our y ▁d ishes , ▁from ▁Asia . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁" can ja ", ▁a ▁ch icken ▁soup ▁made ▁with ▁rice , ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁food ▁ther apy ▁for ▁the ▁sick , ▁which ▁shares ▁similar ities ▁with ▁the ▁Asian ▁con ge e , ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁same ▁way , ▁suggesting ▁it ▁may ▁have ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁East . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 5 4 3 , ▁Portuguese ▁trade ▁ships ▁reached ▁Japan ▁and ▁introduced ▁ref ined ▁sugar , ▁val ued ▁there ▁as ▁a ▁lux ury ▁good . ▁Japanese ▁l ords ▁enjoyed ▁Portuguese ▁con fection ery ▁so ▁much ▁it ▁was ▁rem od elled ▁in ▁the ▁now ▁traditional ▁Japanese ▁kon pe it ō ▁( c andy ), ▁k as ut era ▁( sp on ge ▁c ake ), ▁and ▁ke ir an ▁som en ▁( the ▁Japanese ▁version ▁of ▁Portuguese ▁" f ios ▁de ▁ov os "; ▁this ▁d ish ▁is ▁also ▁popular ▁in ▁Th ai ▁cu is ine ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁" kan om ▁fo y ▁tong "), ▁creating ▁the ▁Nan ban - g ashi , ▁or ▁" New - Style ▁W ag ashi ". ▁During ▁this ▁Nan ban ▁trade ▁period , ▁temp ura ▁was ▁introduced ▁to ▁Japan ▁by ▁early ▁Portuguese ▁mission aries . ▁ ▁Te a ▁was ▁made ▁fashion able ▁in ▁Britain ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 6 6 0 s ▁after ▁the ▁marriage ▁of ▁King ▁Charles ▁II ▁to ▁the ▁Portuguese ▁prin cess ▁Catherine ▁of ▁B rag anza , ▁who ▁brought ▁her ▁lik ing ▁for ▁tea , ▁originally ▁from ▁the ▁col ony ▁of