A man prepares okonomiyaki at in a restaurant in Hiroshima, Japan

Cheese (above) and shrimp okonomiyaki fully seasoned with sauce, mayonnaise, katsuobushi and aonori in Osaka, Japan

Lantern beckons the unwary tourist into an okonomiyaki restaurant

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Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き, Okonomiyaki^?) is a pan-fried Japanese dish cooked with various ingredients. Okonomi means "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki means "grilled" or "cooked" (cf. yakitori and yakisoba); thus, the name of this dish means "cook what you like, the way you like". In Japan, okonomiyaki is usually associated with the Kansai or Hiroshima areas. Toppings and batters tend to vary according to region. Download high resolution version (768x1024, 735 KB) A man prepares okonomiyaki in a restaurant in Hiroshima, Japan Taken 8/2004 by User:Rdsmith4 File links The following pages link to this file: Hiroshima Okonomiyaki Image:Okonomiyaki 2. ... Download high resolution version (768x1024, 735 KB) A man prepares okonomiyaki in a restaurant in Hiroshima, Japan Taken 8/2004 by User:Rdsmith4 File links The following pages link to this file: Hiroshima Okonomiyaki Image:Okonomiyaki 2. ... The Japanese city of Hiroshima ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ChÅ«goku region of western HonshÅ«, the largest of Japans islands. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 330 KB) Description: Shrimp and Cheese Okonomiyaki (えびとチーズのお好み焼き) Source: photo taken by Marcel Montes Date: 11 August 2005 Author: Marcel Montes Permission: Released under the GFDL and Creative Commons Other versions of this file: - en: Picture taken in an Okonomiyaki restaurant... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1280x960, 330 KB) Description: Shrimp and Cheese Okonomiyaki (えびとチーズのお好み焼き) Source: photo taken by Marcel Montes Date: 11 August 2005 Author: Marcel Montes Permission: Released under the GFDL and Creative Commons Other versions of this file: - en: Picture taken in an Okonomiyaki restaurant... Katsuobushi (鰹節; かつおぶし) (Chinese: 柴魚; chai2 yu2; lit. ... Aonori (Japanese: 青海苔) or green laver is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Enteromorpha of Ulvaceae. ... View on downtown Osaka from Umeda Sky Building Osaka )   is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1148x1600, 157 KB) ファイルの概要 お好み焼き屋の提灯 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1148x1600, 157 KB) ファイルの概要 お好み焼き屋の提灯 2005. ... Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikimedia Commons logo by Reid Beels The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... There are many views of what is fundamental to Japanese cuisine. ... The Kansai (Japanese: 関西) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō), lies in the Southern-Central region of Japans main island, Honshu. ... Main keep of Hiroshima Castle The city of Hiroshima (広島市; -shi) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chugoku region of western Honshu, the largest of Japans islands. ...

Kansai area

Kansai-style okonomiyaki is a pan-fried batter cake. This is the style of okonomiyaki found throughout most of Japan. The batter is made of flour, grated yam, water or dashi, eggs and shredded cabbage, and usually contains other ingredients such as Welsh onion, meat (generally pork or bacon), octopus, squid, shrimp, vegetables, kimchi, mochi or cheese. Okonomiyaki is often compared to an omelette, pizza, or pancake, and as such is sometimes referred to as "Japanese pizza" or as "Japanese pancake". Many okonomiyaki restaurants are set up as grill-it-yourself establishments, where the server produces a bowl of raw ingredients that the customer mixes and grills at tables fitted with special hot plates. Yam is the common name for members of the genus Dioscorea (family Dioscoreaceae). ... Dashi (出汁) is one of several simple soup stocks considered fundamental to Japanese cooking. ... Binomial name Allium fistulosum Linnaeus Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) is a species in the onion genus Allium. ... Flesh redirects here. ... Families 11 in two suborders, see text. ... SQUIDs, or Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices, are used to measure extremely small magnetic fields; they are currently the most sensitive such devices (magnetometers) known, with noise levels as low as 3 fT·Hz−½. While a typical fridge magnet is ~0. ... Superfamilies Alpheoidea Atyoidea Bresilioidea Campylonotoidea Crangonoidea Galatheacaridoidea Nematocarcinoidea Oplophoroidea Palaemonoidea Pandaloidea Pasiphaeoidea Procaridoidea Processoidea Psalidopodoidea Stylodactyloidea True shrimp are small, swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. ... Vegetables in a market Venn diagram representing the relationship between (botanical) fruits and vegetables. ... Kimchi, also known as gimchi or kimchee is a traditional Korean dish of fermented chili peppers and vegetables, usually made from Chinese cabbage. ... Rice Cake Pounding mochi in an usu Making mochi with a modern piece of equipment Mochi (Japanese ; Taiwanese môa-chî) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... An omelette Ham, cheese, and vegetable omelette served with fresh fruit. ... A pizza with tomato sauce, cheese, tomatoes, field mushrooms, onion A pepperoni pizza Pizza (IPA pronunciation:  ) or Pizza Pie, is the name of an oven-baked, flat, usually round bread covered with tomato sauce with optional toppings. ... Pancakes are a type of flatbread prepared from a batter that is baked on a hot griddle or frying pan. ...

In Osaka (the largest city in Kansai), where the dish is said to have originated, okonomiyaki is prepared much like a pancake. The batter and other ingredients are fried on both sides on either a hot plate (teppan) or a pan using metal spatulas that are later used to slice the dish when it has finished cooking. Cooked okonomiyaki is topped with ingredients that include okonomiyaki sauce (similar to Worcestershire sauce but thicker and sweeter), nori, fish flakes, mayonnaise and ginger. When this style of okonomiyaki is served with sliced cabbage and a layer of fried noodles (either ramen or udon worked into the mix, it is called modanyaki (モダン焼き: "modern yaki"). Negiyaki (ねぎ焼き, Negiyaki^?) is a thinner offshoot of okonomiyaki made with a great deal of Welsh onion. View on downtown Osaka from Umeda Sky Building Osaka )   is the capital of Osaka Prefecture and the third-largest city in Japan, with a population of 2. ... The Kansai (Japanese: 関西) region of Japan, also known as the Kinki region (近畿地方, Kinki-chihō), lies in the Southern-Central region of Japans main island, Honshu. ... Pancakes are a type of flatbread prepared from a batter that is baked on a hot griddle or frying pan. ... A spatula A spatula—sometimes also called a lifter or turner—is a hand-held tool that is used for lifting, flipping, or spreading substances. ... 1900 advertisement Worcestershire sauce (IPA ) also known as Worcester sauce (IPA ) is a widely used fermented liquid condiment. ... Nori. ... Katsuobushi (鰹節; かつおぶし) (Chinese: 柴魚; chai2 yu2; lit. ... Mayonnaise made in a food processor with an assortment of standard ingredients Mayonnaise is a popular, extremely thick sauce made primarily from vegetable oil and egg yolks. ... Binomial name Zingiber officinale Roscoe Ginger is used extensively as a spice in cuisines throughout the world. ... Shoyu (soy sauce) ramen. ... This article is about the Asian noodle dish. ... Binomial name Allium fistulosum Linnaeus Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum) is a species in the onion genus Allium. ...

Hiroshima area

In Hiroshima, the ingredients are layered rather than mixed together. The layers are typically batter, cabbage, pork, optional items (squid, octopus, cheese, etc.), noodles (そば/うどん, soba/udon^?), topped with a fried egg and a generous dollop of okonomiyaki sauce. The order of the layers may vary slightly depending on the chef's style and preference, and ingredients will vary depending on the preference of the customer. People from Hiroshima tend to claim that this is the correct way to make okonomiyaki. The Japanese city of Hiroshima ) is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the ChÅ«goku region of western HonshÅ«, the largest of Japans islands. ...

Other areas

In Hamamatsu, Takuan (a Japanese pickle) is mixed in okonomiyaki. Hamamatsu (浜松市; -shi) is a city located in western Shizuoka, Japan. ... Takuan (or takuan-zuke) is a traditional Japanese pickle made from daikon radish. ...

In Okinawa, okonomiyaki is called hirayachi (ヒラヤーチー) and is thinner than in other areas. People cook it at home, so there are no hirayachi restaurants in Okinawa. This article is about the prefecture. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

Okonomiyaki in Japanese popular culture

Rumiko Takahashi's manga Ranma ½ features a young, entrepreneurial okonomiyaki chef named Ukyo Kuonji. Ukyo wears okonomiyaki spatulas strapped to her clothing at all times, and uses the utensils for arts both culinary and Martial arts. Japanese culture and language Japans isolation until the arrival of the Black Ships and the Meiji era produced a culture distinctively different from any other, and echoes of this uniqueness persist today. ... Rumiko Takahashi Rumiko Takahashi (高橋 留美子 Takahashi Rumiko, born October 10, 1957) is a Japanese manga artist. ... 2nd English edition of InuYasha Vol. ... Ranma ½ ) is a comedy anime and manga by Rumiko Takahashi about a boy named Ranma Saotome who was trained from early childhood to age 16 in the martial arts, and who becomes a girl when splashed with cold water (and is turned back into a boy with hot water) due... An entrepreneur (a loanword from French) is a person who undertakes and operates a new enterprise or venture and assumes some accountability for the inherent risks. ... Cooks in training in Paris Chef is a term commonly used to refer to an individual who cooks professionally. ... Ukyō Kuonji (久遠寺 右京 Kuonji Ukyō) is a character in Rumiko Takahashis anime and manga series Ranma ½. // Spoiler warning: Ukyō Kuonji is an okonomiyaki or Japanese pizza cook who is Ranma Saotomes oldest friend. ... A spatula A spatula—sometimes also called a lifter or turner—is a hand-held tool that is used for lifting, flipping, or spreading substances. ... It has been suggested that folding clothes be merged into this article or section. ... The original pronunciation was CÅ«linary. As the english language progresses, the accepted pronunciation of the word is CÅ­linary. The culinary profession is cooking as a profession, i. ... Hawaiian State Grappling Championships. ...

In an episode of Samurai Champloo, the character Fuu orders okonomiyaki at a restaurant with cheese made from mochi. // Samurai Champloo ) is an anime series consisting of twenty-six episodes that began broadcasting May 20, 2004 on Fuji Television in Japan. ... The following lists and describes characters of significance who appear in the fictional anime series Samurai Champloo. ... Rice Cake Pounding mochi in an usu Making mochi with a modern piece of equipment Mochi (Japanese ; Taiwanese môa-chî) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. ...

In the manga version of Yu-Gi-Oh!, alongside with takoyaki and yaki soba, okonomiyaki is one of the few refreshemnts sold at the Domino City High annual school carnival as mentioned in Volume #1. Yu-Gi-Oh! , literally Game King [1]) is a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise from Kazuki Takahashi, that mainly involves characters who play a card game called Duel Monsters (originally known as Magic & Wizards), wherein each player purchases and assembles a deck of Monster, Magic, and Trap Cards in... A Boat of Takoyaki Square takoyaki pan with 16 molds Takoyaki ) originated in Osaka, Japan and is literally fried or baked octopus) is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, konnyaku, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laver (aonori), mayonnaise, and... Yakisoba Yakisoba ), literally fried noodles, is a dish often sold at festivals in Japan. ...

In several episodes of Azumanga Daioh, the character of Tomo harassed the Osaka-native Ayumu Kasuga about the rumored way in which Osakans enjoy their okinomiyaki (with a "full bowl of rice"), because where Tomo and the other students come from, okinomiyaki is considered a meal in and of itself, without need for an extra entree. She and her classmates clearly feel this is another bizarre Osakan trait and want to know if Kasuga—whom they quickly re-name "Osaka"—does the same. The show makes several jokes pertaining to Osakan stereotypes, much like how people in other states in the USA assume that everyone in Texas wears cowboy hats, or everyone in California owns a surfboard. The okinomiyaki question is never answered, but like the other Osakan stereotypes, Kasuga most likely does NOT have a full bowl of rice with her okinomiyaki. Azumanga Daioh ) is a manga by Kiyohiko Azuma that was adapted into an anime in 2002. ...

See also

• Japanese cuisine
• Monjayaki
• Pajeon

There are many views of what is fundamental to Japanese cuisine. ... Monjayaki ) is a type of Japanese pan-fried batter with various ingredients like okonomiyaki, but this speciality of the Kantō region is made with more liquid dough than okonomiyaki. ... Pajeon is a pancake-like Korean dish made mostly of eggs and flour, with green onion similar to Chinese Green onion pancake. ...

External links

• Rick LaPointe, Okonomi-yaki, as you like it, and you will. The Japan Times: July 28, 2002
• Hiroshima style okonomiyaki (Photos)
• Fukuoka-style Okonomiyaki (Photo)
• Michan Okonomiyaki Hiroshima - English menu
• Otafuku Foods - a manufacturer of okonomiyaki sauce for Hiroshima-style. Recipes of Hiroshima- and Kansai-styles, and monjayaki.