Mayonnaise

As far as ingredients go, the Japanese mayonnaise is not that different from what we use in the U.S. or Europe but its the prolific use of it that makes the Japanese mayonnaise strange to Western people. While Americans typically use it on sandwiches and hamburgers, the Japanese use their traditional Kewpie mayonnaise to flavor things like ice cream, potato chips, spaghetti sauce, noodles, and even pancakes.