It is said that, after Cantonese, the most popular restaurants in Hong Kong are Japanese. We have our favourite sushi bars and look out for new izakayas. And we have in our repertoire words for an impressive range of Japanese food and drink: in the Oxford English Dictionary, of the 525 entries of Japanese origin, 47 are related to consumables. The names of some of these Japanese staples have interesting etymologies.
Sake is in the spotlight again as interest in the traditional Japanese liquor...
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