English Seminar
Class 31 No.21025681
Hironobu Yokokume
English Pubs and Izakaya-Japanese taverns-
Do you know English Pubs or Izakaya? English Pubs are Public House in Britain where guests drink mainly beer and eat some foods. Izakaya is Japanese taverns, and guests drink and eat some foods there. In Izakaya guests drink mainly beer, cocktail and sake, which is Nihonsyu in Japanese. As you know, many people in Japan and Britain go there, and they eat some food or drink there with friends, family and couple. Today, there are about 50,000 English Pubs in Britain and 370,000 Izakaya in Japan. I explain their feature-their history, drink menu, food menu and style.
First, I introduce their history to you. The origin of English Pubs is a public lodging house and a general shop in Britain from the 18th century to 19th century. At that time, the guests called them Public House because they could not only drink but also stay or buy some goods there. Their room had divided by the class or sex because Britain was a hierarchical society. Of course, it is abolished today. This describes the feature of Britain society of those days clearly. On the other hand, the origin of Izakaya is liquor stores of Edo period. The main guests were men living alone. They drank and ate there. During Edo period Izakaya became common. There is a traditional comic story telling, which is Rakugo in Japanese, about Izakaya. The name of story is Izakaya. We can see the appearance of Izakaya at that time by hearing it.
Secondly, I explain their drink menu. The most popular drink in English Pubs is beer. There are a lot of kinds of beer there. For example, Pale Ale is one of the most popular beers. Pale Ale is the name of beer, and it tastes sour, bitter and has 4-5% alcohol content. Britain calls it “bitter”. The color is brown. Guinness stout is also one of most popular beer in Britain. Guinness stout is beer, which is made by Guinness company. The color is black and tastes sweet. In Japan, many people also drink Guinness stout . Thus a lot of kind of beer brands is drunk in English Pubs. Though there is soda in the menu, but most guests order beer. In contrast, there are many kind of drink menu in Izakaya. Of course, some people order beer, but others order different drink menu. Many young women order cocktail such as cassis orange, cassis soda and peach soda, and many old men order sake, syochu-Japanese distilled spirit- and whiskey. Thus there are many kind of drink in Izakaya, and guests order their favorite drink. This is different point during English Pubs and Izakaya.
Thirdly, I describe food menu where we can eat. The most popular food menu in English Pubs is fish and chips. This is because they marry beer. Most guests of English Pubs order beer and fish and chips. Of course, there is the other food menu such as roast beef, pasta and crisps. In some English Pubs, the guests can eat carry. However, there is only snack menu in general English Pubs. On the other hand, there are variety of foods in Izakaya. In general, guests order snack menu such as fried chicken firstly. Next, they order main menu such as nabe, and order last menu which is called Shime in Japanese. Thus guests can eat a lot of kind of foods in Izakaya. As above, you can find the different point of food menu.
Fourthly, I explain drinking style. The drinking style of two taverns is so different. In English Pubs, there are a lot of peculiar drinking styles. First of all, guests drink standing. They go to counter and they order some drinks to bartenders and pay there. This is called cash on delivery. In addition, there is a custom which is called buying a round. This is a custom that the representative pays when several go to English Pubs. These customs are peculiar to English Pubs. Meanwhile, in Izakaya guests drink and eat sitting. There is also peculiar custom in Izakaya. It is a custom called Otoshi in Japanese, which is a custom that food is served even if you do not order. This custom is specific to Izakaya. Guests of two taverns conform to these customs.
Finally, I explain the common feature and the difference point of them. Common feature is following. First of all, both of them are born about 400 years ago, and the styles have changed with the transition of the age. Secondly, guests of two taverns drink mainly liquor with friends there. This means that both two taverns are place where people enjoy talking. On the other hand, the difference point is following. First is drinking style. Guests of English Pubs drink standing, but guests of Izakaya drink and eat sitting. This reflects a difference of chair culture. In Japan, there was no custom to sit on a chair until Edo period, but Britain had the custom to sit on it for a long time. Second is a variety of food or drink menu. There are a wide variety and number of food and drink menu in Izakaya, but there is only a limited menu in English Pubs. This describes food culture of two countries. Japanese meal has a lot of variety foods and drink while the number of food menu in Britain is low. On top of this, chain stores of Izakaya were born in 1970th is one reason why the number of menu in Izakaya is high. Thus the common feature and the difference point of two taverns show the cultural difference of Britain and Japan.
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