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Hayashi Rice ハヤシライスHayashi Rice
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス
  • Hayashi rice ハヤシライス

The inspiration people seek: Although there are few people who don’t like hayashi rice, at the same time, there are also few who feel that it’s a part of their everyday lives—its presence as a dish is at a level where most people only remember it when they hear it mentioned. On the other hand, while real hayashi rice fans may be a minority, they tend to be people not easily swayed by the trends of the times and have a firm sense of individuality with very particular tastes. Read more

In short: There are a number of stories about the origins of this dish and its name, but the most widely accepted one is that it was born as a Japanese creation based on the demi-glace sauce from French cuisine. There are also a number of stories about who first invented it, with the most often cited one being Yuteki Hayashi, the founder of the Japanese sales company, Maruzen. However, it may simply be a matter of the believability of the story that it’s called hayashi rice because a man named Hayashi invented it. Read more

Some background: It’s believed that hayashi rice was first introduced early in the Meiji Period at around the same time as curry rice and napolitan spaghetti. It was a time of dramatic changes for Japanese society on a scale seen nowhere else. The values and customs that had continued throughout the country for the more than 260 years of the Edo Period were discarded with surprising ease as the result of a popular consensus that adopting things of the West as quickly as possible was the path the country and the people should follow. It was in this atmosphere that the common dislike of meat by the Japanese was suddenly replaced by a boom in meat dishes, exemplified by the gyunabe-ya (beef hot pot restaurants) that sprang up in the nation’s cities. This spread of meat consumption and the use of spices became another realm for the Japanese penchant for assimilating things from the West while adding a uniquely Japanese flavor, and is thought to be how hayashi rice—its flavor and ingredients agreeable with Japanese tastes—was born. Read more

Thanks to Youshoku-ya Christmas-tei

Thanks to Youshoku-ya Christmas-tei
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