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Offer an American a hamburger patty coated in thick demi-glace, and they’ll likely raise an eyebrow at this common Japanese staple dubbed hambagoo. But I'm an
by technothrasher 6y ago
Offer an American a hamburger patty coated in thick demi-glace, and they’ll likely raise an eyebrow at this common Japanese staple dubbed hambagoo.
But I'm an American, and that immediately sounds pretty good to me. Like a little Japanese meatloaf. The only "grammar" problem I see there is that I suspect the word is hambagu.
- quicklime 6y agoOne of the mistakes that many gaijin make (myself included) is to assume that katakana words are always loan words from their home country. "Hambagoo" is the Japanese take on a Hamburg steak, not an American hamburger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_steak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburg_steak
- princeb 6y agoyes. the japanese word for the hamburger is hanbaga, which is a distinct word from hanbagu. hanbaga is as different from hanbaga as macaroons are from macarons.