34: Okonomiyaki (Page 150, Easy Japanese Cooking)

Today started off pretty well. I slept in until 1 pm, so that means I've caught up on some of my sleep debt. Then I went grocery shopping which was fine as well. Then I locked myself out of my apartment. Not so fun. Luckily my real estate agent is so nice and a godsend. Because she came back on a Saturday to let me in. Otherwise who knows where I'd be sleep tonight.

I thought I might possibly get sick of Japanese food since yesterday for our staff luncheon we went to a teppanyaki restuarant where I caught an egg and get some rice on my cardie. But it was a lot of fun to watch the chef cook and throw food around.

I have only had okonomiyki (roughly translated as "cook what you want") once and it was cooked on a teppan (like in teppanyaki) but unfortunately I don't have one of those. Also the one I had was made mostly out of cabbage. This recipe was a bit different with prawns, capsicum and octopus as the main ingredients. The picutre in the book did not even resemble okonomiyaki. Every time I have eaten it, it looks a bit more like this picture:

So in the end I was content for mine to look like this rather than the ingrdient sitting in a thin pool of batter. I love this dish because it is so filling, a very dense pancake is how I would describe it. This recipe was quite nice, but in future I might throw in some cabbage anyway.