Don mono, Donburi

“Don-mono” is a Japanese dish that consists of rice topped with toppings. This menu is recommended for those who like rice.

“Don” refers to a round rice bowl called a large bowl(Don buri), and is characterized by the fact that the ingredients and rice are served together. Typical bowl dishes include Oyako-don (chicken and egg bowl), Gyu-don (beef bowl), and Tem-don (tempura bowl). These are all simple and delicious Japanese classics.

The appeal of rice bowls lies in their simplicity. By serving rice and side dishes in one bowl, there is less washing up and cooking time can be shortened. In today's busy society, being able to easily enjoy nutritious and well-balanced meals is a great benefit.

Oyakodon is one of Japan's popular rice bowl dishes, and is a dish that uses chicken and eggs as the main ingredients. Specifically, chicken is boiled in a soy sauce-based stock, beaten eggs are poured over it, and then served over rice. The chicken is cut into bite-sized pieces, and the eggs are perfectly cooked. Part of the fun is how the texture changes depending on how soft the eggs are.

The soup stock for oyakodon is made from a combination of dashi stock, soy sauce, mirin, etc., and has a distinctive sweet and salty flavor. This makes it go well with rice and whets the appetite. Oyakodon is often made as a home-cooked meal, and is a simple and delicious dish that brings out the charm of Japan.

Gyudon is a typical Japanese rice bowl dish, consisting of beef and onions simmered in a sweet and spicy broth over rice. Specifically, thinly sliced beef and thinly sliced onions are simmered in a special soup stock made from dashi stock, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, etc., and then served on top of rice.

Beef bowl is simple yet has a deep flavor, and goes perfectly with rice. The beef and onions soaked in the sweet and spicy sauce create a perfect balance when eaten with rice. Gyudon is enjoyed not only as a bowl of rice, but also as a ``gyuzara'' (beef plate) with gyudon ingredients placed on top of the bowl.

There are chain stores such as Yoshinoya and Matsuya all over the country, where you can eat at reasonable prices.

Tendon is a type of Japanese rice bowl dish in which tempura is placed on top of rice. Specifically, tempura is made by deep-frying shrimp, squid, vegetables, or fish, served over rice, and topped with a special dipping sauce.

Tendon is characterized by the perfect combination of the crispy texture of the freshly fried tempura and the flavor of the soup. Generally, tempura bowls are served with a sweet and spicy sauce, which coats the rice well and brings out its deliciousness. Tendon is often served at Japanese set meal restaurants and udon restaurants, and is popular as a reasonably priced and hearty meal.

If you like shrimp, we recommend the Ebi Tendon (shrimp tempra bowl), which has only shrimp tempura on top, and if you like vegetables, we also recommend the kakiage don (vegetable tempra bowl), which has round vegetable tempura on top.

Katsu-don is a Japanese rice bowl dish in which tonkatsu (deep-fried pork) is served on top of rice. Tonkatsu is thickly sliced pork coated in breadcrumbs and fried, giving it a juicy and crispy texture.

There are two types of katsudon: sauce katsudon, which is topped with a special sweet sauce or Worcestershire sauce, and katsudon, which is made with sweet and salty soup stock and topped with egg, like oyakodon. All of them go well with the sauce, soup stock, and rice, and will whet your appetite. Katsudon is one of the standard dishes often found in Japanese restaurants, along with set menus, oyakodon, and tempura.

Kaisen-don is a rice bowl dish made with fresh seafood, served over rice. Specifically, sashimi and sumptuous seafood platters are colorfully arranged on top of rice.

Seafood bowl ingredients include tuna, salmon, shrimp, salmon roe, shellfish, and crab, and sometimes change depending on the season. Kaisen-don have a beautiful appearance and the fresh taste of the sea, and they have a particularly visual impact. It is usually served with soy sauce or wasabi and is a popular dish at Japanese set meals and sushi restaurants.