9 Japanese Dishes Every Foodie Must Try

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1. Tonkatsu A delicious pork cutlet bowl. Katsu refers to a specific way of deep-frying meat in Japan.

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2. Katsudon Deep-fried meat with wheat noodles. Need we say more?

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3. Takoyaki Tako means octopus meat in Japanese and Yaki means to fry. Basically fried octopus.

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4. Yakitori Tori, in Japanese, means bird. This is basically the Japanese version of fried chicken.

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5. Gyoza Pan-fried pork dumplings that taste like they’re from heaven.

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6. Somen These are refreshing cold noodles eaten with a dipping sauce called tsuyu.

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7. Natto These might be an acquired taste as the smell is really strong in this one.

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8. Oden Japanese hotpot, usually eaten in winter.

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9. Soba These are noodles made out of buckwheat.

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