We've have okonomiyaki many times in Osaka.
This is our first time trying it in Tokyo. We're gonna show you what it's all about.
Or as we call it, Obi Wan Kenobi.
Use the Force.
They don't actually have forks here.
Now something that we didn't mention of the okonomiyaki is
that you usually have to make it yourself.
We have a grill below us.
Right
And with that grill you order what you want, so we ordered three different kinds,
and then we'll have to actually grill it ourselves.
We only got this many for you guys, to show you what this is -Martina: Yeah
Not for us/our sake, this is so you could understand.
Y-Yeah
Yes
There are some restaurants in Japan where they will kind of make it for you and bring it out.
We were just there an hour ago and we said "No"
"No"
"We gotta make it on our own" For you guys.
Where's the fun in that.
hmmmmm
Look at all this raw meat.
And now you just dig in and start eating.
Just eat it.
Just start eating
No.
Some places you just kinda like mix the whole thing up in the bowl.
Other places you might do the meat first.
So that the meat kinda cooks evenly.
Were gonna see who makes the better okonomiyaki.
So Simon wants-
Who do you think is gonna make the best okonomiyaki?
I mean come on.
This is bacon
I'm genetically predisposed to cooking bacon better.
I'm still gonna try to grill mine on the stove first.
Oil me up
Take the oil
Good
Alright, you got that-thats enough oil
We might have put on too much oil
You put on wayyyyyy
Did I?
I want this like kinda like shallow fried
Lets start mixing mine up
Yep
You do yours how you want to do yours
I'm gonna do mine this way
I'm going to lightly fry
my seafood first
Okay~
Oh yeah, look at that sizzle
Maybe I should've cooked my meat separately first
Oh~ Simon
Maybe
Don't eat Simon's everyone
Maybe
K, Now I'm gonna add my seafood back into my bowl
Okay
And then I'm gonna make my pancake and put it on
Yeah, I'm gonna do the same with mine
Oh, Simon
* Sizzle Sizzle
We have *TANG here with us
And he is going to taste both and he is going to see which one he likes the most
But if you betray me again *MEH I'm gonna tell everyone your full name and your full number
He did not betray you Simon, you simply suck at counting in Japanese
*chuckles
You see this hole over here
this is for-
scraping your garbage
Like dat
Aka
Simon's burnt side
*Sighs
My hands are so sore from all this cooking I've been doing
Maybe we should've gone to the place where they make it ourselves
I know-oh oh
What were we thinking?
Do it fer me-hee hee hee hee
Just do it fer me
* SIZZLE
Now comes the part where you have to guess when its time to flip it over
Around 5 minutes
High-pitched Martina: I guess?
I don't know
Is it cooked?
I haven't been keeping time
I don't know
Yes
You see it looks a little brown there
Okay, i'm gonna flip mine over
Are you?
Yes
OH! DAMN DATS HAWT
HOLY *MEH
Huwh
Oh my gosh, that actually was a not bad flip
You're like I mean...
I mean..Yeah, of course
I totally meant that
Looks nice and crispy
Dats right
oooooooooooooohhhhh
I totally didn't fudge this up
*Loudly gasps
Simon said a bad word!
Oh my god, how am I gonna do this?
Just like, yeah that's it. Just like bam it
Really?
Yes!
Shibooyum!
OHHHHhhhhh
Terribly
Okonoma
Sucky
And worth- oHHH my gawd
oohhhhh
And then you just-
And then just-
Just-
Like that
Pat it down
Uh huh
And then you-
It's like nobody ever knows
We never claimed to be experts
Might I add
We're so good at this
*laughs
Watch us as we come to Japan and try to learn how to do things
how to do things~
Do not use this as the definitive how to guide to make okonomiyaki
Just-
Hmmm hmmm
Just watch us try to figure it out
It could be the definitive how-
To not
Screw up your okonomiyaki
First thing you gotta do..
Is you gotta brush it on
With this thick sauce right here
So this is like a WERSHETERSHER
WERSHERSHIRE?
WERSHETSHER
Its kinda like a barbequey
Uh huh
Worshestershirey sauce
Okay
Brush that on
Hmm hmm
Like this
Now we take the mayo-
Oh!
The other one usually has like the-
Where you squirt the mayo
And then you gotta take
The bonito flakes
Which is smoked dried-
Tuna
That looks pretty perfect to me
I gotta say
oooooohhhhhh
That is delicious
mmm hmmm
You definitely taste the yams in there
That is pretty good
They give it a good sweetness
Hmm
You doubted me?
You thought that I would do get this wrong?
This is great
The bonito flakes on top-
Are really smoky
hmmmmm
Its really good
Pancake doesn't taste floury
It tastes-
Creamy~
Hmmmm
Because of the radish
Hmmm hmm hmm
hMMMMmmm
Good job ducky
Thank you!
HmmmMMm
Oh yeah~
I'm worried we got unfair amount of grill time cause we ate yours first
and mine feels like its gonna be overcooked now
Girl
say whatever you want
There's a difference between making it thick-
and making it thin
Thickness leads to more creaminess on the inside
I think mines is cooked really nicely
but I like the flavors in yours better
Like I think the pork in yours adds more to it than just the seafood
hmmm
Now we are going to ask *MMM
Which one did you prefer?
Which one did you think was better?
Point to the one that you like the most
Who do you love more?
Mommy or Daddy?
Just runs out of the room screaming
Who do you love more?
Who do you want to live with?
Neither!
I'm staying with my family~
I'm staying with my friends!
Das right
He picked me!
Of course he picked me~
You doubted
my techniques
No
He picked you because the bacon tastes better
I'm with him
The bacon one just tastes better
The seafood one tastes really
Kind of-
Blah~
No-
But we're talking about the overall performance
Not just the bacon-
But the creaminess of the inside of mine
No NO NO
oh yeah~
He was literally like-
BACON
HMMMMM
Listen-
We're gonna try our third okonomiyaki
Which has
mochi
Which is very interesting~
We're gonna cook it my style
Right?
Instead of your flat style
Okay-
We'll cook it the chubby style
chubby style
But we'll cook it in my style
In which we cook the bacon first
Yes~
Sound good?
Lets take a bit of vote for it
Make a deal?
Bam
Deal~
Shake on it
Good
BACON
This is a really unique addition to what we're having today
So this is mochi-
Its basically like a glutinous rice cake
uh huh
And when you mix it in with the okonomiyaki
and you grill it-
It kinda like melts down..
and becomes kinda like oooooey and gooeeeey
So when you eat it
You don't really taste the rice cake
but it gives you like a cheesy-
chewy~
whole new texture to it
Plus we're gonna add cheeeese
So we got-
mochi-
cheese-
bacon-
mushroom
Oh yeah~
Hmmmm MMmmm
That is delicious
Oh yeah~
So that's it for our video on okonomiyaki
Make sure you give it a shot when you come to Japan
because it is so delicious
Yes
Don't be intimidated by the fact of make-it yourself
There is no right way or wrong way
Well-
There is the Martina way-
My way~
The Simon way~
You can shape it like a heart
Clearly~
You can shape it like a butt
You can make it like a star
If you want to know some more about okonomiyaki-
Make sure you click on the link here
That will take you over to our blog
and we'll tell you a lot more about the magic of okonomiyaki
Yes~
Like how much it costs-
and what different flavors they have
They have..
shrimp
meat?
They have meat-
They have fish-
They have......
* no dialogue
cheese?