fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than 50,000 casualties with around 12,000 killed, or missing in action, over nearly three months of fighting.
anthony: what does it mean to be strong? it implies hardness, inflexibility. okinawa is a place with a fighting tradition. a history of ferocious resistance. but it s nothing like what you might think. not at all. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony: this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. for all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. don t eat the same thing each day. that s boring. there s even an okinawan term for it. chanpuru, something mixed. bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. but maybe you re more familiar with the name okinawa from this. as the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. how horrifying? for the allies there were more than
Found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha la la la la sha la la la la la sha la la la la sha la la la la la la anthony this is okinawa, just south of mainland japan. For all the relative rigidity of the mainland, okinawa answers in its own unique way. Dont eat the same thing each day. Thats boring. Theres even an okinawan term for it. Chanpuru, something mixed. Bits borrowed from all over served up for anyone to eat. But maybe youre more familiar with the name okinawa from this. As the setting for some of the most horrifyingly bloody battles of the second world war. How horrifying . For the allies there were more than 50,000 casualties with around 12,000 killed, or missing in action, over nearly three months of fighting. More than 100,000 japanese soldiers and okinawan conscripts were killed defending the island. Civilians were stuck in the middle of the two armies and got crushed. No one will know for sure, but historians estimate 150,000 men, wom
anthony: and you d never been up to that point? kenny: no, but when i got off the plane, i don t know what it was, it was, like, i m here. this is my home. being able to connect with my heritage i felt something. i was like, wow, i belong here. anthony: how about the food? what was in that refrigerator? because i know a lot of kids, who grew up with that same sort of, uh, uncertainty when they brought their friends home from school to their house and opened their refrigerator. you know if kimchi or cabbage or fish sauce. they were aware of it when they visited their friends, and they were acutely uncomfortable with it when their friends came over. man, have things changed as far as attitudes. i mean, pretty much the engine of the new american cuisine are kids with childhoods like yours. and i don t mean just what s hip, what s the next new thing. i mean, literally redefining what is american cuisine.
anthony: intermission. time for a corndog, some funnel cake, curly fries? no. better, much better. yakitori, yes, they have that. but when in okinawa do as the okinawans do, yakisoba. start with pork belly, as one always should. some hacked up sausage, cabbage, carrots, fry that stuff up on the griddle, add some chukamen noodles and sauce, soy, mirin, brown sugar, vinegar, and a bit of sake. topped with seaweed powder, some pickled ginger garnish, and eat. now. oh, he looks aggressive. oh yeah. kenny: oh, he s ready to go. this guy i think is gonna win this one. anthony: all right, well, we haven t seen his opponent. oh yeah. my money s on him. el aggressor.