Dinner in Japan
Just like anywhere else in the world, if you want to know what food is like in a country – spend some time with the locals. Here you can see a home-cooked meal (though the fish isn’t technically cooked). This meal was delicious! Once again, kudos to my host family.
On the second night, my host family took me out to dinner. We went to a restaurant that had stove tops on each table. You would order different flavored broths – which would boil in front of you – then you would add in vegetables, meats, etc… It was like fondue, just without the cheese (which I, of course, approved of). The only weird thing was that after you cooked your meat, you were supposed to dip it in a raw egg. Supposedly, this is delicious. I just couldn’t convince myself to try. I ate the octopus, I ate the squid, I ate the fish candy (yes, there’s fish candy), but I just couldn’t do a raw egg. If you think you can, by all means give it a try – cook up some beef and dip it in raw egg before you eat it. If the salmonela doesn’t get to you, let me know how it tastes. 
