Japanese foodporn (part 3) with goodies: What to eat/drink in Okinawa + Random 100yen shop beauty products

Pretty much only one thing happened during the past days: rain. So it was a great opportunity for me to start experimenting with Japanese cooking. The results were satisfying, so I’ll try to keep up the pace and try to get better! The recipes that weren’t improvised, were successful thanks to japanesecooking101. Pro tip: Be extremely careful when you buy the ingredients; the contents may look the same, the kanji may look the same, BUT it’s highly possible that it’s NOT the same.

PLUS: What to eat in okinawa

• サーターアンダギー(saataa andagii): something like doughnut, with brown sugar coating
• 紅イモ(beni imo) tarts/soft cream/kitkat/everything: purple yam flavour
• タコライス(tako rice): doesn’t have any actual taco(octopus) and comes in a lot of variations with avocado, tomato , etc
• ソーキそば(sokisoba): soba served containing giant lumps of meat
• ゴーヤチャンプルー(goya champuru): omelette style dish with the okinawan cucumber(goya), tofu, pork etc
• Orion beer: the local beer, they advertise it everywhere, and comes in 3-4 variations
• さんぴん茶: jasmine tea, but it’s supposed to be a special okinawan blend that offers longelivity
• シークワーサー・パッションフルーツ・マンゴ・グアバ　お酒 (flat lemon/passion fruit/mango/guava drinks)：local alcoholic cocktail canned drinks with tropical fruit flavours
• 泡盛(awamori): the local alcoholic drink (around 25%), resembling shochu in terms of production, as it is a product of distillation

How would you like your drink? straight, on rocks or with a snake?

Orion beer, the local Okinawan beer with a summery taste

So-ki soba (with pork), a huge meal for only 700yen

Kimchi unagi don (rice bowl with eel and korean spices) at the Sukiya. Cheap and tasty

If you can’t decide on a single flavor, why don’t you choose harf and harf? (sorry for the bad quality)

Beni imo soft cream – They love the purple yam taste in the south.

Takorice and ramen

EXTRA SECTION: Cosmetics