Here’s Why Japanese Meals Use So Many Dishes

In Japan, it’s normal for a person to use multiple dishes for each meal. There’s a Japanese phrase 一汁三菜 (ichijusansai) and it means a balanced meal consisting of one soup and three side dishes to complement rice. Let me know what you think in the comments! Don’t forget to subscribe for daily food videos from Japan!

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[Phuonganhnguyent]

Yeah, in Vietnam we also have the same belief. We say: "have meal" and we always use the word "Rice" in place of the meal

[mariamabdullah]

I am from Bangladesh and our main food is rice. We normally have it with two to three sides one of them is usually dal or lentil soup . And on speacial occasions there can be more then 10 sides. And rice is eaten for lunch, dinner and breakfast(though some have roti).

[Bento_Club]

Who’s going to wash all those dishes tho??? 🤔

[oKiwix]

the word for rice and meal(dinner) in chinese are also the same! or at least in my dialect it is

[livewellwitheds]

in korea too, the word for meal and rice are the same [which confused me SO MUCH when I first moved there] its common to have 3 or more banchan [반찬] or side dishes with rice as well

[CleavingGold]

I mean. In English the word meal is related to ground up wheat, because flour and bread is so integral.

[tarunchandrasekaran]

Crazy how even though that's a lot of food Japanese people are always really thin.

[iman]

Love the balance. I grew up eating like that - multiple dishes, tapas style. Now though I appreciate how much effort goes into creating balanced multi-dish meals. Adulthood is a lot 😂

[Nathan]

As an Chinese I always thought this was normal and was confused how people eat without rice. Also rice and meal is the same word too and yes we have side dishes.

[charlymstl]

Japanese people choose what is good to eat, based on the taste when combined with rice.
Something salty, oily, meaty, fishy, or even sweety etc.

Nowadays many Japanese ppl eat bread, and the consumption amount of rice has been declined when compared to the past, not only that but japanese ppl eat various type of meals such as Chinese noodle, Italian pasta, oat meal etc as a source of carbohydrate, but nothing can beat the joy of eating bowl-ful of rice with something goes good with rice!

[phoenixrising]

I actually plan on adopting this style. I'll make my kids soup, rice and compliments 😂 this is super healthy

[fortnajt]

Albanians use the same word for meal and bread

[niransoe]

We said rice and meal the same in my language too

[aleeya]

“Ikr the rice is the main part of the meal” bruh when we asian say we love rice, we REALLY LOVE rice

[snifey]

Rice is idea, rice is mind, rice is love, hate and anger, rice is kill invest and be, rice..is life

[ren_clouds]

You're telling me this isn't normal in every country?

(Fellow Singaporean here)

[riturajbaruah_]

In Assam (India) we also denote Lunch and dinner as Bhat(rice) 😁

[ruthdelapena]

I love to ate Japanese food its so yummy

[aliciacruz]

Always wondered why there's so many sides

[mylifemyrules]

Even in tamil we rice and meal
As *sapaadu*