For some time already, I had been planning to eat a special Japanese delicacy that some friends of mine had glowingly spoken about: okonomiyaki (literally 'grilled whatever-you-want' dish).
This is a kind of omelette or savory pancake, made from various ingredients mixed into an egg and flour batter. Among them, you will find grated yam (or some equivalent species), bonito flakes (which give the impression of being somehow alive, because they keep waving under the steam streams), shredded cabbage, some meat, etc...
I finally tried it today at a restaurant in the Paris Japanese area (around the 1st arrondissement), where I had once gone in vain some weeks ago (...of course it was closed on Sundays). Despite quite a long time queuing outside in the cold, then inside in a over-heated room, the trip was definitely worth it. Honestly okonomiyaki is not that much special, it's probably something that you would manage to do by yourself with your own ingredients, yet this was very good and funny to eat.
Some pictures before I try cooking this by myself (might be far less attractive and photogenic)...
The okonomiyaki cook
Yummy-looking okonomiyaki
Some side-dish that I tried
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