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Nanigans posted:Oh my god, that avatar I gazed long into the anti-food porn thread and the anti-food porn thread has gazed back into me.
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I prefer Osakan style okonomiyaki though that's most likely due to it's the one I got introduced to first. It's also tend to be the most dense which makes it a real filling meal compared to the Hiroshima style ones I tried. Yet to try the Tokyo style, which I've been told is more 'watery'.
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Feb 21, 2020 02:53
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Tokyo style, you mean monjayaki?
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Feb 21, 2020 02:56
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Nanigans posted:Only bad thing I can say about Japanese food is how much mayo they slather on stuff. Makes some foods drat near inedible. Mayo is so gross. I got your back here mang, mayonnaise can gently caress off.
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Feb 21, 2020 03:12
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Watery is a charitable way to describe monjayaki. Anyway Hiroshima okonomiyaki 4eva.
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Feb 21, 2020 03:13
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Stringent posted:Tokyo style, you mean monjayaki? Possibly. Though I know a few years back large okonomiyaki style dishes was all the rage round Tokyo for a short while, though that may have just been a variation of that. I never bothered to look into it as I tend to be running round trying out ramen, soba and abura soba dishes before everything else when I'm in Tokyo.
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Feb 21, 2020 03:16
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Midjack posted:I got your back here mang, mayonnaise can gently caress off.  Yeah, it's the reason I never tried okonomiyaki, while I was happy trying every other local food I could get my hands on. Gimme ten different organ meats on a skewer, anything raw, anything pickled, but keep that mayonnaise the hell away.
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Feb 21, 2020 03:47
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I'm in Kyoto after 5 days in Tokyo and suddenly my will to walk all day just drained away. Good thing it's so easy to get around by bike (too bad I didn't pick a hotel with complementary bike)
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Feb 21, 2020 04:06
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Nanigans posted:Yeah, it's the reason I never tried okonomiyaki lol
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Feb 21, 2020 04:07
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They sell okonomiyaki kits at most Asian grocery stores in Toronto. The problem is shredding cabbage, which is the most annoying part of the task.
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Feb 21, 2020 04:57
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HellOnEarth posted:They sell okonomiyaki kits at most Asian grocery stores in Toronto. The problem is shredding cabbage, which is the most annoying part of the task. Uh, really? Sharp knife or a mandolin or a food processor with a slicing blade should set you up nicely. I personally using a mandolin (use a slice proof glove though).
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Feb 21, 2020 05:21
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peanut posted:go to drat dirty robot restaurant and have a stupid fun time we ended up going to shining moon tokyo, which was basically a sailor moon themed dinner theatre. it was corny and great and we both cried our little weaboo hearts out. the food was bland which i expected, but also cold which was a surprise. we got souvenir plates tho so  has anyone found a decent osaka or hiroshima style place in the greater tokyo area? we went to a place yesterday callked okonomiyaki kiji in the basement of tokyo building tokia and left disappointed. they didn't even have mayo at the table???
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Feb 21, 2020 05:38
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If you haven't tried Japanese mayo because you dislike American mayo, you're doing yourself a disservice not eating it. If you've tried Japanese mayo and don't like it, I respect your decision. More Japanese mayo for me.
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Feb 21, 2020 06:28
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mayo on stuff like okonomiyaki, takoyaki, monjayaki, etc: good mayo on kashipan: no thank you
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Feb 21, 2020 06:30
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Mayo on monja is weird.
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Feb 21, 2020 06:31
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Stringent posted:Mayo on monja is weird. you're right, i don't think i've actually ever put it on monja. let's replace that with... karaage
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Feb 21, 2020 06:35
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japanese mayo is sweeter and even worse than american mayo, which is worse than european mayo which is passable in certain situations. i perfer no mayo ever.
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Feb 21, 2020 08:04
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I went to Happy Pancake and thought it was great. I hate how overly sweet things are in North America where deserts taste like condensed hfcs and nothing else. The only thing that surprised me was how strong the egg flavour was in the pancakes, but I honestly really liked it and am planning on having it again. I had the berries with cheese mouse. It was good!
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Feb 21, 2020 08:56
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I didn't have any problem with mayo on my food when I was eating my way up and down the length of Japan from Tokyo and Fukuoka and back again, until I saw mayo on a pizza. To hell with that. Especially when that was paired with corn as well...
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Feb 21, 2020 09:21
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gently caress off corn mayo pizza owns
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Feb 21, 2020 12:42
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Maybe in Shikoku where it’s the best you can get 
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Feb 21, 2020 12:49
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captkirk posted:Uh, really? Sharp knife or a mandolin or a food processor with a slicing blade should set you up nicely. I personally using a mandolin (use a slice proof glove though). What’s that called that shreds cabbage? My wife.
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Feb 21, 2020 15:12
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Spanish Inquisition posted:has anyone found a decent osaka or hiroshima style place in the greater tokyo area? we went to a place yesterday callked okonomiyaki kiji in the basement of tokyo building tokia and left disappointed. they didn't even have mayo at the table??? I like Sometaro near Asakusa for Osaka style. I haven’t stumbled on a Hiroshima shop in Tokyo yet.
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peanut posted:gently caress off corn mayo pizza owns it does yeah
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Mykroft posted:I like Sometaro near Asakusa for Osaka style. I haven’t stumbled on a Hiroshima shop in Tokyo yet. sometaro isn't osaka style, in fact if i could pick an okonomiyaki that is actually tokyo style it would be their shunmai ten or the pizza ten
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Feb 21, 2020 15:59
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Don't forget mayonaisse lovers, Kewpie comes in ice cream now. And will continue till March. .Z. posted:Kewpie Mayonnaise Ice Cream Bars:
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Feb 21, 2020 18:10
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monjayaki is bad
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Feb 21, 2020 20:35
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I'd rather be in Japan eating bad monjayaki than sitting at my desk at work reading about good okonomiyaki 
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Feb 21, 2020 20:37
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Are there particular places people would recommend for okonomiyaki in Tokyo and Kyoto? And Nara, for that matter? I have had the stuff in America, and I loving love it. Also, how are the okonomiyaki tacos/burritos at Taco Bell?
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mikeycp posted:monjayaki is bad
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Martytoof posted:I'd rather be in Japan eating bad monjayaki than sitting at my desk at work reading about good okonomiyaki i mean, same
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Feb 21, 2020 21:42
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I have a trip to Tokyo and Kyoto planned for March 3rd; I'm seeing reports now of Tokyo canceling or postponing indoor events. I'm considering making alternate plans, going somewhere other than Tokyo. I'll probably spend the last few days in Kyoto regardless, but am thinking going to Osaka for a few days before that if the Coronavirus stuff gets much worse; first-time visit to Japan, I like food and historical stuff, anyplace that would make a good location to go to via Shinkansen other than Osaka assuming I need to be in Osaka on the 13th?
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Feb 21, 2020 23:05
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I wasn’t in Kyoto that long, but tbh one of my favourite okonomiyaki places was just in the little strip of restaurants they have underground at Kyoto stn. Also some really good okonomiyaki at this tiny bar/pub like one block north of Fushimi Inari, on the same street that the grounds exit onto, where Inari stn. is.
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I’m wondering what Japan’s new economic world of poo poo is going to do to travel there in the next few years. Immediate impact seems to be lots of older shopping plazas and stores are closing.
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Thanatosian posted:I have a trip to Tokyo and Kyoto planned for March 3rd; I'm seeing reports now of Tokyo canceling or postponing indoor events. I'm considering making alternate plans, going somewhere other than Tokyo. I'll probably spend the last few days in Kyoto regardless, but am thinking going to Osaka for a few days before that if the Coronavirus stuff gets much worse; first-time visit to Japan, I like food and historical stuff, anyplace that would make a good location to go to via Shinkansen other than Osaka assuming I need to be in Osaka on the 13th? Make Osaka your base. From there you can make easy day trips to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, and a longer trip down to Hiroshima. Osaka isn't as interesting a town as Tokyo, but, IMO, the people are nicer. It has a warmer atmosphere. It really depends what you are looking for.
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Shammypants posted:I’m wondering what Japan’s new economic world of poo poo is going to do to travel there in the next few years. Immediate impact seems to be lots of older shopping plazas and stores are closing. The Venn diagram of shoutengai and small shops closing and usual touristy spots is pretty small overlap, though.
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Thanatosian posted:Also, how are the okonomiyaki tacos/burritos at Taco Bell? EXCUSE ME
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Spanish Inquisition posted:EXCUSE ME 
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Waltzing Along posted:Make Osaka your base. From there you can make easy day trips to Kyoto, Nara, Kobe, Himeji, and a longer trip down to Hiroshima. I was thinking of making Kyoto my base for my trip. What's reasoning for Osaka over Kyoto?
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Geography. Osaka is the central city of the region. If you want to explore all over Kansai it makes no sense to stay anywhere else. If you mainly just want to see one of the other cities, stay there.
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