As my Emperor commands: Food in Okinawa
Darshu
My Fellow eJapanese Citizens,
On this day like any other day I was wandering the darkness within my heart, alone in the wind...
On this day His Imperial Majesty, Ouibster, Ruler of Rulers, Eye of Amaterasu-ōmikami, The Sacred Light has sent his messenger, the Minister of Education, Oraizan down to me who spoke with the voice of the Leader of the Cult of the Sun.
Lord Ouibster bestows Oraizan with the holy command!
Darshu to Oraizan: "To what do I owe the pleasure of beholding your beautiful countenance this early in the day?"
Oraizan to me: "You are (politely asked) to talk about your trips to Japan to boost Culture and Activity! In English of course!"
On this day I've been victimized by a fierce psychological attack. My soul is being devoured by the Minister of His Majestic Cult. I have no choice, but to obey the heavenly command.
I happen to know Okinawa a bit better than the rest of Japan, so I would like to start with Okinawa. I have pondered long and hard, how not to make this a Wikipedia article, yet show something about the rich culture of this land to boost culture and activity. If you can say one thing about Japan and Okinawa: it is a great place to eat healthy, tasty, and exotic food. Thus I will show you the usual food I was eating there (and I happen to take a picture of it). Every picture I am using here is mine (except the gif of Orai), and was not part of the Internet before. I hope this touch will make this story a little bit unique.
My "Western Breakfast" on the first day:
There is already fish hiding under the bacon, and salad has this dressing made out of some orange like fruit from Okinawa. Pancakes are small, sometimes flavored with green tea.
A more typical Okinawan breakfast (biased towards what I thought I could stomach):
The purple object is sweet potato. It really has this color in reality. I don't remember the rest anymore. Mind the fruits across the table. In Okinawa you get fresh fruits during the whole year. If my math is correct this trip was in November, so you can see the seasonal fruits of Okinawa during its "autumn".
In a local pub, I ordered a beer (Orion) of course and asked something along with it. This is what I got: soft tofu with fish flakes...
FYI: Don't try to eat it with chopsticks, unless you are a pro.
....and smoked-roasted mushrooms and leek on a stick:
I just realized the rest of the pictures from my second trip are on my other drive, so that's all for today.
Hail and Praise our Lord of Light, Ouibster, may his eyes illuminate your poor lives like the shining sun!
Oh, almost forgot! This article was supported by the Ministry of Culture and Education. The author declares that no competing interests exist. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication, however, they are happy to send you weapons and sustenance if you vote and/or comment. (- is what I was told by Oraizan... Her email in reality was very polite, if a tad formal, but considering her old age, acceptable.)
Darshu
Comments
There is no God but Dio Brando and Falcon is his Prophet!
I never said there is any other God, but Dio Brando.
ROADROLLER.
hi there darshu
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Both you and Dio belong to ePakistan. It is your true home. We have have our Empress and you have your Dio.
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I believe Karasu-san has made a mistake and should have spelled "Empress" instead! 😁
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My apologies for the misunderstanding. English is not my first lingo. I was referring to the title you call 'dictator' in the article. In any case I never depicted anyone as a deity either.
Excellent article - I know you had a good time in Okinawa and I had a good time enjoying the Okinawan green tea! Maybe one day I too shall visit.
Thank you! I promise I'll bring more I get to visit again.
orai is old ahahahahahaha
Yet uber cute still 😃
Pedo
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The comment was directed to helpmeslack who understands this sort of humour. Not to you karasu. I know you have issues with me - in that case, ignore me as I ignore you, and it shall all be well.
I hope the food is more delicious than it looks like, especially the vegetables xD
I will try to bring out the better pictures in the next article. I didn't realize I don't have the pics on my cloud yet. Literally everything tastes good there.
Looking forward to your next articles.
Was that tofu in the second picture also? If so, is tofu common in meals? And honestly I thought there would be more rice.
BTW: My sincere thanks for doing this article. I know how time consuming they can be.
Excellent questions! Indeed it was tofu on the 2nd picture too. I am not sure how common it is, I can say it's a rather typical starter.
You can have rice for any meal, I simply opted for something else (every time), unless it was sushi. I would even wager to say that Okinawan people eat less rice than mainland Japanese, but eat more fish and fruits and algae instead. They have their special Okinawan rice too though.
Algae!?!? Is that in one of your photos?
Nope, not this time. Next time, I will show you algae and sea grapes in all shape and form!
great, i'm hungry now... bring me food onii-chan! (っ˘ڡ˘ς)
Oh my, you are still alive! What a surprise.
And I'm Hungarian. o7
Szia o7
Hi o7
A llama climbs to the top of mount everest.
Looking down at the world with sad eyes, it screams, "I want to sniff pantsu with my friends"
I sniff scarlets.
is that code for pantsu with period blood?
Voted for Cult-, ehem, gastronomy?
Food looks awesome, too many forks tho, I'm a peasant so maybe that isn't normal for me. I'd kill for some Okinawa Soba, you should get some too Darshu.
Stay tuned, the second episode is around the corner!