Feel free to drink from the bowl in a Japanese restaurant.

hmm x]
now that i actually think about it... no idea xD

buut...i suppose the thought at the moment was that traditional japanese cuisine doesn't carry too many vegetarian dishes....
like...all proper japanese meals include some sort of meat x.x

I did already ask. :)

see?

http://www.japanforum.com/forum/japa...tml#post489658

I think it is easier to get a decent vegetarian meal in a Japanese restaurant than in most American restaurants. Many udon, yakisoba, ramen, udon, and tofu dishes don't use meat.

That's correct.
Its one of the few essential terms I've learned.

Well, appreciate all the information!
We ended up going last night and it was great!

We both ended up getting Tofu Steaks which by the end of it... we were both over tofu for the night lol.
Think I still need a lot of hashi practicing though :confused:

So it is ok to slurp noodles etc? I was trying to find that out when searching the other day but different sites said different things and had a different way of putting it each time so got a little confused, will remember for the future though.

Thank you. I pm'd you, so as to stay as on topic as possible.

and i answered x]
i say screw what the restaurants say and follow what you believe to be true, etc etc.


@kisuke = if your at a french/italian/european restaurant, please use the fork and twirl your noodles
if your at a japanese restaurant..slurp away x]
just dun make a mess~~ (of which i actually find kinda hard to do from slurping x.x')
and DAMN those restaurants that tell you otherwise =.=''
*labels them as ignorant bastards*
x]

**i mean seriously...would you learn 'japanese' etiquette from a korean/chinese/vietnamese owned sushiya that totally disregards the traditional methods and etiquettes?**

It's not "slurping" exactly, and, to be honest, I cannot "suck up" the noodles the same way Japanese guys do. It's like they inhale them, really. I can't do it.

Good point. The restaurant where I was insulted was Japanese (if fact the ex-husband help build the building), but one where I was dismayed at being show the spoon was Korean owned and the waitress was Korean. Though in the latter case, I don't think that really factored in. I think it was more that she has become accustomed to having 99% gaijin customers who don't know and don't care what customs are.