Mayonnaise Galore Many unique mayonnaise combinations are to be found in Japan, several of which have been around for quite some time. In 1983 the convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan introduced an onigiri (rice ball, usually with a filling of some sort) with tuna mayonnaise inside, and in 1989 McDonald's Japan invented the Teriyaki McBurger, containing a patty dipped in a soy-sauce-based sauce and topped with vegetables and mayonnaise. Although the popularity of food offered at convenience stores and fast-food restaurants tends to pass quickly, both items continue to enjoy high sales.
In addition to tuna mayonnaise, rice balls sold today at convenience stores in Japan come with a wide range of mayonnaise-flavored fillings, such as shrimp with mayonnaise, cod roe with mayonnaise, chicken with mustard mayonnaise, and spicy pickles with mayonnaise. These rice balls are particularly favored by young Japanese, who find nothing unusual about combining mayonnaise with very Japanese ingredients like rice and soy sauce. Among the other foods popular with young people are mayonnaise-flavored snacks, including potato chips. The dressing has even become a common pizza topping.
Mayonnaise Kitchen is a restaurant in Hachioji, in the western outskirts of Tokyo, that uses mayonnaise in every dish it serves, as well as in some of its cocktails and desserts. Regular customers who want to add still more mayonnaise to the dishes can even buy a personal bottle of it and keep it at the restaurant until they finish it. Mayonnaise Kitchen opened two years ago, and it has been successful enough to start a second outlet in the nearby town of Tachikawa in April 2002.
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Date: 2003-12-05 05:41 pm (UTC)Mayonnaise Galore
Many unique mayonnaise combinations are to be found in Japan, several of which have been around for quite some time. In 1983 the convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan introduced an onigiri (rice ball, usually with a filling of some sort) with tuna mayonnaise inside, and in 1989 McDonald's Japan invented the Teriyaki McBurger, containing a patty dipped in a soy-sauce-based sauce and topped with vegetables and mayonnaise. Although the popularity of food offered at convenience stores and fast-food restaurants tends to pass quickly, both items continue to enjoy high sales.
In addition to tuna mayonnaise, rice balls sold today at convenience stores in Japan come with a wide range of mayonnaise-flavored fillings, such as shrimp with mayonnaise, cod roe with mayonnaise, chicken with mustard mayonnaise, and spicy pickles with mayonnaise. These rice balls are particularly favored by young Japanese, who find nothing unusual about combining mayonnaise with very Japanese ingredients like rice and soy sauce. Among the other foods popular with young people are mayonnaise-flavored snacks, including potato chips. The dressing has even become a common pizza topping.
Mayonnaise Kitchen is a restaurant in Hachioji, in the western outskirts of Tokyo, that uses mayonnaise in every dish it serves, as well as in some of its cocktails and desserts. Regular customers who want to add still more mayonnaise to the dishes can even buy a personal bottle of it and keep it at the restaurant until they finish it. Mayonnaise Kitchen opened two years ago, and it has been successful enough to start a second outlet in the nearby town of Tachikawa in April 2002.