Crack, crack, crack the egg into the bowl...

I should be looking at my pics from AWA 2014 and the trip to Japan I made last October, but there are a lot of pictures to go through. I should stop taking as many as I do.

Instead, I'll show you all what I've made recently. Koufuku Graffiti ended last night, and I thought I'd make one of my favorite dishes to see it off.

Okonomiyaki, Kansai style. I thought about doing Hiroshima style for a sec, but then there's a lot of juggling you need to do and I don't have many cooking utensils, much less a hot plate. So I opted to do the variation that's easiest when you only use one pan.

I pulled the recipe off the internet, but if I were to do it again, I'd modify it to something close to this.

Batter
10 tbsp flour
2 tsp baking powder
160 ml dashi
3 jumbo eggs
Makes around two portions.

Other stuff
Any vegetables or meats you want
Okonomiyaki sauce
Mayonnaise

Mix the flour, baking powder, and dashi until the batter is smooth. Add the eggs, mix until smooth. Add the meats and vegetables and mix.

Cook over medium-high heat for around 5 or 6 minutes. Flip and cook the other side until done. Adjust heat and/or keep flipping depending on how fast the batter's cooking.

Serve on a plate, and squeeze okonomiyaki sauce and mayonnaise on top.

When I made this last night, I used leafy vegetable of choice, corn, mushroom, green onion, bean sprouts, and cod. There's not too much to it - okonomiyaki is just batter fried with stuff mixed in, and the batter you can get with only flour, egg, and water. All the other ingredients to the batter just add flavor to it, and aren't strictly needed if you're cheap or don't have everything on hand.

There's also some recipes that add grated nagaimo out there, but I don't have a grater so I went without. Most recipes I've seen say to add it if you have it, though.

Ironically, I thought watching Koufuku Graffiti would cause me to go to the Japanese restaurants near me more, but it actually made me want to make some of my favorites myself... which means I'm not as likely to go to them anymore.