Takoyaki is one of the more famous Japanese foods. Steph and I were lucky enough to have had a Japanese friend who invited us over to make takoyaki! :) According to Wikipedia,
Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼?) (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular ball-shaped Japanese dumpling or more like a savory pancake made of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan. It is typically filled with diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion, brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and topped with green laver (aonori) and katsuobushi (shavings of dried bonito). There are many variations to the takoyaki recipe.
Originally takoyaki used to be eaten without sauce or dip but in modern days it became common to eat it with a variety of sauces (takoyaki sauce,
mayonnaise) and/or dips (e.g.
ponzu i.e. soy sauce with
dashi and citrus vinegar, goma-dare i.e. sesame-and-vinegar sauce or vinegared
dashi).
In our case, our friend Maki already made the batter for us and we just put octopus in it XD We also topped our takoyaki with mayo and takoyaki sauce :D
Ah yes. Why is there meat, you ask? Well, I'm not too fond of octopus and our Japanese friend knew that so we also made "Nikuyaki" for me XD Eventually, I did the takoyaki with actual tako but yes. She actually prepared niku for me XD
Here is Steph making takoyaki :D
Me holding the takoyaki-making stick thingy XD
All of us though blurry XD
Takoyaki :D
*In exchange, we made some kinda banana thing. It was supposed to be turon, but we couldn't find the wrapper things XD
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