{"id":6803,"date":"2023-02-24T09:00:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T17:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=6803"},"modified":"2023-04-11T09:10:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T16:10:56","slug":"fuwa-fuwa-fun-facts-about-japans-famous-fluffy-omurice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/fuwa-fuwa-fun-facts-about-japans-famous-fluffy-omurice\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuwa Fuwa! Fun Facts about Japan\u2019s Famous, Fluffy Omurice (\u30aa\u30e0\u30e9\u30a4\u30b9)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6808\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fuwa Fuwa, Fluffy Omurice\" width=\"828\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1.jpg 828w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-768x555.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-320x231.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-480x347.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-800x578.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/4489069_m-1-415x300.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: inherit;\">Did you know that <em>fuwa fuwa<\/em> means \u201cfluffy fluffy\u201d in Japanese? Whenever we hear this word, we automatically think about one of Japan\u2019s most famous (and fluffy!) dishes: <em>omurice<\/em>. Also known as \u201cOmelet Rice\u201d in English, <em>omurice<\/em> is a delicious, comforting, and irresistible dish of artfully folded egg served on top of a ketchup fried rice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">But, how exactly did this dish originate? Keep reading for a brief history of one of our favorite dishes and our take on a Zojirushi <em>omurice<\/em> recipe. We can almost smell the buttery, tangy aromas of egg and ketchup in the air!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>First thing&#8217;s first, what is <em>omurice<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6809\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Eggs and rice - a perfect pairing\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/3539068_l-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">Eggs and rice, what a perfect pairing! <em>Omurice<\/em> is a classic Japanese dish that consists of an omelet filled with fried rice and ketchup. The word &#8220;<em>omu<\/em>&#8221; in Japanese means &#8220;to wrap,&#8221; which is why you&#8217;ll see it used in many other traditional dishes, and the combination of <em>omu<\/em> with <em>raisu<\/em> (rice) gives us the word for this dish: omurice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">If you want to pronounce it like the Japanese do, \u201c<em>omurice<\/em>\u201d is a 5-syllable word pronounced as \u201c<em>o-mu-ra-i-su<\/em>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Where does <em>omurice<\/em> come from?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6807\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of Omurice\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/23487291_l-1-500x282.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><em>Omurice<\/em> is said to have been invented at a Western-inspired restaurant in Tokyo\u2019s Ginza district when Western-style cafes were becoming widespread. It was so popular that it quickly spread all over Asia, and the world!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">This type of fusion Japanese cuisine is known as \u201c<em>y\u014dshoku<\/em>.\u201d Ketchup may be American, but it is actually a very popular Japanese condiment. Ketchup is one of the stars of this dish because it adds a sweet and tangy character to the dish.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>The egg on top serves a purpose!<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6805\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Whisking the eggs for omurice\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-480x319.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-800x532.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/24556268_l-1-451x300.jpg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">Omelets, cooked rice and ketchup were not the only ingredients in <em>omurice<\/em>&#8216;s infancy. The dish was born as a way to use up leftovers, which included the day&#8217;s left-over egg and meat or fish. In order to make sure that the food didn&#8217;t get soggy from sitting out for too long, it was served with an omelet on top of it so that all of its moisture would be absorbed by the egg instead of seeping through it and ruining your meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">This method worked so well that many Japanese restaurants began serving <em>omurice<\/em> as a regular menu item\u2014and they still do today!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>From comfort food to art.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Omurice - from comfort food to fine dining\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/25129427_l-1-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">These days, <em>omurice<\/em> is available at restaurants and cafes, but it&#8217;s also available in convenience stores. And its popularity has spread to other countries as well. In fact, this dish has evolved from a simple egg and rice dish into a culinary art form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\">Nowadays there are many varieties of <em>omurice<\/em>: some people add vegetables or meat or make the sauce thicker with soy sauce or mayonnaise; others make it spicy by adding chili pepper flakes&#8230;the options are truly endless.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Make <em>Omurice<\/em> at Home<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6804\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice.jpg\" alt=\"Zojirushi Blog - Omurice\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-1024x585.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-2048x1170.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-320x183.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-480x274.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-800x457.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/OmuRice-500x286.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit; letter-spacing: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: inherit;\">At Zojirushi, we like to make <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/recipe\/rice-omelet-japanese-i-omu-rice-i-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a classic version<\/a><\/span> of <em>omurice<\/em> using leftover ingredients like chicken thigh, mushroom, onion, butter, and Worcestershire sauce. If you want some insider tips and tricks on how to make the perfect omurice, read our \u201c<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/mothers-home-cooking-%e3%82%aa%e3%83%a0%e3%83%a9%e3%82%a4%e3%82%b9-rice-omelet-omu-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mom\u2019s Home Cooking: Rice Omelet (<em>Omu-rice<\/em>)<\/a><\/span>\u201d article.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: inherit;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: inherit;\">How do you like to enjoy<em> omurice<\/em>? Do you have your own special recipe or go-to restaurant that you\u2019d like to share with us? Remember to share your thoughts, comments, and questions with us on <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZojirushiUSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/span>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zojirushiusa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span>, or <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/zojirushiamerica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/span>! #Zojirushi #ZoFan<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did you know that fuwa fuwa means \u201cfluffy fluffy\u201d in Japanese? Whenever we hear this word, we automatically think about one of Japan\u2019s most famous (and fluffy!) dishes: omurice. Also known as \u201cOmelet Rice\u201d in English, omurice is a delicious, comforting, and irresistible dish of artfully folded egg served on top of a ketchup fried [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[879],"tags":[888,887,889],"class_list":["post-6803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-onomatopoeia","tag-omlette","tag-omurice","tag-omurice-recipe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fun Facts about Japan\u2019s Famous, Fluffy Omurice - Zojirushi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Eggs and rice, what a perfect pairing! 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