Sunday, July 12, 2009

お好み焼き/ OKONOMIYAKI

When my English camp freshmen asked me what Japanese food I liked best, I answered okonomiyaki.

Apparently they remembered this, because Ken, Asato and Takumi invited the three of us over for an okonomiyaki cooking party.

Explanation: Okonomiyaki, which literally means "grilled whatever-you-like," is like a pancake made from eggs, flour, shredded cabbage and other ingredients that is topped with special okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise.


The boys, who were the most gracious hosts, prepared the batter for us and taught us how to cook the pancakes ourselves.


In addition to learning the basic steps of cooking okonomiyaki, you might enjoy watching how the TV changes in the next few photos. First it's a map of Africa...


Asato preparing to flip the pancake


...And it's done!


Kellie attempting to flip it again (while "Chibi Maruko-chan" ends on the TV)


After cooling, spread okonomiyaki sauce (the brown sauce) on the pancake and drizzle mayonnaise on top of that.


できた!Just in time for "Sazae-san" to come on TV...


Time to eat! (The yellow bottle on Ken's desk behind Jess is the typical okonomiyaki-geared mayonnaise bottle.)

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