The new Japanese Cooking Thread: Now With 72% Less Pocky and Instant Ramen.

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Tendales posted:

Use Japanese curry as gravy on mashed potatoes. Don't question it, just do it.

I'm... going to do that for thanksgiving. Maybe on gratin potatoes too.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 21:16

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 04:49

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Laminator posted:

Are there any ingredients that you think would be good to get while in Japan, like things that are going to be more difficult to find in the US? We have a pretty decent Asian market near our place in OKC, but it caters mostly to Vietnamese and Chinese cooking and its Japanese section is pretty sparse. Some things that I've grabbed are Okonomi sauce, Kewpie mayonnaise (I know you can get it on Amazon but eh). Maybe some good mirin?

If you can, get some real wasabi because the stuff they call "wasabi" in the US is actually horseradish with food coloring.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 06:41

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Hey anyone more familiar with Japanese people than me, can you confirm that among the Japanese, Osakans are massive Italian-tier gatekeepers about food authenticity

# ¿ Sep 13, 2020 12:36

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Japanese Cooking Thread, what is the best okonomiyaki recipe

# ¿ Sep 14, 2020 11:45

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Helith posted:

Do you prefer Osaka or Hiroshima style?
That is the only important okonomiyaki question tbh.

Just eat it with lots of sauce and mayo and bonito.

I want okonomiyaki now.

I would like to try both but let�s start with Osaka

# ¿ Sep 14, 2020 14:14

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Hey when Japanese cook with cabbage like in okonomiyaki is it Napa or is it the western green cabbage

# ¿ Sep 22, 2020 07:04

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Grand Fromage posted:

More similar to western yeah, but it is different. If you go to an Asian grocery they should have them, they're wide and flat instead of spherical. Usually labeled Taiwanese cabbage around here.

Aaaah this clears up a mystery for me. I just got a hand-pulled noodle meal kit from a Chinese restaurant and the cabbage that came with it was oval.

# ¿ Sep 22, 2020 18:39

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

If I use Panko instead of tenkasu in okonomiyaki and takoyaki, am I committing a food crime?

What about if I use Ramen instead of yakisoba in the Hiroshima Okonomiyaki

# ¿ Sep 29, 2020 02:52

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Hiroshima okonomiyaki is totally show off okonomiyaki. Extra okonomiyaki. I love it but it�s a lot of work

# ¿ Oct 1, 2020 05:35

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

I found some Chuka Soba at the Chinese market, I guess that�s the name of the noodle used to make yakisoba the dish? It appears to be a thin version of alkaline Chinese noodles

Which sounds like it�s basically ramen?

# ¿ Oct 2, 2020 02:49

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Okay working on a new okonomiyaki method

Osaka style is too simple and Hiroshima style is too fiddly. This takes the ingredients of Hiroshima but condenses them into two layers

Mix your cabbage and fillings into the batter like Osaka style

Put your pork/bacon on a hot pan, then dump the cabbage on top so that they�ll cook and stick together

Fry, flip, fry, remove to dish.

Fry the noodles, then remove to a bowl. Mix in a beaten egg while the noodles are still hot so they lightly cook like a carbonara.

Dump carbonara noodles on top of the cabbage pancake, put toppings on it

(Use guanciale instead of bacon if you want to pretend it�s italian fusion)

# ¿ Oct 15, 2021 21:56

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Grand Fromage posted:

We can all agree Hiroshima okonomiyaki is superior, I hope.

Osakans are approximately as militant about food purity as YouTube Italians from what I�ve experienced, and get angry when people say this. At least the ones I know

Also scold you if you put anything other than octopus in takoyaki style balls

# ¿ Oct 16, 2021 02:26

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# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 04:49

Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Can one convert regular noodles to alkaline noodles or do they have to be made that way

# ¿ Oct 16, 2021 03:24

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