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30 July 2012

Anybody happen to know what kind of oil they use in Japanese places at food courts? I ordered beef teriyaki without the teriyaki sauce, and noticed that the beef was even oilier/greasier than something fried up at the local greasy spoon diner. What exactly are they using, anyway?

post by: serena at: 13:21 | 9 comments

I would guess wok oil.

posted by amro 30 July | 14:23

Peanut oil is common or stir fry.

posted by arse_hat 30 July | 14:53

food court oil

posted by Hugh Janus 30 July | 14:55

Denatured coal oil.

posted by Splunge 30 July | 15:05

Whale oil,

posted by dg 30 July | 16:06

Dextron III

posted by Thorzdad 30 July | 18:11

Probably bog-standard canola oil or peanut oil as they are cheap, but the greasiness is most likely due to too low a heat being used to fry and/or insufficient draining.

posted by ninazer0 30 July | 20:11

I am so creeped out by those places that I've never eaten at one. Even the rice looks oily.

posted by Miko 30 July | 22:48

ninazer0 is probably right re: the too low heat being used.
Perhaps they slather everything with a flavored oil (sesame oil?) after cooking to give the food some generic "asian" flavor. It is food court food, afterall.

posted by Thorzdad 31 July | 06:46

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