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| Okonomiyaki |
Osaka - To me, it seems to be another modern city like Tokyo. Tall buildings, busy and crowded trains. Noisy too. Besides the Octopus balls, my dear introduced to me another Osaka delicacy - a pancake called "Okonomiyaki". Just read that "okonomi" means "to one's liking", and there are two types of Okonomiyaki - Kansai (Osaka) one and Hiroshima one. Hmm, wonder what's the difference. The chef will cook in front of you and you will carry on to slice the pancake for sharing. Quite nice and yummy. Sticky, heaty pancakes. I wonder how did my wife know about this? She seemed to be "well-prepared" for Osaka.
Where did we get to eat this Okonomiyaki? On an underground food alley. We actually chanced upon an underground "gem" - it was a food alley. Not too crowded but it was frequented by locals. My wife likes to "mingle" in local stalls. This way, it felt that we could taste the real daily lives of local Osaka people. We met an old man - a soldier we thought - who kept talking to my wife. His English was limited. He called our country in old Japanese term which we weren't quite pleased. He was also travelling and asked us where we were heading and putting up. Well, it was a standing restaurant and quite difficult not to talk to the ones besides you especially if there were the friendly type.
A small episode that we have with this food alley. We passed by this food alley on our night outing to see the "flyer". It was 9 plus and the shops were closed so we wanted to try our luck to locate it again. Well, we lost our way. A bit of pinpointing fault too, haha. Well well, lucky we still found it and thanks to my wife. I have to admit it that she was good in remembering the location though I claimed that both of us were "right" about the way to this food alley. Come to think about it, she remembers places that she wants to visit well. Other places, she count on her "GPS" who gets lost at times.
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