Okonomiyaki is a Japanese teppanyaki, savory pancake dish consisting of wheat flour batter and other ingredients cooked on a teppan. Common additions include cabbage, meat, and seafood, and toppings include okonomiyaki sauce, aonori, katsuobushi, Japanese mayonnaise, and pickled ginger.
Okonomiyaki
Kansai okonomiyaki on an iron griddle
Two Kansai okonomiyaki
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki
Teppanyaki , often confused with hibachi , is a post-World War II style of Japanese cuisine that uses an iron griddle to cook food. The word teppanyaki is derived from teppan, the metal plate on which it is cooked, and yaki, which means grilled, broiled, or pan-fried. In Japan, teppanyaki refers to dishes cooked using a teppan, including steak, shrimp, okonomiyaki, yakisoba, and monjayaki.
Misono in Kobe—the first restaurant to offer teppanyaki
A teppanyaki chef cooking at a gas-powered teppan in a Japanese steakhouse
Chef preparing a flaming onion volcano