{"id":10595,"date":"2012-08-01T17:00:55","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/japanese-food-is-third-favourite-for-travellers\/"},"modified":"2012-08-01T17:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:00:55","slug":"japanese-food-is-third-favourite-for-travellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thatdope.com\/food-drinks\/japanese-food-is-third-favourite-for-travellers\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese food is third favourite for travellers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new survey has found that Japanese fare is closing in on traditionally favored cuisines like Italian and French among globetrotters, with sushi the most sought after food within the Japanese culinary repertoire. The Japanese dish most craved? Sushi came out on top, at 74 percent, followed by tempura, popular among 57 percent of respondents.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, ramen \u2014 bowls of noodles in a fish or meat-based broth \u2014 are also popular Japanese dishes. Here are the top Japanese food cravings among respondents in the Hotels.com survey.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0 Sushi \u00a0\u00a074% <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
Among 27,000 respondents surveyed by online accommodation site Hotels.com, 18 percent of respondents said they crave Japanese food when traveling, compared to 32 percent who named Italian cuisine, and 24 percent who named French fare.<\/p>\n
2.\u00a0 Tempura \u00a0\u00a057%
3.\u00a0 Ramen 33%
4.\u00a0 Japanese soba 31% (thin noodles made with buckwheat flour)<\/em>
5.\u00a0\u00a0 Okonomiyaki \u00a0\u00a027%\u00a0 (known as Japanese pancakes or pizzas)<\/em>
6.\u00a0\u00a0 Shabu shabu\u00a0 24%\u00a0 (the Japanese version of hot pot)<\/em>
7.\u00a0\u00a0 Japanese curry 14% (served over rice)<\/em>
8.\u00a0\u00a0 Yakiniku 9% (the Japanese version of Korean barbecue)<\/em>
9.\u00a0\u00a0 Natto 7%\u00a0 (fermented, sticky soybeans)<\/em>
10. Fugu 6% (pufferfish)<\/em><\/p>\n