Here at my office in Dublin, both Japanese and Chinese food are pretty popular.

However, Japanese food suffers the exact same problem as Chinese food here – most people already have a predefined image in their mind what “Japanese food” and “Chinese food” look like.

Clue: It’s pretty different compared to the image in my mind.

(I don’t own all the images below)

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When I tell my colleagues that I am going to prepare a Japanese meal for myself…

What they think I’m preparing:

What I’m actually preparing:

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When I tell my colleagues that I am going to prepare a Chinese a meal for myself…

What they think I’m preparing:

What I’m actually preparing: