Vegetarian in Japan - Ep.9: New Stuff and Safe Food Storage

[94babylozzi]

haha an ancient seed. like your video :)

[jinkazamalovnat]

some times organic means it has carbon science teacher told me s

[McNeatoSan]

Great video! Looking forward to more.

[LifeInShiga]

Thanks a lot and thanks for watching! :)

[saufyxx]

Hey i have a question, I want to live in Japan, and i am currently studying the language although it's only be a week :]

I think Tokyo would be really expensive right?

I am vegetarian btw XD, and i was wondering what type of rice do they use?

As well, how did you start living there in the first place :O ?

Thanks

Saufy

[LifeInShiga]

Saufy,

Tokyo can be more expensive than the more rural parts of Japan.

I eat "genmai" which is brown rice. You can get anything from brown rice to highly milled white rice. Basically, what ever you like.

I am here as an English teacher with the JET Program.

Anything else, please ask! :)

[iFukuyama]

how'd you get so pro?XD if i ever had to make my own diner i would starve to death..=P

[LifeInShiga]

lol, really? I think you could do it if you had to!

Thanks for the kind words though!

[wobina]

Yay! Can't wait for the videos on baking! :D

[LifeInShiga]

Soon! I promise :)

[ChillNAndy]

I also eat alot of Quinoa but I havent really tried to make it interesting. Ill cook and serve it with just ketchup :P it works when your in a rush lol

Thats awsome that you know how to bake bread I hope you can make a video on that one day

[LifeInShiga]

Quinoa and ketchup? Wow, how does that taste? At least you are eating a healthy grain, makes up for the sugar content in ketchup ;)

I will make baking videos soon :)

[iamtakingover]

i love your videos! :)

[LifeInShiga]

Thank you! I love that you love my videos! :)

[RisuMiso]

Japanese love white bread with the crusts cut off. When I was a kid I only liked white bread. As an adult my tastes grew for multi-grain bread with big wheat chunks. Now I'm back to eating kids bread...

My oven is also a microwave, I love it.

[LifeInShiga]

I'm still shocked by the Japanese concept of "bread." As you said, very childish.

Do you bake in your oven?

[RisuMiso]

I mostly use it's microwave function. I use it to cook casseroles and stuff, but I don't bake per say. (with the convection setting of course, not microwaves).

But yeah, bread, cheese, and wine all suck in Japan. Stops them from being fat bastards I guess.

[RisuMiso]

Oddly though Japan has very good pastry.

[LifeInShiga]

Yeah, very true. They focus more on sweets instead of savory baked goods. At a store near me, I have found fairly tasty wines for only 600yen :)

[RisuMiso]

Tasty wine for 600 yen? I'm skeptical. Is it in a box? Americans also think Coors is good beer... :p

[LifeInShiga]

Alright smart ass ;) don't you have some kanji to study? :-P

Yeah, it's wine imported from Italy, California, or Chile. Various whites and reds. This place buys in bulk and sells for really cheap. They even have great peanut butter for less than 200yen!

[RisuMiso]

I just remembered I will be baking in my oven one day. I have a collection of over ripe bananas in my freezer waiting to be made into bread. I just need a couple more.

[LifeInShiga]

Nice! I have been on a banana bread baking frenzy! Finished my 6th loaf last night. The teachers at my school love it!

Let me know how it goes for you. :)

[worldgenius]

sorry i didnt post last video. wow learning new things every time i watch vid from you. i have another question, do internet providers charge extra if you are planning to stay far in the suburbs? does it cost more the farther you are from the city?

[LifeInShiga]

It doesn't cost more. You pay based on the speed you want. BUT, the further you live from the hub, the slower the speed you will get no matter what you pay for. For example, I ordered the fastest internet I could, but I live 4km from the nearest hub so my speed is the same as the slowest option for much cheaper. I live near the city so you never know where the hub is. There is a website where you can check your distance before you order the service (I didn't know about it when I got mine).

[sakuraevolution]

My partner is Peruvian so it didn't take long for me to be introduced to and grow to love Quinoa... I add it to ground turkey, chopped red onions, garlic, herbes de provence, and a little bit of salt and pepper, yum!

[LifeInShiga]

Sounds good and healthy! Quinoa rocks!

[LEV1ATHYN]

Sweet man. Inspiring. I've been living here for 3 years and I've wished that I had an oven about a billion times. PS, you're 100% right about Japanese bread being crap, it's as sweet as cake and your only choice is how thick you want the slices. Multigrain breads are non-existent.

[LifeInShiga]

You wouldn't even believe it, but I got my oven for only 12,000yen at a recycle shop. It's only 1 year old and spotless! It retailed for 45,000!! Take a look, you might have one near you!

About the bread, you are exactly right!

[LEV1ATHYN]

Nice buy man! Looking forward to a vegetarian lasagna video in the near future...

[LifeInShiga]

hmmm.. lasagna, great idea! I'll start looking for lasagna noodles.

[ArtWatt]

if baking isn't popular in Japan, are baking pans hard to find?

QUINOA!!! was that hard to find? expensive?

[LifeInShiga]

Baking pans! Funny! You can find them, but not the ones I'm used to. I had to dig to find a muffin pan and I still haven't found a proper bread pan. The ones here are really small and made for "pound cake" or have really sharp corners and a lid. Sounds weird, but most Japanese bread is a perfect rectangle, no rounded edges.

I have seen quinoa in a foreign food store, but the stuff I have, I found in a small organic shop near me. It was about $6 for 1 kg. Much more expensive, but worth it! :)