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Maybe many of you are wondering what’s happening with cuisine in Japan. This is probably one of my favorite topics to talk about since the food here is soooooo good. I mentioned before that Sosaku dining is becoming quite popular. Well, another type of cuisine, which  has actually been around longer than Sosaku, maybe 15 years or so, is Mukokuseki ryori or ‘mixed cuisine.’ The difference between Sosaku and Mukokuseki is the variety. Sosaku is generally considered to use more French accents while Mukokuseki is basically a mix of all countries.

I believe Sosaku is more popular because of the presentation, whereas Mukokuseki seems to have no emphasis on style and tradition so important to Japanese. Personally, I think French food is old fish and meat covered in a sauce which masks the flavor, and then done up real pretty like to distract you–nice sauces, though. No offense Frenchie, I’m just a ‘gourmet.’

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