American food and Japanese food are of course very different in most parts, but some are very similar, basically taking american food and putting a japanese "flare" to it. In the detroit area, were i am from,we have many japanese restaurants some owned by chinese, korean, or japanese. Cherry blossom and agishin are probably the two best japanese owned and run restaurants outside of japan. There ramen and sushi are top notch, and service is fabulous. My favorite japanese food would have to be unagidon, were they take either river eel or ocean eel, and lay it over a bed of rice, of course the eel are cooked. River eel i think is smaller and not so "meaty" compared to the ocean eel. Also japanese pancake comes into second place for me, and then sushi. But honestly i find some japanese food to be very bland. Me being pakistani, much of our ethnic food has alot of spices, example curry, crushed red pepper and other various spices. Pakistani and indian are practically the same. Also korean food is the bomb, so much flavor and chinese food is very unique, i am mean chinese culture has been on this planet for about 5 thousand years now, so they have alot of experience in the art of cooking. I guess it really comes down to what you willing to try and what your stomach can take, there are some asian food out there that will make you crap your brains out. Sorry if my spelling and grammar sucks, freaking had a long day at work and eyes are blood shot. peace
