Can Japanese People Eat Spicy Food?
Why is it controversial for us to say that Japanese food while very delicious is not as spicy as other Asian Cuisines let’s talk about it you know people just made an Insight but the comment section is rupted into arguing we got to talk about it and because uh next sharp just
Dropped an article it went viral basically people were saying why isn’t Japanese food spicy literally nothing really too crazy to this article it talks about The Culinary history and tradition Reliance on Seafood the climate influences however some people felt like people wrote this article to place Japan at the top of the hierarchy
And mad people were offended by it oh my gosh let me guess it got politicize please hit that like button right now help us with the algorithm if you guys enjoy these videos David why is it contro is it because and let me say this because a lot of Asians or minorities
Who have more more flavorful and tasty and spicy foods likes to make fun of Eur a lot of European food particularly let’s just say British food for not being spicy and not being as delicious because it doesn’t have spice right you’re saying this uh White colonizers season their food narrative yes there is
A narrative that the more fun of a culture you are the more spicier your food is that they’re positively correlated but you’re less dominant yes be but but the colonizers had bland food and maybe in a joking way that’s why they colonized so they could get
But but but here’s the truth Japan and Asia was pretty much free from a lot of colonization until World War II when Japan Imperial Japan let me just say this it was the Imperial Japan tried to conquer all of Asia but it is true that also Imperial Japan probably has the
Least spicy food so a lot of people in the comment section was does that make them the most white aka the most dominant but possibly the most evil colonizers and and most white adjacent of all the whites I mean of all the Asians but that makes them closer to
Whites which brings them closer to the circle of power and higher esteem and that’s where the comment section went really yes so anyway make sure you like subscribe turn on your notifications only fun Bros only hot poop boys is going to break this down because this is
Very nuanced and it’s going over a lot of people’s heads right now but Andrew you know what will spice up people’s Foods SMA inspired by sichan which is not an Island not very pretty much landlocked so that’s why their food is spicy I think it’s I mean isn’t it a
Climate thing is it not a climate thing all right you’re all right so there’s several factors here the most of the northern cultures uh along that latitude of Japan most of them even Korea a lot of the food looks red but it’s like a goou jang pepper it’s actually not that
Spicy it’s very flavorful though but you can also argue that Japanese food could be flavorful in like a Dashi soy miso type of of way cuz that’s still different from Western Europe right all the dill and whatever like sour cream they use but I’m saying that it’s like
It is true would you agree with me Andrew that more of the northern cultures colonize the southern cultures I get yeah that is true that’s yeah it’s a global North Global South split right so that’s what people are referring to and they felt like the way that this
Actually this girl who wrote the article Filipino that she wrote it to say like because they don’t spice their food they’re Superior and that’s what allowed them to almost take over Asia so many steps between not spicing their food and dominating other countries I mean there’s that’s I get that people in
Their head they actually correlate the two but it’s not necessarily causation right and I just feel like this man here’s my quick thought bro that’s an insane statement a lot of people don’t really know how to deal with group power hierarchies in 2024 right right right do
You know what I’m saying like even this sort of like benign article that is actually true I honestly it looks like chat GPT wrote it I’m not hey no I’m not saying next shark you might I don’t know you might want to use the chat GPT scanner on your guys’s articles that
You’re submitting to Yahoo or whatever but I’m just saying like that can set do you know what I’m saying like everybody is thinking about what do you mean by that I get that’s crazy because she doesn’t make any political statements in the in this is just what people are
Drawing from it cuz Japan but you know why people are even asking this is because a lot of people in the comment section have already bought into the idea that Japan is the best Asian I joke about it it’s a joke to me that Japan is
The best Asian I just say it just because they have anime and like people look up to their culture a globally accepted thing to say though it’s accepted that is true how that’s how people feel but you don’t you don’t take it so to heart that you can’t joke about
It right yeah but maybe I don’t know it’s cuz I’m Chinese and there’s a bunch of Chinese people in the world so I don’t feel bad about that but if I what what other if I was another Asian maybe maybe I take that a different way you
Know what I mean I guess that’s possible I guess what I’m saying is like is there a way to talk about this without everybody getting so riled up yeah man let’s just talk about like the technical aspect we’re going to bring it down from a technical aspect Japanese food
Fundamentally is not spicy right correct um you but spicy let’s be clear as far as chili spice like hot like Cente it doesn’t mean in 2024 you can’t go get a spicy Ramen filled with peppers in 2024 it just means that traditionally their food is not built that way yeah yeah
Well it’s an island so you have a lot of great seafood seafood dishes generally are not that spicy right the closest thing they have to a Sichuan type of pepper is a Sano pepper it’s just not a lot of stuff is more like sour Yuzu you
Know sort of like even real Wasabi is almost more sour than it is like lighting your nose on fire which is more of the fake Wasabi extract I’ll tell you this all Northern cultures Andrew are less spicy we grew up in Seattle you know what they eat in Seattle salmon Gra
Rins and uh oysters mhm compared to New Mexico like Santa Fe Albuquerque you know what I mean uh other parts of like down south it’s way less spicy and that’s just on the in America yeah that’s Arizona but I would say generally if you have drier climates like sichan
Sichan Hunan those are landlock places the seafood that they get is usually from the river and nowadays they can ship it in from the ocean but Cantonese food on the other hand is considered not as spicy traditionally it’s because they’re on the coast and they have all
That water um is it true that Japanese are the only elevated like truly like white adjacent Asian in Asia that is that is like perceived that way by the Western Powers I would say that that is generally if you made me pick an Asian country that’s been elevated to be on
The level of like the ruling dominant Western Europeans of the past 400 years I would say they would pick Japan even though they went to war with Japan yes yes yes yes yes yeah so it’s like kind of uh you know what I mean it all goes
To Albert Einstein what he wrote he wrote very nice things about Japan generally um it was more critical of China time he was more critical of China he said China had a herd-like mentality he said Japanese were more like Italians but they lacked some intellectual rigor
I swear to God hilarious um anyway just people are getting into you know Wasabi real or fake they’re arguing about you know Dashi and you know like you said all these Seafood flavors but yeah essentially everybody knows that it’s true of course Andrew the biggest people in the comment section who had something
To say were Cantonese people because Cantonese people said you know our food is also quite Coastal it’s also designed to accentuate the natural components of the food but nobody is saying that makes us the best yeah no Cantonese food and Japanese Food are kind of similar in the
Sense they use a lot of seafood and when you use a lot of seafood you end up depending on the freshness of the seafood we all know every culture that is an island or eats a lot of seafood usually they’re not packing on the the Chili Peppers Chili Peppers come from I
Don’t know where they come more Inland or like the farmlands on the inside so then you don’t have a reason to need to use them yeah I would say that in Hong Kong the number one foreign type of restaurant is Japanese and I would say in Japan hey guys I’m not a Japanese
Expert I’ve been a couple times I think the number one foreign food might be Cantonese food or fujin food that are also both you know Coastal Chinese cultures that are also not spicy exactly exactly but then of course a lot of Koreans were getting in there being like
You know I really didn’t like like the tone what are you guys trying to say like you know what I mean because obviously Korea and Japan they got beef you know from back in the day beef it’s so funny um a lot of people are talking about how come like
What about trade Japan’s just not doesn’t have spice because the the peppers didn’t reach over there from India because India may have gotten them from South America you know the British were trading all around and then India was a major port and then along with like Buddhism and different things you
Know things shift and they travel and I think I want to say suchan possibly got the peppers from India who who had more contact with the West because India is closer to the West like in the 1500s yeah I mean I guess what I’m saying is there’s just like a whole like
Historical Arc of peppers but not everybody who traded Peppers Incorporated them into their Cuisine you know what I’m saying like just because the Portuguese were the first people to find peppers they might only have Pei peri chicken that is like heavily pepper influ yeah yeah so just because you were
Exposed to Peppers doesn’t mean you Incorporated it into their Cuisine I mean there must have been some reason that they didn’t want it in the cuisine may maybe just just didn’t like it’s too hot I don’t need it um people mentioned imperialism weak sauce not in a Japanese
Imperialism somebody said thank God for South and Southeast Asian Cuisines because they are very spicy other people are saying man It Feels So reductive to say that spicy food is to mass something or you know basically saying that like spicy cultures are like they just like don’t have good
Resources yeah no no I don’t think that’s true I mean I think Thailand has amazing resources their food is pretty spicy I mean they have a lot of right the resources allow them to grow all the spices I mean I guess Thailand but I guess maybe they’re not saying they’re
Not as like have advanced thinking or something that’s what they that’s what the people in the comment section are accusing the article of cing I didn’t know the article was so racially charged I guess what I’m trying to say is man it’s true the things that people are
Arguing about and like I guess I could see why they’re trying to take it there cuz everybody wants to sort of like I don’t know are they trying to invalidate explain away dismiss these sort of group hierarchies it is true listen if you’re in America here’s the truth and you’re
Like say you’re Japanese like a lot of like rich white people or whatever are going to be really interested in you in a way that might not be interested in you as much if you say you’re another type of Asian right so I guess our people what did Japanese just earn it
Because if you look at their art I’m not going to lie like I said guys I’m not a big you know otaku or weabo but their art like 400 years ago it was probably the most advanced in Asia I’m not going to lie I’m keeping it super been
Advanced but does that mean that non-spicy food is the way to go or that we should focus Less on spicy food or something I guess what are what what do people want what do do the spicy countries want more credit they get credit everybody loves their food spicy
Food is great I guess what I’m saying is I just wish that there was a better way to talk about these feelings that people have the feelings are real I understand the feelings too but just to bring it up after a chat GPT article like sort of
Sets it off and in Emotion I guess I’m just saying it just shows where 2024 is at yeah I wish these people would have real conversations with real other knowledgeable Asians of other backgrounds I think that’d be better but you know it’s a next shark post so anybody’s
Going to comment I don’t know what country they’re in what their life experiences are what they’ve been exposed to but that’s true listen guys Japanese things Trend whether they’re getting married by AI the new series Shogun the new you know Mark Zuckerberg’s making katana samurai ninja swords over in Japan with some Old
Masters people got their eyes on Japan the birth rate’s going down so I don’t know you guys let us know in the comments down below what you think about this article um Japanese food factually speaking is not generally that spicy that’s a fact unless you get the devil
Ramen and I guess people are going to argue on why but in my opinion the main reason is that it’s Oceanic they eat a lot of seafood and all the seafood cultures they don’t really focus too much on spicy food because they just focus on the freshness of their
Ingredients that they have plentiful of obviously if you don’t have access to the ocean and all that meat then yeah maybe that does make you want to spice food up differently anyway guys let us know what you think in the comments section below until next time we the hot poop boys we
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It is true that japan was a reclused society until 1850. Though they did interact with foreign countries afterwards, the majority of these contacts were with British, American, french and Dutch. While these four "held" many riches, pepper (chilies) was not one of them; as they originated from the south America's. Therefore they weren't introduced. Not like the rest of Asia through Spaniards and Portuguese traders.
Not true… Wasabi and super hot curry are unbearably hot.
I mean Japanese food when you really think about it is very western palette friendly. Not much flavour you don't even have to get into the colonizer thing. The 2 cuisines you can't insult in the west without hurt feelings is always Italian and Japanese food.
It's funny to me that people still talking about colonization and blah blah blah these days. In about 20 to 30 years, AI will be our overloads. 😂
Cantonese food is also not heavy on the spice because we tend to focus on the freshness of the ingredients
Too much spice can fuck right off. Delicate flavours get lost in the fire.
picante is a better word for spicy instead of caliente
Me (Japanese American) and my wife (Cantonese American) always talk about me (and my family) not being used to spicy foods. We generally don't like spicy, although I like to spice it up sometimes. We just had Fish Tacos and they have a yellow pepper that is usually mild, but one time it was SUPER spicy. Like even she won't eat it anymore. I'll still go for it and take a bite to see if it's spicy because I like it. But otherwise I don't like too spicy or super spicy.
I think the closest to "spice" might be Wasabi, but that's a little different. There's Curry and Togarashi Chili Pepper, but it's usually not that crazy.
On a side note, I saw the current McDonald's Chicken Nugget sauce is a Savory Chili WcDonald's sauce, and there seems to be a Manga theme, with katakana. I immediately thought it was odd that a "Japanese-Manga" theme's sauce was chili.
It seems like there was a spicy Chicken Nugget in Japan. I don't know if it was currently…maybe a year or two ago.
Japan is liked but not respected. The love affair with japan is actually ending, not getting bigger. Just see the current trend of shitting on japan and japanese often by projecting problems from the west like misogyny,sexism,work, birth rates and demographic change.
Sushi is the most bland thing ever
In history, spice was used mostly in landlocked areas. Since they’re not able to get as fresh ingredients, they flavor their dishes with more spice. Coastal areas like to promote the freshness of their cuisine, so they prefer to keep it as basic as possible. Coincidentally, conquering nations tend to have more coastal controls. So correlation does not equal causation.
People only know what they know. Imagine this: The Portugese, British, and the Dutch started colonizing South, and South East Asia around 1600 (The British went to India in 1601 – Please Google it) only to get the spices they knew they want and ignore the rest. You would think the British cuisine today would be some of the most "flavorfull" cuisine in the world, second to India. After all, they had full access to the best pantry in the world. But as you know, that is not the case. The British only started opening their cuisine horizon in the 1980s. It's a long time between 1601 and 1980, don't you think?
No colonization before WW2? Failure of the American educational system! LOL
Neither do French or Italian. They use herbs and black pepper exclusively.
Not spicy is better.
Tell Asian ladies life must be easy when all you do is pop out babys and wipe there ass caught me when your 40 and alone!
The Japanese girl looks AI generated
Some Family members were chinese living in south africa. During apartheid japanese were considered honourary white and got better treatment.
I dont really get the connection to spicy food. Maybe its presentation of japanese food that appeals to white people? Smaller more elegant looking portions in traditional japanese cuisine
Wasabi is their only necessary source of spice…once your nostrils flare up from tasting horseradish once, every other spice pales in comparison.
The spiciest food the Japanese eat is their curry and it's not that spicy.
Many countries back then needed spice to preserve their foods. Like Koreans with their Kimchi Northern Chinese with suancai to preserve their food during harsh winters and how Thai's and Indians needed it to prevent spoiling of foods but also as flavor enhancers. I really think it boils down to geography and what type of fruits, vegetables, spices, and meat are accessible along with cultural beliefs of how to cook and eat the food and also historical trade. I know Curry was introduced to Japan by the Brits and they adopted it especially when they discovered curry had the right ingredients to prevent beriberi, a disease linked to a vitamin B1 deficiency that was common among Japanese sailors at that time to the point the meal became a staple in the service, according to the Atlas Obscura website. Just like how Germans needed sauerkraut to preserve cabbage and how Italians had more moderate climate where fresh foods were more abundant and how like middle eastern food needed spice to avoid spoilage in harsh desert climate but also to enhance flavors.
Because Japanese people are wannabe yt people first with miss Japanese who is yt and hosting the g7 summit lmaoo fk Japan
Could anyone explain why is it that Japan attracts so many weird and mentally imbalanced people? Fung bros are talking about the Japanese food not being spicy and these people who profess to like Japan make random comments about how the Japanese are like white people and they are superior to all Asians…. Really? You just don't see this kind of behavior among people who like Korea, China or any other countries. It's really weird. There must be something weird going on in Japan.
Japan eats clean. Periodt.
"Asia was pretty much free from a lot of colonization until WWⅡ"
Philippines
Colonized by Spain in 1571
Colonized by the US in 1898
Singapore
Colonized by Britain in 1824
India
Colonized by Britain in 1877
Myanmar
Colonized by Britain in 1886
Indonesia
Colonized by the Netherlands in 1904
Malaysia
Colonized by Britain in 1895
Vietnam
Vessel state of China since 10th century
Colonized by France in 1885
Cambodia
Colonized by France in 1863
Laos
Colonized by France in 1893
Thailand
Remained independent as a buffer zone between Britain and France
Qing (China)
The Manchu Qing, who had ruled China since 1662, opened trade with India run by the East India Company. However, the defeat of the Opium War (1840) and the Arrow War (1856) with Britain led the powers to conclude unequal treaties, and the Qing came under foreign pressure. Especially after the defeat in the Sino-Japanese War (1894), Manchuria was deprived of the right to lay railroads and lease key lands by Russia, Britain, France, and Germany, and became a semi-colonial state.
Korea
In the 14th century, the Yi clan unified the Korean peninsula, but in the 17th century, Korea was attacked by the Qing dynasty and became its vessel state. The Western powers forced Korea to open its borders to the West, which continued its isolation, and Japan encouraged Korea to open its borders by concluding the Japan-Korea Amity Treaty (1876). which led to the Sino-Japanese War, forcing the Qing, the sovereign nation of Korea, to recognize Korea's independence. Later, Russia put pressure on Korea, and the Russo-Japanese War (1904) broke out. Japan won the war and gained control of Korea, which was annexed by Japan in 1910.
Japan, Thailand, and Ethiopia were the only countries that had not been colonized by the West at that time.