Arigatou

©darrengarcia

Arigatou food, arigatou...Thanks for entering my system. Geeky talk aside, Japanese food are really great. They mastered the art of mixing flavors into producing commendable dishes. It is also nice to see that they prefer a healthy diet, with the veggies in their meal. Their discovery of the "umami", the fifth basic taste, maybe their secret in making savory dishes. Nevertheless, I find their appetite for raw food bizarre...I learned in school (elementary to college) that humans are not designed to eat uncooked meat, even seafood. Raw food harbors numerous bacteria and germs. Furthermore, our body's gastric fluid is not able to digest efficiently the amino-acids of raw meat since we do not have the specific enzymes needed to catalyze the breakdown of the  compounds. In simple terms, FIRE WAS DISCOVERED FOR COOKING so let us not disregard our ancestor's breakthrough by going back to their pre-historic routine of eating uncooked meals. I guess not all of us have the same taste. Despite my aversion to raw food, I want everyone to take a lesson...RESPECT THE SUSHI!(say what?!)