Yakiniku

Yakiniku (焼き肉 or 焼肉), meaning "grilled meat", is a Japanese language term which, in its broadest sense, refers to grilled meat dishes. Today, it commonly refers to a Japanese style of cooking bite-sized meat (usually beef and offal) and vegetables on a griddle or over a charcoal or gas burner. In North America, China and Taiwan, Yakiniku is also known as "Japanese BBQ. Although it is also sometimes simply referred to as "Korean barbecue" in English due to a widespread belief that Japanese yakiniku originates from Korean dishes such as bulgogi and galbi, this is not strictly accurate, as Japanese yakiniku usually differs from such more authentic Korean dishes in several aspects. It is instead thought to have originated from horumonyaki, a dish of grilled offal, invented by Korean immigrants in the Kansai area after the Second World War. The situation is further confused by the fact that bulgogi and galbi too are commonly referred to as "yakiniku" in Japan. Additionally, jingisukan, a grilled mutton dish native to Hokkaido, is also referred to as a type of yakiniku. Anyhow, It is likely that "yakiniku" in Japan have had a considerable influence from the original Korean style cusine such as bulgogi and galbi.
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