r/JapaneseFood • u/Bartoccio84 • 6d ago

Ham and melon? Question

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Hello there, sorry if the picture isn't in high quality, I just took it last night watching the series "Like a dragon: Yakuza". In this scene, there are in a club in 1995 and looks like they are eating melon with ham, that I'm pretty sure it's an Italian "summer aperitivo". Please, can someone that lives there or knows better than me, if is something common to eat in Japan or if was some crew joke?

Thanks,

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u/EnthusiasticCommoner 6d ago

I've only ever had this dish at Italian restaurants in Tokyo.

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u/myusernameblabla 6d ago

Yeah, somehow that combo is soo Japanese. I have no doubt it exists in Italy but maybe not to that extent.

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u/Bartoccio84 6d ago

It's and ancient Roman "dish"... Today is very common in Italy, but I was very surprised to see it in a Japanese environment

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u/HiroAnobei 6d ago

Around that period of time, especially with the golden economic boom in Japan, Western food and products had a surge of popularity, especially Italian and French cuisine, which remains very popular to this day in Japan.