Takoyaki
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Takoyaki is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of a wheat flour–based batter and cooked in a special molded pan. It is typically filled with minced or diced octopus, tempura scraps, pickled ginger, and
two boats of takoyaki
Aizuya Main Branch in Osaka
Cooking takoyaki
Takoyaki served with Japanese Worcester sauce and mayonnaise
Green laver
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Green laver, known as aonori in Japan, sea cabbage or hutai in China, and parae and kim in Korean, is a type of edible green seaweed, including species from the genera Monostroma and Ulva. It is comme
Takoyaki
…scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger (beni shoga), and green onion (negi). The balls are brushed with takoyaki sauce and mayonnaise, and then sprinkled with green laver (aonori) and shavings of dried bonito (katsuobushi). Yaki (焼き), meaning 'to grill', is one of the cooking methods in Japanese cuisine and can be found…
Raw parae (green laver)
Raw aonori from Lake Hamana
Miso soup with raw aonori
Okonomiyaki with aonori powder