お好み焼き
The savory cabbage pancake that Osaka and Hiroshima both claim, cooked on the griddle in front of you.
Okonomiyaki is a griddled pancake of batter, cabbage and your choice of pork, seafood or cheese, topped with a sweet brown sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes and seaweed. Osaka mixes everything into the batter; Hiroshima layers it with a mound of noodles and a fried egg. Both cities take it seriously enough that Tabelog scores separate the beloved family shops from the tourist-strip griddles.
Osaka-style okonomiyaki mixes cabbage into the batter and is often cooked by you on a hotplate in the table. The most famous shops are near Dotonbori and Namba but Tabelog's top-rated ones are the tiny counters in Fukushima, Tenma and Kyobashi.
Namba · Dotonbori · Fukushima · Tenma · Kyobashi
Hiroshima okonomiyaki is built in layers on the griddle: a thin crepe, a mountain of cabbage, pork, a layer of soba or udon noodles, and a fried egg, all pressed together and covered in sauce. Okonomimura has 24 counters under one roof, but the counters locals rate highest on Tabelog are on the streets around Hatchobori and Hondori.
Hatchobori · Hondori · Okonomimura · Hiroshima Station
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Pick your main filling (buta for pork, ika for squid, mix for both). In Osaka many shops let you cook it yourself; in Hiroshima the chef cooks it at the counter and you eat it off the griddle with a small spatula. Add sauce and mayo to taste. Modan-yaki is the Osaka version with noodles inside.
Most okonomiyaki shops in Osaka and Hiroshima have photo menus because the dish is so popular with visitors.
Okonomiyaki scores run modest; a 3.4 is a very good shop and 3.6 is as high as the category goes. Prioritize the ones locals rate over the ones on the main tourist streets.
Pick your main filling (buta for pork, ika for squid, mix for both). In Osaka many shops let you cook it yourself; in Hiroshima the chef cooks it at the counter and you eat it off the griddle with a small spatula. Add sauce and mayo to taste. Modan-yaki is the Osaka version with noodles inside.
Lunch: ¥800 to ¥1,300. Dinner: ¥1,200 to ¥2,500 with drinks.
Okonomiyaki scores run modest; a 3.4 is a very good shop and 3.6 is as high as the category goes. Prioritize the ones locals rate over the ones on the main tourist streets.
Walk-in. Counter shops in Hiroshima fill at dinner so arrive early.
Osaka, Hiroshima each have a dedicated page. Osaka: Osaka-style okonomiyaki mixes cabbage into the batter and is often cooked by you on a hotplate in the table.
Open TabeDog, pick okonomiyaki, and see Tabelog's top-rated shops around you with hours, prices and payment methods in English.
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