laden spit is only one reason. We can't have loose bits
of ingredients floating in the sauce and tainting the taste. This is simple protection of a
shared resource, people, like cleaning off *before* you jump in a public bath.
You got that? No dipping twice.
But if you soak the whole skewer on the first go, it gets grossly soggy and over-seasoned.
The temptation is great, but staff and other diners are vigilant about out-of-towners ignoring
the city ordinances. At Shinsekai, violators face fines.
Your order was probably served with some cabbage or other leafy vegetable, so you can use
a bit that — once only — to dip up some flavoring for your second/third bites from a skewer.
If that sounds like too much trouble, well, better stay well away from tea ceremonies.
http://instagr.am/p/BQaUsgmA4rRI ate kushikatsu at Shinsekai. Osaka! Feels wonderful!
Yuzuru makes it sound so simple. Shinsekai ("New World") is the oldest kushikatsu
restaurant in Osaka, an institution in the Dotonburi district since it opened in 1947
under its original name, Daruma.
Kushikatsu is basically a bamboo skewer of batter-fried pork cutlet and green onions,
although just about anything that can be skewered might be on a kushikatsu menu
— "nouvelle" kushikatsu.
Osaka considers this a hometown dish, the way Chicago thinks it owns the Polish hot dog.
At Happy-Go-Lucky Dnevnik, closing March 2018, Tamuraic recorded a somewhat anxious
first-time experience enjoying kushikatsu at Shinsekai.
〜〜〜
The unbreakable backbone of dining out on kushikatsu is
sauce etiquette. Osaka shops serve the sauce in communal tubs, no spoons or ladles.
If you aren't hygienic about dipping, there are risks to public health.
NO DOUBLE DIPPING, meaning you can't return a skewer from your mouth to the tub
for a second dip. Your cootie-laden spit is only one reason. We can't have loose bits
of ingredients floating in the sauce and tainting the taste. This is simple protection of a
shared resource, people, like cleaning off *before* you jump in a public bath.
You got that? No dipping twice.
But if you soak the whole skewer on the first go, it gets grossly soggy and over-seasoned.
The temptation is great, but staff and other diners are vigilant about out-of-towners ignoring
the city ordinances. At Shinsekai, violators face fines.
Your order was probably served with some cabbage or other leafy vegetable, so you can use
a bit that — once only — to dip up some flavoring for your second/third bites from a skewer.
If that sounds like too much trouble, well, better stay well away from tea ceremonies.