Taiyaki

Taiyaki (鯛焼き, Taiyaki^?), literally "baked sea bream," is a Japanese fish-shaped waffle. The most common filling is red bean paste that is made from sweetened azuki beans. Other common fillings are custard, chocolate, and cheese. Some shops even sell taiyaki with okonomiyaki or a sausage inside. Image File history File links Taiyaki. ... Image File history File links Taiyaki. ... Bream caught in the Volga River near Kashin, Russia. ... For other uses, see Fish (disambiguation). ... This article is about the food item. ... Japanese name Kanji: Korean name Hangul: Red bean paste or Azuki bean paste is a sweet, dark red bean paste originating in China. ... Binomial name Vigna angularis (Willd. ... This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. ... For other uses, see Chocolate (disambiguation). ... Cheese is a solid food made from the milk of cows, goats, sheep, and other mammals. ... 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 Okonomiyaki ) is a pan-fried Japanese dish cooked with various ingredients. ... This article is about the prepared meat. ...

Taiyaki is made using taiyaki or regular pancake or waffle batter. The batter is poured into a fish-shaped mold for each side. The filling is then put on one side and the mold is closed. It is then cooked on both sides until golden brown. Two pancakes with maple syrup. ... This article is about the food item. ... Batter is a thick or thin liquid mixture, usually based on flour, water or milk, and egg. ...

Taiyaki was first baked by a sweet shop Naniwaya in Azabu, Tokyo in 1909, and now can be found all over Japan especially at food courts of supermarkets and Japanese festivals (祭, matsuri^?). Azabu (麻布) is a district of Minato Ward in Tokyo, Japan, built on a marshy area of foothills south of central Tokyo. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Stalls selling food or toys are a familiar sight at festivals throughout Japan. ...

This is similar to imagawayaki (今川焼き, imagawayaki^?), which is a thick round cake also filled with sweet azuki bean paste or custard. Imagawayaki Imagawayaki (Japanese: ) is a Japanese dessert often found at carnivals and festivals and other places that one might, in America, find funnel cake. ... Imagawayaki Imagawayaki (Japanese: ) is a Japanese dessert often found at carnivals and festivals and other places that one might, in America, find funnel cake. ... This article focuses on egg-thickened custards. ...

Trivia

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• Taiyaki was the theme of a 1975-76 Japanese hit single, "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun" ("Swim! Taiyaki") sung by Masato Shimon. The single sold more than 4.5 million copies, and remains the largest-selling Japanese single to this day (as of February 2007). Originally written for a children's TV program, the song was about a Taiyaki escaping from the vendor stand into the sea, enjoying his brief freedom there until he is finally fished by a man and consumed. It was a thinly veiled satire of the overworked Japanese businessman, with whom the record struck a chord, resulting in the unexpected mega-hit.

• In the anime Kanon Ayu is commonly seen eating taiyaki.

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See also

• Bungeobbang (Taiyaki in Korea)
• Cuisine of Japan
• Wagashi

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