Gyudon
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Gyūdon (牛丼), often literally translated into English as beef bowl, is a Japanese dish consisting of a big bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with soy sauce and mirin. A very popular food in Japan, it is commonly served with pickled ginger and a side dish of miso soup. Gyu simply means beef, and don is an abbreviation for donburi, the generic name for a big bowl of rice with a topping.
Gyudon can be found in many Japanese restaurants and some fast food chains specialize exclusively in the dish. The largest gyudon chain in Japan is Yoshinoya.
As a consequence of the fear of BSE and a ban on imports of American beef, Yoshinoya in Japan (and most competitors) were forced to terminate gyudon sales on February 11, 2004. The Japanese Diet voted to resume beef imports from the United States in early May, 2005.