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)

1. A style of Western-influenced Japanese cuisine.
   • 2008 March 26, Norimitsu Onishi, “Spaghetti Stir-Fry and Hambagoo: Japan Looks West”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.