Editor Pick
A Japanese Pizza? I Don't Think So!
- December 4, 2008
- Rated 3 of 5 by
blueskygirl from Bellevue, Washington
Slightly hesitant after hearing it described as a "Japanese-style pizza", the description could not be more wrong. The batter is a savory pancake-like mix and they throw in an amazing variety of things, such as shredded cabbage, shrimp, pork, onions, and you can choose either soba (thin noodles similar to Chinese chow-mein) or the the udon noodles (thick wide noodes). After it's been grilled on both sides right in front of you, they will pour a teriyaki style sauce over stop, a little bit of mayonaise (sounds strange but it's good!) and some seasoned nori (seaweed) flakes.
Hiroshima is famous for their okonomiyakis so we went to the Okonomiyaki Mura, which is a four floor building filled with stalls making these pancakes. We arrived around 5pm and it was pretty empty. We thought the place itself was a bit dive-y. Not really squeaky clean after getting used to the Japanese standards, we thought. But we plunged in and ordered ourselves one meat pancake and one seafood. We were not disappointed! Loved them. Different but definitely delicious. Don't forget to chug an ice cold beer with it as well.
We ended up on the 2nd floor, first stall on the right (Mr. Nakamura is the friendly and helpful proprietor) merely because he was one of the few places open at that ridiculously early time (blame it on the jet lag coming from the West Coast).
From journal Japanese-style Inns, Oysters and a Sobering Afternoon