On the question of "Which was the most satisfying food that you've had in Japan", ramen came in as No. 2!! Very interesting results from the perspective of a ramen fan.
Sushi was No.1 with 42.1% of vote. Pretty much expected, as Sushi is usually the first thing that comes to a foreigner's mind when we talk about Japanese food. And the sushi in Japan is definitely good too! Even chains such as Tenka Sushi serves decent sushi.
Ramen is No.2 with 20.8% of the vote, closely followed by sashimi at 19.8%. In 4th place is Tempura, 11.1%, and Udon at 8.9%. This is an encouraging result (for me), as ramen is a much younger cuisine than sashimi, tempura and udon. I doubt many foreigners will know what ramen is 10 years ago, while sashimi, tempura and udon are fairly common.
Isn't it amazing that ramen rose so fast through the ranks of Japanese food?
Some other interesting results are:
- For Taiwanese, Ramen is actually No.1! The ramen culture must have already been widespread there.
- For Singapore, the percentage of the top 3 of Sushi, Sashimi and Ramen are pretty close.
- German loves sushi? About 63% of them answered that it was the most memorable.
I'm sure in years to come, it will become as popular, if not more, than sushi!
Looking forward to the 2010 survey to see how the result will change.
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