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[-] Dagnet@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago
[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago
[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

(˵ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°˵) ╭∩╮

[-] SurpriZe@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Isn't udon essentially rice

[-] Jackhammer_Joe@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

All Germans, when they read mushi: 😏

Muschi means pussy in German

[-] knolord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

...Steamed clams?

[-] mvilain@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Redit blocked my VPN connection. Fuck them.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago

Rehosted for your benefit!

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

面 = men = noodles. Now you know the kanji too!

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

In Japanese, 面 is indeed men but I haven't seen it used for noodles. It is usually used for face, mask, (rarely) man.

麺 is the kanji for noodles (notice that 面 is a radical). But, noodle is also often just written in kana as either めん or メン.

Note I am not a native speaker, so not totally confident.

I believe 面 is used for noodles in Mandarin...?

[-] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

That’s great, thanks for correcting me! I saw it used as 拉面 in a ramen restaurant and it translated to ramen when I used Google translate so I just sort of put it into my head and never looked into it further. They must have been using the mandarin characters in the restaurant, because it does indeed mean noodle in mandarin.

[-] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 week ago

Small nitpick: Mandarin is the name of the spoken language. The written language you are talking about is called simplified Chinese, as opposed to traditional Chinese used in Taiwan (who also speak Mandarin).

[-] c0ber@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

mandarin is both written and spoken, what you refer to as "simplified chinese" is mandarin written with simplified characters. there are many chinese languages each with their own written forms, but across china it is standard to write in mandarin despite many not speaking it, causing your confusion

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The irony that Taiwan uses "traditional" Chinese while China uses "simplified" Chinese meanwhile China actively acts like Taiwan isn't its own country is hilarious.

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Good to know! I always assumed Mandarin and Cantonese were interchangeable terms with Simplified and Traditional Chinese, respectively. Saves me from making the mistake IRL.

[-] Zhumos@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Looks like an explosives detonator

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Soba does detonate my bowels, so...

[-] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Soba time then!

[-] Flummoxed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So I most like getting salmon belly sashimi with a side bowl of rice. That is how I can construct my favorite sushi experience. I can vary the amount of fish, rice, and sauce to make every bite the best.

However, that doesn't really seem to be an option, and I am sure there is a good reason? If it's just to respect the chef, I really really dislike Wasabi, it's like soapy cilantro but sharp and destroys all other flavors.

I feel ordering nigiri without Wasabi is offending the chef because the amount they put on is part of that art, and I respect artists, my tastes just don't always jive with them. I see ordering sashimi and a side of rice as not offending the chef, but am I actually being more offensive??

[-] akakunai@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Just say you're allergic...easy W

[-] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

I'll have one of each please

[-] Asudox@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

I'll have men. And no, I'm not gay.

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