yoshoku
English
Etymology
Japanese 洋食 (yōshoku ようしょく), from Middle Chinese 洋 (yáng "ocean", by extension "foreign", "Western") + 食 (ʒik "eat", "food").
Noun
yoshoku (uncountable)
- A style of Western-influenced Japanese cuisine.
- 2008 March 26, Norimitsu Onishi, “Spaghetti Stir-Fry and Hambagoo: Japan Looks West”, in New York Times:
- Shiseido Parlor is a storied yoshoku establishment in the heart of Tokyo’s Ginza district, a restaurant to which many Japanese make a pilgrimage at least once.
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