First of all, I just want to clarify that pasteurized eggs (such as the ones used in this video as specified in this video) are SAFE TO EAT and do not give you salmonella. You do increase your risk of salmonella if you’re in the US and eat unpasteurized raw eggs. Though I may not be the first dietitian you’ve seen on IG, I’m likely the first Asian (and Hawaii born) dietitian you’ve seen and that’s because there aren’t many of us. As a result, many people (and dietitians) aren’t familiar with many of our cultural foods which result in many of our foods being deemed as “unhealthy” or “gross”. In honor of AAPI month, I’ll be doing a small series of Asian and Pacific Islander cultural foods throughout the month to increase awareness of these foods and how they can fit into a balanced diet. First, we’re making tamago kake gohan (TKG) or “egg with rice”, which is a classic Japanese breakfast food. It’s one of the quickest and easiest foods to prepare and is so savory due to the seasonings used. You’ll get protein from the eggs and carbohydrates from the rice if you have the dish by itself, but I recommend adding nattō (fermented soybeans) to increase protein and fiber content! Most importantly, there are a lot of misconceptions around MSG and the biggest one is that it’s horrible for us and that Chinese restaurant syndrome is legitimate even though decades of research have disproven this. A lot of these misconceptions are not rooted in science, but rather racism. In the 1960s, a doctor reported numbness and palpitations after eating Chinese food and playfully dubbed it “Chinese-Restaurant syndrome”. This caught on very quickly, very likely due to the anti-Chinese sentiments in the United States in the 1960s. MSG, an ingredient often used in Chinese (and Asian) cooking was initially blamed which prompted many researchers to study MSG. However, no negative effects were found. The only study that did find something negative was when they injected rats with extremely high doses of MSG (we’re talking 500x the amount that the average human consumes). If you inject any rat with 500x the amount of anything that a human consumes, it will likely have negative side effects regardless of what you inject it with. MSG is derived from glutamic acid which is an amino acid that naturally occurs in many foods such as tomatoes, cheese, and mushrooms. The glutamate in MSG is chemically indistinguishable from glutamate present in these foods, and our bodies metabolize both sources in the same way. Lastly, MSG actually has less sodium than salt despite providing SO much more flavor. Unlike MSG, excessive amounts of salt has been shown to have negative health effects but yet we still eat large amounts of sodium from other types of cuisines. Like ANY food (vegetables, fruit, meat, nuts) people can have reactions to MSG, but the idea that MSG gives most people significantly more negative side effects or “Chinese restaurant syndrome” is false.

Y'all are crazy in the comment. Raw eggs are safely eaten in Korea and Japan because the eggs already been pasteurised and take care so that salmonella will not growth. Y'all act like everything revolves around your country.

if you don’t like raw egg, then you can cook yours however you like. dishes like these are easily customizable to your individual tastes, preferences, dietary needs, etc.

OH MY GOD THAT SONG IS SUCH A THROWBACK! OG KZfaq FTW. Aw man Nigahiga and KevJumba ran YT back then. That song brought back so many memories

omg this song is such a throwback😭 Chester See and Ryan Higa slay

The way some of yall be panicking so hard at this but happily eat sunny side up eggs and carbonara without batting an eye is INSANE TO ME

The ignorance in the comments section proves the necessity of your channel's existence. Thank you for stepping up for Asian and Pacific Islander food! Many times I fell in the mindset of wrongly comparing Filipino food to the "healthy" standard of the west, and I'm embarrassed to say that it made me distant from my culture's gastronomy for a bit. I hope that your channel grows so more people get informed!

Americans need to stop going crazy over raw eggs Here in Poland we have Gogol mogol which is literally a raw egg mixed with sugar

I thought she was gonna cook that 😭

Is this nigahiga’s song? This takes me back…

As a native Japanese, I grew up eating that as breakfast every morning! Soo good

I had this in Japan !!! I loved it and was so sad that I couldn’t eat this back in America because I was weary of the eggs but this makes me soo happy, I can start eating this again !

It’s been so long since I heard the Nice Guys Finish Last song and the nostalgia hit me so strong.

I’ll pass on this one, but I can’t wait for your next video. Keep it up!

Wowwwww. I thought this video was good, and then I saw the comment section. THIS SHORT IS AMAZING. 1) Thank you for correcting misinformation. 2)Thank you for making it make sense for the rest of us! When you grow up eating other cuisines, American frameworks for nutritious food are… well, completely foreign and hard to follow. Needed that deconstruction for real. Like, wow, I really started to believe I had to eat quinoa and chicken breast forever to be “healthy.” 🙏 You actually rock so much for this.

To people who don't want to eat the eggs raw - if you mix a raw egg into the rice right out of the rice cooker it will get fully cooked really quickly from the heat of the rice, then you can add a poached egg or overeasy or whatever on top :)

fried egg on rice with soy sauce is a classic that my mom taught me 🥰 looks delicious

I didn't hear this song for so long it used to be my fav at one point thanks for the nostalgia

I know this dish as tamago kake gohan! I love it. Also, I appreciate your comment debunking the myths around MSG. To me, all it is is a flavoring. You can even buy it in most western stores. It’s called Accent flavor enhancer powder and it makes your home cooking have that restaurant flavor! Really good 👍

this stuff is so good 😩 i wish more people would be open to trying it, i understand why they don't like it and i may be biased because even my cooked eggs are super runny but it's not as bad as it sounds. it's such a comfort food and i make it whenever we have leftover rice from dinner or something. when i was a kid my mom would do this with the yolk of a runny fried egg and it's also super yummy if you can't do raw egg

I just love that you used the song "Nice Guys" by Ryan Higa lmao

song brings flashbacks

We really do need more asian dietitian ❤❤❤

caesar salad? eggs benedict? carbonara? I mean, people will happily eat raw cookie dough and brownie batter, but when it comes to actual health benefits, people go crazy over raw egg that was SPECIFIED AS BEING PASTEURIZED IN THE VIDEO 💀

Number one reason why I don't go to a dietitian. I'm Haitian living in the US. They can't help me, too wide of a cultural divide in our ways of eating. I need help making my Haitian food healthier, not completely changing my food culture.

I LOVE IT! I’m a dietitian too and I’m so tired of the Mediterranean diet being like the gold standard of a healthy diet. I’ve been trying to expand my own palate and knowledge of other cultures’ cuisines. I’m black and so happy to see other POC RDs. This looks yummy!

I don't like raw eggs, but I've heard people say not to yuck someone's yum, so I won't

as a non Asian living in Japan, I tried this the other day and was extremely surprised that it didn't actually taste like raw egg. I would eat it again. very tasty and rediculously filling.

The song in the background is such a throwback omgg Iykyk

It's been decades since I've heard this song.... The nostalgia is probably going to make me stay in bed the whole day.

Everyone else: It’s raw Japanese + me: you mean perfect

Chester always came in clutch with the vocals 😭

The song choice was immaculate tho

Nice guys finish last!!!

THIS SONG IS GIVING ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

The song in the background hits different😢 That came out when I was in middle school and I’m 23 now, it takes me back!

Omg this song. I was singing every word but had no idea what it was from…throwback!!! I looked it up and knew every word. Crazy how our brains work lol

Sadly the eggs in my country arent suitable to eat raw so i cant try this

This looks scrumptious, def gonna try this. Im really glad that youre bringing much needed inclusivity to the world of dieticians! So important for the health and wellbeing of undersrepresented groups! PS. omg havent heard david choi in a hot minute thank you for reminding me ❤

oh my GOD i havent heard this song in yearsss thanks for bringing back a classic lmaoooo

I hate raw egg 😭

I love that you shed light in the harmlessness of msg 😊

I love that youre showing us your food and and shine your bright light 🤍🌸

Thank you for raising more cultural awareness around Asian diets and foods ❤️

Oh man that song brought back so much nostalgia T_T

Im not sure about quality of eggs in my country so im always lightly frying it. I love egg rice so much. Best student meal

Why did i think it was "some spanish soy milk"😭

Thank you for sharing! My Japanese father used to make us Shoyu' egg rice as a special treat. Great memory

this song sent me back to my childhood

I don't think I could eat a egg raw like that...but I love ur recipes and am trying to try and expand my palate towards authentic Chinese food if anyone has any suggestions

Thank you for educating us! I’ve learned so much from your shorts 🫶🏼

I often times eat raw eggs without pasteurizing them. I never have any issues...

For anyone unfamiliar with the raw egg on rice, keep in mind that the rice is FRESHLY done cooking, so the super hot rice cooks the egg making it safe to eat

I literally was just singing this song the other day because it randomly popped up in my head 😂

This series is great i recently became obsessed with kimchi and started adding it to everything and am defs gonna test out some of these breakfasts u been posting they look so good!!

This song in the background 😭 - I still love it!

Hi I’m currently in Taiwan so I’m constantly surrounded by Asian ingredients but I have no idea how to make a healthy meal with them…was wondering if u recommend a place where I can learn recipes without using foreign imported ingredients! Love your videos, 😊

Made me learning something new today. Didn’t know they made pasteurized eggs that’s pretty cool. People who are saying yuck (as far as bacteria is concerned, being grossed out by texture is different) to this are really incapable of a quick google search.

Instead of getting all annoyed and hating in the comments listen to the certified dietitian and educate and ask questions. The whole world will always be divided because everything is an excuse to call someone ignorant or passive aggressively point out differences like you better than someone else It’s a freaking egg not an excuse to spread your opinion

Tamago Kake Gohan is one of my favorite instant breakfast in Japan 🥰😍

THE SONG OMG, I feel 12 again 😭😭😭

I'm not Asian but I love me some raw egg. My grandma used to make me the best "healthy" sweet with fresh raw egg and a bit off cocoa, bitten well and mixed with bread bites (bonus days had a bit of sugar for the extra sweet crunch!). I still crave it to this day and I love when I find fresh eggs to make this or other raw egg recipes as I prefer the taste and texture of the egg uncooked.

I sadly have to yuck this yum until I see some more seasoning

YES more like these please!!

The msg 😂 classic 👌🏻

WHAT A THROWBACK!!! Loved that song!!

The song tho 😭 Thanks for the sudden trip to memory lane

The raw egg on rice that is familiar in Japan is the best.

whenever someone mentions raw eggs, Americans get chills down their spine don't know what's so scary about them over there

This song has been stuck in my head for the past 13 years. So glad everyone else here remembers it and is keeping it alive 😭

This looks amazing!! I read a story once about trying just egg and rice, without the other seasonings. I've been loving that and completely missing out on this masterpiece. Trying this sooon

Omg the songggg 😂😂❤

Is that nigahiga????? I haven’t heard this song since middle school

I love the background music 😂❤

I have not heard this song in years, that's hilarious because I simultaneously didn't recognize his voice but knew the next words 😂

*Okay, but why RAW*

Looks great! I'd add a little sliced green onion 🤩

NICE GUYS FINISH LAST!! That's the song, haha. Love the throwback

MSG, like salt, is also a naturally occuring substance. It is found on kombu.

I love raw eggs! I borned in Russia 😊

Uncle roger be like “Hiyah! You need more MSG!

The Nice Guys Finish Last audio was an unexpected throwback, holy hell 😂

Everybody talking about the raw egg but I’m over here thinking about the salt, MSG and soy sauce. Isn’t that just three different types of almost straight sodium?

I bet this is delicious 😋 I would have to fry the egg. It's a texture thing. I probably could prepare the egg the same with hot Ramen in a pot.

Can you make some vegetarian lunches? This looks so good :)

Lmao girly got me, my heart jumped hearing nice guys finish last again after like a decade.

the song just catapulted me back into 2011-ish era nostalgia 😭😭

DUDE I TRIED THIS AND I LOVED IT EVEN THOUGH MY BROTHER IS LIKE HOW CAN YOU EAT THAT SH"T

Why would anyone deliberately use MSG?? Yes I live on oahu and have seen many people do this. Can't sell raw eggs in resturants or wherever so its usually in lunchbox.

Yo the throw back music 👏 love it

I love your videos, God bless you

Raw egg ??

Thank you for this recipe. I have a question. I just found out that rice has high glucose something? Which makes you want to eat more food? I see that you put a lot of rice does that make you want to eat more or because of your background it doesn’t affect you? I’m Spanish and I use to eat a lot of rice but I cut down, but I recently started eating jasmine rice a cup cooked and it just makes me want to eat more of it.

This looks sooo good!

I've given a modified version of this explanation many times to friends, coworkers, even randos over the years. Love that you're using your platform to speak the simple truth.

This gives me anxiety omg

My brain- cook it Cook it COOK ITTTTT

Thank you for teaching us all about different cooking styles. I grew up in a household where the main cook refused to vary from standard Southern US foods.

Normally I have it with raw egg and nato (fermented soy beans) and it tastes so good (name of the dish:Namatamago)

I wish Asians could specify which Asians they were coz as an Indian, (which is also in Asia) nobody would eat that here lol.