English egg tarts are meh, it is cold and hard. Hong Konger enhanced that into a hot puff pastry or something like cookies. It is so famed that the last governor Chris Patten can't stop eating them.
And he has suffered from heart problems!
The Japanese eat a lot of seafood, usually the best are served raw (Sashimi, sushi or many sliced of different fish placed on a bowl of "sushi rice"), the others like in soup, grilled or fried (salmons or eels), or skilfully fried (Tempura) that you can't even find a single drop of oil.
That's what I pretty well thought - thanks! (Though I am reliably told that Tempura is deep fat fried, so you may need to rethink that part

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Tofu is usually served with soy sauce or sesame sauce. They eat it almost in every meal, especially area around Kyoto (old capital).
Well,my source (not sauce!) suggests that tofu is pretty well universal,but by no means eaten in every meal- think rice!(apparently)
Noodles like ramen (served in soup), udon (in soup or fried with soy sauce), soba (served chilled, dip with special sauce, or in hot soup), etc...
Is ramen not more Chinese than Japanese? Ramen can be served cold,so I am reliably informed.
EDIT: I see you have added several links,Porygon. No probs-but please edit your own post to show that,or else we all go barking mad