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Okonomiyaki ...  
   

Okonomiyaki ...

... a Japanese savoury pancake supposedly invented in Osaka. It's served all over town in restaurants specializing in them, and is a combination of vegetables, meat, noodles, with an egg cracked over top of them, all cooked together and then smothered in a thick and sweet okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise, with dried bonito flakes sprinkled on top for good measure. Customers cook their own okonomiyaki on the teppan embedded in the table in some restaurants, but luckily for us, the workers at Fugetsu did it for us tonight. I wouldn't eat this all the time because it's so heavy and rich, but it was pretty tasty. The highlight of the night was actually a simple omelette also served with okonomiyaki sauce and mayo, and the low was some forgettable yakisoba. bonito flake and bacon
Meticulous

December 28th 2013
Geo: 34.69, 135.83Attention to detail - it's something the Japanese are famous for, and it seems that everything they do in life is executed meticulously. Some of the best examples may be Zen gardening, or the bonsai tree trimming made famous by Mr. Miyagi in the Karate Kid, but we've seen other examples of it over and over in daily life while here in Japan - the way food is prepared, ... read more
Asia » Japan

Japanese Flag In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more
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