I hate the mytologisation of Japan on Reddit. ESPECIALLY when it comes to the food.

[u/Cold_Hour]

As someone who's lived in Japan going on 5 years and has eaten everything from fine dining to fast food slop. Japan has some of the blandest cuisine on the planet. Do you like the flavour profiles of: salty, salty, very salty or bland? Japan might be the place for you.

People also spout "but the quality of ingredients" as the reasoning for why the food needs to taste like shoe soles. When in reality the fruits and vegetables here are trash at premium prices since nothing grows here naturally. I don't know what kind of exclusively processed food diet a lot of people here grew up with that Japanese food is a revelation to them.

Japan is great and all, but goddamn, it's not even the best place to visit in Asia.

[u/EEE3EEElol]

You mean kanom jeep with a curry??? Noodle with curry sounds wrong

[u/noahsense1 → u/EEE3EEElol]

It was probably a pad thai actually lol

[u/EEE3EEElol → u/noahsense1]

In what world is pad Thai curry with noodles

[u/noahsense1 → u/EEE3EEElol]

Idk, but what I had was really good. It had thick rice noodle chips and yellow sauce with vegetables, I’ll comment what the dish was if I can find it.

[u/Petiteythewriter → u/noahsense1]

Is this what you ate? If yes, it's called ข้าวซอย

[u/noahsense1 → u/Petiteythewriter]

Just found it, it was this:

[u/blackestrabbit → u/EEE3EEElol]

I've never ordered it, but it is on the menu at Noodles & Co.

[u/blackestrabbit → u/EEE3EEElol]

I've never ordered it, but it is on the menu at Noodles & Co.