• idunnololz@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    I looked around the packaging for other clues as suggested by another Lemming but I didn’t find anything. In fact I found the same thing printed on the front.

    • On a Chinese food package, “Best Before LJ349” typically refers to the expiration date, although the code “LJ349” doesn’t follow a standard date format. In this context, “LJ349” is likely a batch code or internal reference used by the manufacturer. The manufacturer uses this code to track production specifics, such as the location or production line and date.

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        7 months ago

        It’s Japanese not Mandarin too. I see うなぎ - unagi, which is definitely Hiragana

        Edit: Now that I think about it though, Unagi is written in katakana I think? ウナギ, so maybe it is Chinese and they just poorly tried to translate

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          It’s not a loan word so it’s written in Hiragana.

          That said, OP’s screenshot has some culinary instructions written in Traditional Cantonese (so probably Macau), so I think it’s Chinese.

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            Ah, fair! I only very recently started learning some Japanese, so beyond hiragana and katakana, I recognize basically nothing. I absolutely wouldn’t be able to recognize the others as Cantonese!