Donburi

Donburi refers to a bowl of rice with some food toppings.

The Donburi dish is just simply a bowl of rice flavored with a specific sort of topping. For each topping there is a donburi dish. and a wide variety of toppings are highly regarded in Japan, many of which have successfully made their way across the Pacific.

Tekkadon

The Tekkadon (Tekka Donburi) is served with raw tuna and nori seaweeds

Oyakodon

One specimen of this dish is oyakodon (Oyako Donburi), which uses both chicken and egg for its topping.

Gyudon

Another style of donburi, gyudon (Gyuniku Donburi), is beefy in taste and more well know in Japan as fast food.

Unadon

Those of you who are particularly outgoing tasters might like to have a sample of unadon (Unagi Donburi) , a type of donburi wherein eel strips are grilled and coated in a thick soya sauce and used to top the rice bowl.

Katsudon

Katsudon (Tonkatsu Donburi) is served with egg, fried pork cutlet and onions.

Tendon

The Tendon (Tempura Donburi) is served with eel and sauce on top of rice.

Besides the 6 donburi dishes above, there are many more donburi varieties and toppings.

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