Takoyaki (たこ焼) is one of my favorite Japanese foods. Tako (たこ) means octopus in Japanese, and yaki (焼き) means grilled. It is a ball-shaped Japanese snack made of
flour, octopus and so on. As I mentioned in
my previous entry, I had purchased Nissui frozen takoyaki before, and last Saturday I purchased JFC Takoyaki at Mitsuwa, a Japanese supermarket in the U.S. because it was on sale for $3.29 there. :) This package contained 18 pieces of frozen takoyaki.
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| JFC Frozen Takoyaki |
Yesterday, my husband and I decided to have the takoyaki for lunch. When I saw the frozen takoyaki, I was really impressed at how big these were! These reminded me of Otako (大たこ), a very popular takoyaki store in Dotonbori, Osaka. Otako makes Jumbo size takoyaki. When I lived in Osaka, I sometimes had Otako takoyaki. There were always very long lines to order their takoyaki. Otako takoyaki is very popular, but I love other takoyaki stores in Osaka too such as
Kogaryu and
Wanaka, which I mentioned in my previous Osaka entries.
Anyway, we microwaved these frozen takoyaki for minutes.
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| JFC Frozen Jumbo Takoyaki |
Then, we topped with
Japanese mayonnaise and
tokoyaki sauce.
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| Takoyaki |
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| Takoyaki |
We realized that we ran out of
katsuobushi and
aonori which are essentials for takoyaki. Instead of aonori, we sprinkled chopped green onion over them. These were very delicious indeed. I found that each takoyaki had two pieces of chopped octopus! :) If truth be told we also bought another frozen takoyaki at Japanese supermarket that day. I'll write about it
next time.
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| Takoyaki |
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These are my entries you might like.
■Nissui Frozen Takoyaki
■Must Go to Places in Namba, Osaka
■Top 10 Products You Should Buy at Japanese Supermarkets (for Beginners!)
■Top 10 Most Popular Japanese Foods
■My Top 15 Must Eat Foods in Japan - My Favorite Japanese Foods
■8 Interesting Japanese Kitchen Gadgets!
■My Top 10 Favorite Japanese Sweets
■How to Make Japanese Deep Fried Chicken, Kara-Age
■How to Cook Japanese Curry
■How to Cook Miso Soup
■Top 10 Products You Should Buy at Daiso
You are doing yourself a disservice if you don't try the JFC takoyaki prepared DEEP FRIED. Peanut oil, 360F/180C until they're a golden brown. Absolutely magical.
ReplyDeleteSounds yummy! :)
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