Julian Holmes wrote:
Because a lot of things are alien and don't exist in the English language or are descriptions that are just too long to jot down. Try out these,
buckwheat noodles vs 'soba'
burdock root vs 'gobo'
soy bean curd vs 'tofu'
soy milk whey vs 'yuba'
dark edible seaweed strips vs 'hijiki'
devil's tongue starch vs 'konnyaku'
Kyoto-style chopped vegetables pickled in salt with red shiso leaves vs 'shibazuke'
Cladosiphon okamuranus and Sphaerotrichia divaricata, types of edible seaweed seasoned with vinegar vs 'mozuku'
The list is endless and they all taste 'umai.'
Small gastronomic edit.
[Edited at 2015-03-16 03:09 GMT]
I bet Heinz Tomato Ketchup ('hitoke'?) is top of the list every week
Mixture of English, Welsh and Swedish in our case
[Edited at 2015-03-16 08:31 GMT]