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Donburi is the umbrella term for all the Japanese rice bowl dishes. They can be meat or vegetables or anything served on top of a big bowl of hot steaming rice. Because of this, some call donburi as sweetened or savory stews on rice.

There had already been a lot of kinds of donburi. One of the more famous is the gyudon, which is beef topped on rice. The one on the photo is katsudon which are breaded deep-fried pork cutlets served on top of rice. Another is the tendon or a Japanese rice bowl with tempura.

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Tags: food, donburi, umbrella term, japanese rice bowl dishes, sweetened stew on rice, savory stew on rice, gyudon, katsudon, tendon, tempura, rice bowl, pork cutlet