Tako

A student took us (Steve, Tiffany, and I) out for an authentic Japanese meal. We took our shoes off at the entice to the restaurant but didn’t sit on the floor (it wasn’t that type of meal). Set in the middle of the table was a hot metal grill. Our host ordered for us, we had:

Yakisoba –fried brown noodles mixed with vegetables, I think I saw egg, pork, and octopus

Okonomiyaki –this looks like a pancake made of sliced cabbage. The cabbage is kept together with flour and egg. There were actually four different types that we could try from plan, pork, shrimp, and octopus.

Takoyaki –is a rice ball mixed with octopus that is fried.

The common theme of the meal was octopus, which is the newest "other, other, white meat".

Word Up: Tako -octopus