I can't tell a difference what about you?
2006-12-09 09:38:24 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
There IS a difference, but the fact is that Chinese people eat some Japanese foods, and Japanese people eat some Chinese foods! So that's probably why you find it hard to tell..!
Chinese foods come from a larger number of countries, so there's more variety. (China wasn't ALWAYS that big!)
Japanese food also has a huge variety, but much of that is via China ..!
It's like everywhere now, people eat whatever food they LIKE, regardless what part of the world it originated from.
2006-12-09 14:38:26 · answer #1 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Can't tell the diffrence between the americanized versions then yeh, but real chinese food is alot different than real japanese food.
Chinese- dim sum
Japanese- Miso soup
2006-12-09 17:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ravioli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese foods is much different from Chinese!
Chinese is very heavy on the sauces
Japanese is more raw-food (except for the cooked rice and fried things)
Japanese focuses more on fish
Chinese focuses more on stir-frys
MSG is found more in Chinese food
2006-12-09 21:35:00 · answer #3 · answered by G*G* 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Can't tell the difference either. I use Sun bird packets of sauce mix. They have fried rice, beef and broccoli and several others. Taste just like cooked in the restaurant.
Couple of links below for you
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2006-12-09 19:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by LucySD 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Two vastly different cuisines... in preparation, cooking, presentation and taste. Even the white rice is different. So are the chopsticks used (japanese ones more pointed). Obviously you have not patronized either cuisine much.
2006-12-10 01:45:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Japanese are more about sushi and noodle dishes. Chinese have vegetables and meat in a sauce with rice. There are plenty of similiarites in all Asian food. It is all good.
2006-12-09 19:25:21 · answer #6 · answered by ROBERT L O 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, Chinese I think fried rice and vegetables, and Japanese sushi!
2006-12-09 17:41:13 · answer #7 · answered by Rusty Nail 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Japanese food=all about raw raw raw(teppanyaki exceptional) chinese food too much hidden sauces.
2006-12-09 20:59:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i recommend japanese food- if ur going 4 chinese, try to stick to Hong Kong
2006-12-09 18:53:55 · answer #9 · answered by say_hey<3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
though there are some similarities (like rice) big difference... japanese mainly sushi, tempura (oh i'm so hungry!) i would say that japanese food is not so saucy.
chinese food usually has some kind of sauce on it
2006-12-09 23:20:18 · answer #10 · answered by half sam, half amazing 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋