On Apr 3, 10:06*am, blake murphy > wrote:

> given the elegance of classical japanese cooking, it's weird to see what
> the do in adapting western dishes.
>
actually the Japanese is very good at taking something foreign and
making it entirely their own. E.g. eating raw fish and growing trees
in small pots came from China and became sashimi and bonsai
respectively, and tempura is derived from Portuguese cuisine.