JAPANESE CUISINE Japanese cuisine is based on combining staple foods, typically rice or noodles, with a soup and okazu .... dishes made from fish, meat, vegetable, tofu and the like to add flavor to the staple food. These are typically flavored withdashi, miso, and soy sauce and are usually low in fat and high in salt. A standard Japanese meal generally consists of several different okazu accompanying a bowl of cooked white Japanese rice
(gohan, .... a bowl of soup and some tsukemono (pickles).