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Originally Posted by steel
I'm not sure. In fact, I think the Chinese put soy sauce directly on their white rice...
To Japanese, soy sauce is a condiment and pouring it on the rice might considered as weird as a 'mustard sandwich' ( which a friend growing up poor & black in the US reported eating occasionally when he grew up). Or, like taking a huge dollop of ketchup or sugar and stirring it into a glass of water -- which I once saw a homeless fellow do in restaurant. Associations of being low class and inappropriate.
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Yes, soya sauce rice is quite common in Chinese food and people put it in directly, particulary if they just have plain rice with no meat or minimal side dishes (i.e. going cheap - ugh reminds me of a dish I had in Singapore). Just wondering though, most of the the Katsu dons I've seen, had soya sauce in the rice...although that's the Japanese resturants here in Australia. I've had it a few times in Japan as well - but can't remember whether there was soya sauce there.