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japanese street food – OKONOMIYAKI お好み焼き



japanese street food – OKONOMIYAKI お好み焼き

price 700 JPY making okonomiyaki in a festival food stall. お好み焼き Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning “how you like” or “what you like”, and yaki meaning “grill”. Okonomiyaki is mainly associated with the Kansai or Hiroshima areas of Japan, but is widely available throughout the country. Toppings and batters tend to vary according to region. In Tokyo, there is a semi-liquid okonomiyaki called ‘monjayaki.’ お好み焼き Kansai- or Osaka-style okonomiyaki is the predominant version of the dish, found throughout most of Japan. The batter is made of flour, grated nagaimo (a type of yam), water or dashi, eggs and shredded cabbage, and usually contains other ingredients such as green onion, meat (generally thin pork belly, often mistaken for bacon), octopus, squid, shrimp, vegetables, konjac, mochi or cheese. Okonomiyaki is sometimes compared to an omelette or a pancake and may be referred to as a “Japanese pizza” or “Osaka soul food” お好み焼き

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  3. @rickl5596

    Definitely never saw this version of Okonomiyaki in my month in Japan. Would have definitely tried one. Pretty big portion too.

  18. @letsgo9459

    It's hard to do this in the US because of the special orders. This guy doesn't want mayo, that one doesn't want pork, can you substitute the pork for a second egg…you just get it the way they make it in Japan.

  20. @thomashagey719

    So precise with everything… yet employ a kamikaze approach to cracking an EGG. I do not want to crunch down on, and then swallow, the part of the egg that touches the chicken’s ass as it exits the fowl. Other than this notion — I love the recipe. How did they even think of it??? 🤡

  22. @juliosantos9289

    Was that cabbage washed before it was put in that box. Nobody noticed that? I mean if you're going to pour it on straight from the cardboard box onto the grill, was it clean?