Harbor bomber foods

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 11:35 pm

Recently I've become quite interested in some Japanese cuisine that seems rather hard to find, namely takoyaki (octopus balls) and okonomiyaki, a "Japanese pizza" in the loosest terms. Unfortunately during WWII my home city decided to deport all their Japs to concentration camps leaving us only with a massive Viet-Korean area but no Japanese flavor to speak of. So, I must travel to the very hearty international district in Seattle to find what by internetly accounts is a good izakaya.

In any case my rambling degenerates into a simple question: Has anyone tried these foods? I'd be curious to hear about it before I make my epic (40 minute) journey to try them next weekend.

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Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 9:16 pm

Haven't tried those.

However, if you haven't tried Kobe beef yet, do not hesitate. Fantastic stuff.

They feed the cows beer, massage them and play them classical music.

Kobe beef mostly comes from Australia or Japan. From my experience, I would recommend Japanese. The beer they feed them is better in Japan, in my opnion.

Post by **King of Creation** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:41 am

Both are delicious, especially the octopus balls. The okonomiyaki thing is tasty, but they always put too much mayo on it.

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:34 am

I heard it was a horseradish mayo? I could enjoy this.

Cimmerian Nights · Post by **Cimmerian Nights** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:42 pm

Okonomiyaki is good stuff. The cool thing is, when you eat it over there, you mix all the shit together and cook it yourself in the middle of the table. I love that yakiniku and shabu-shabu type food where you get to cook your own shit.

There's something so primordially righteous about meat and flame together.

BTW I've got a takoyaki maker at home. I don't see any reason why you can't buy that or okonomiyaki mix and sauce and cook that shit up at home. Better than some generic Chinaman who has no clue what okonomiyaki is supposed to taste like.

Best takoyaki and okonomiyaki you have to go to Osaka or Hiroshima for though.

Kickstand27 · Post by **Kickstand27** » Mon Apr 19, 2010 8:19 pm

Will have to keep an eye out for these. most of the places here are fusion places that take some japanese, some vietnamese, korean and mix it all together.

Sidtracking the OP i know, but Kobe beef only comes from japan. Wagyu the breed can be found other palces like australia.

CloudNineGT · Post by **CloudNineGT** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:36 am

Kobe beef is available in plenty of upscale groceries and restaurants around here and I've certainly had it before.
As to making my own foods, we have several asian supermarkets around here that surely would sell the little ball shaped griddle things.. but I would have no idea what it ought to taste like. The restaurant I picked out has one reviewer talking about how they and the chef hail from the same small country town in Japan, so I hope that authenticity will be maintained.

Cimmerian Nights wrote:I love that yakiniku and shabu-shabu type food where you get to cook your own shit.

Its a fucking shame that in the good ol' USA this sort of thing would incur so much legal liability it could never happen. I mean we have some hotpot places around here where you can throw some stuff into broth, but actually frying something like I've seen with the takoyaki in japan is a total impossibility. And it looks like so much fun

Kickstand27 wrote:Will have to keep an eye out for these. most of the places here are fusion places that take some japanese, some vietnamese, korean and mix it all together.

Don't forget the part where they fuck it all up, add double meat, "teriyaki sauce", and basically homogenize the entire affair.

MadBill · Post by **MadBill** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 6:23 am

Cooking in your weed? :wtf: