Yokohama Menu. Japan.
Cha.
Tea.
Luimano.
Fish Soup.
Shiru.
Bean Soup.
Ohira.
Vegetable Soup.
Sashimi.
Raw Sliced Fish.
Nizakana.
Boiled Fish.
Teriyaki.
Roast Fish.
Shiwoyaki.
Roasted Fish.
Muchitori.
Boiled Vegetables.
Umani.
Fish and Vegetables.
Trubonomoni.
Vegetables.
Gozen.
Boiled Rice.
Tsukemono.
Pickles.
Shoyu.
Sauce.
Saki.
Rice Whiskey.
Cha.
Tea.
A most delicious sauce, called “Shoyu,” which is the basis of Worcestershire sauce, is also used to give spice to the food. Throughout the repast the guests are served from time to time with “Saki,” a pale liquor made from rice, and which tastes very much like sherry. It is served hot, and is a most insinuating tipple. In a large party you are expected to exchange cups and drink with every one present. The result is that, in nine cases out of ten, you leave the house just a “wee bit fu’,” as they say in Scotland. Like the Chinese, no knives, forks, or napkins are used—“chop sticks” only. To smack your lips or belch during the feast is, strange to say of such a supremely polite people, not considered bad form.