おいしい!

Delicious!

I found a website with some examples of how the Japanese prepare vegetables. These are all very common Japanese dishes, things that I've eaten countless times at ARI. My absolute favorite is komatsuna with sesame sauce (komatsuna no goma-ae). Some of the vegetables listed might be difficult to find in the U.S., but you can easily substitute spinach for komatsuna, butternut squash for kabocha, and radish for daikon (if you try the daikon, I would serve with the spicy miso sauce described in the recipe below to give it more taste).

So if you ever have a hankering for some Japanese food, please try!:

http://www.savoryjapan.com/recipes/vegetables/vegetables.html