This food gets its own post because it is a must must try food when visiting Japan.
These are okonomiyaki, the most well known food to the Hiroshima area (maybe other than oysters). They are essentially a Japanese pancake, filled with noodles, meat, green onions and a saucy topping – though you can get a variety of types. You know they’re huge when the restaurant has a grill on the table to keep the pancake warm while you take forever to eat it.
The waiter looked at us oddly when we each ordered one for ourselves. I quickly realized why when, while stuffing my face with my own personal pancake, I looked over at the family beside me and saw four of them sharing one.
Because they start off as being about 5 inches tall of toppings before being grilled down to the compact size of a pancake, I definitely felt like I should have bene on the TV show “Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives” when I’m eating one.
But, they’re incredibly delicious!
