Japan explained- FAQs and SAQs Part 14
Why is Asian bread so sweet?
No a hundred percent sure about this. It could be that at the time they borrowed the idea from the West it tasted more like this and has stayed the same here while it has changed where it came from, like Japanese curry rice (also sweet). Alternatively, it might have spread from one Asian country with a sweet tooth to the others. In general, though, Asian countries do not have the clear distinction between sweet foods and savoury foods (or even, in Japanese, a word for “savoury”) or between courses. In fact, this could be said to reflect an Eastern avoidance of black and white either/ or distinctions at all.
Japan now fully explained on my new blog, Japanexplained.
August 28th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Passed its peak? Surely you mean ‘past’. Sorry Alex, I’m a stickler when it comes to typos, especially from English experts…..
Like the blog stuff + I confess I have used your emailing worksheets on a number of occasions.
Those bleedin’ Buddhist priests, eh? One of my students told me he spent a fortune having one come round and bless various things. The man drives a high-end BMW and spends most of the year either skiing in Hokkaido or sunning it in Okinawa.
Right, was only saying hello to an old karaoke mate after a few years in the wilderness… cheers, Jon (ex-Shane, ex-Myoden, ex-karaoke sadly)
August 28th, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Good to hear from you Jon. What the hell are you up to nowadays? Thanks for the editing advice, though you might find trying to catch all my typos a Heculuentask, I mean a Herculean task, or a Hercullean task… a difficult task.