Mmm. Pancakes. After all that talk about breakfast foods, I began to think seriously about pancakes. And the most serious of all pancakes is the okonomiyaki — a Japanese pancake. If you’ve ever tried one, you know that it’s the most delicious and complicated pancake ever invented (that I know of). Click here for a recipe and photo.
Also, okonomiyaki rhymes with all kinds of interesting things. I bet you could write oodles of poetry on the subject.
Anyway, my stomach insists that I make one for dinner tonight. Here is my quandry: what to put in it? What do you think? Visit the Cubicle Poll on the left to cast your vote.
Oh, and this is my way of saying that I have nothing to blog about today.
Okonomiyaki update
Well, I’m just about bored enough to do this. I dropped by T and T Supermarket for some supplies, now I have all the stuff I need:
Bonito shavings. They look a lot like wood shavings, but they’re so light, they’ll blow away if you’re not careful. A bonito, apparently, is a dried fish.
Instant dashi powder. Makes a clear fish-based broth.
Dried shrimp.
A jar of kimchi — suey choy in a spicey sauce.
Mayonnaise. I wanted to pick up the brand with the Kewpie doll on it, but couldn’t find it.
Okonomiyaki sauce.
Shiitake mushrooms.
Suey choy cabbage.
Other more ordinary ingredients include: fresh salmon, flour, ginger, and eggs. Time to get to work.
Time passes…
