Original Okonomiyaki Hiroshima Style, Plaza Low Yat, Kuala Lumpur
Original Okonomiyaki Hiroshima Style
Recently on a visit to low yat plaza we stumbled upon this hidden stall at the corner of the food court selling none other than my favourite Okonomiyaki. Honestly, I thought I will never get to taste this ever again since their last 2 branches in PJ ( Atria and The Curve) closed down. So it was a pleasant surprise to see the original stall still open in Low Yat Plaza. This stall has been here over 10 years pioneered by a Japanese woman, can’t remember her name now.
Okonomiyaki is a savoury Japanese pancake. I found out Okonomi means ‘ What you like/want’ in Japanese while Yaki means ‘grilled’. There are different styles of Okonomiyaki as the method varies in different states. This one in particular originates from Hiroshima.
View of the shop
In this tiny cosy little shop, you get to sit on actual tables or by the side of the hot plate on which the chef cooks your meal. I personally like sitting by the hot plate cause I get to see my meal coming together step by step.
Anyways, got to the stall and placed our orders below.
Supreme Set ( 2 pax) RM35.90
Okonomiyaki Supreme RM21.00
Okonomiyaki Seafood RM19.00
After taking our orders, the chef started busying himself . Sitting by the hot plate, I managed to get some nice shots of our meals before and after.
Laying out the batter, the base layer of our okonomiyaki
Ingredients on top, lots of shredded cabbage followed by the meats and seafood
The okonomiyaki is flipped over, allowing the ingredients to cook, and, at the same time lightly frying the soba.
The eggs are cracked to form the top layer
Spreading out the egg to complete the top layer of the okonomiyaki
Transferring the okonomiyaki unto the egg
The whole okonomiyaki is flipped around again, leaving the egg on top and the 'special' sauce is generously spread over the top.
And after a few garnishing of chopped parsley, salt, pepper, ajinomoto you get………………………
~Okonomiyaki Seafood topped with scallops and cheese~
I ordered mine with a topping of cheese cause thats how I’ve always eaten it. There’s an additional cost for cheese. You can also ask for additional mayonaise for an extra cost as well. As the name sounds, this okonomiyaki had squid, prawns and scallops along with rice cakes thrown in. Yummy yum yum.
Okonomiyaki Supreme
The other okonomiyaki was pretty much the same as the seafood, except that instead of scallops it had pork. (I’m sure you know who’s order this was..).
Eating straight off the hot plate, with our lil spatula.
The chef served us on the hot plate itself, so basically, we were eating it straight off the ’stove’ which it was cooked on. Interesting huh. He also gave us these tiny spatulas to help cut the okonomiyaki to make it easier to eat.
I had such a good time eating here. I savoured every moment, cause I dont’ know when is the next time I’ll be here.Those looking for authentic Japanese okonomiyaki, this is the place to come to. Its a must.
You can find this place at the foodcourt of lowyat, its opposite the magazine shop and situated near the ATM machines at the corner.
Original Okonomiyaki Hiroshima Style
Lot LG3, LG Floor,
Plaza Low Yat,
Jalan 1/77 Off Jalan Bukit Bintang,
57100 Kuala Lumpur
Non Halal
Opening Hours : 1130 – 2130
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Tags: Hiroshima, Japanese pancake, Low Yat Plaza, Okonomiyaki, seafood
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March 13th, 2009 at 11:03 am
Dude … you didn’t describe how it taste …. taste like pizza? pork murtabak?
Hahaha …. you just intro and didn’t tell the taste part …
March 13th, 2009 at 11:20 am
Haha just to leave you in suspense…
March 13th, 2009 at 11:23 am
Oops..yea i was so caught up describing everything else i forgot to mention bout taste.
hmm..how should i describe it, its kinda like a layered pizza/soba pattaya kinda thing cause its finished off with egg on the top.The sauce is a sweet sauce, almost like terriyaki sauce..the seafood and all were very nicely done, though eating it on the hot plate made it abit dry, so maybe you might want to opt on eating it on a normal plate.
The end conclusion is that I really like it,but then again it also boils down to personal taste cause some ppl said it can get a bit jelat if eating too much esp with the cheese topping, but thats my favourite part
March 13th, 2009 at 11:35 am
I pass by so many times when I went snaking in Low Yat Plaza …. I don’t go near it since not much people patronize them. I thought they are not able to survive long so dun intend to blog about them also …. XD
Must go and try them out soon ….
March 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Ya honestly, i thought so too, thats why I was so happy when I went again and still saw them there.
Its the only one left now..=(
March 20th, 2009 at 9:46 pm
tried it couple of time n i luv them! too bad for me as i usually went to low yat solo, i hv to finish up the whole large okonomiyaki by myself(a very large portion for a girl).
March 21st, 2009 at 2:36 pm
Hey Kayc,
Yea, the portions are quite big but what I do when I can’t finish is i’ll get them to pack it back for me. You can keep it in the fridge,and reheat it in the microwave when you want to eat it. Tastes just as good
April 25th, 2009 at 3:21 am
hmmm first of all, thanks for ur supporting to us
i’ve been work okonomiyaki bout 13 years ago. its very special. special news for ladies!!!
soon we will make a ladies size okonomiyaki for those with small ’stomach’!!!!
April 25th, 2009 at 10:43 am
Hi Louise, no problem at all! Glad to know that you’ll soon have ladies sized okonomiyaki..haha. More women friendly. Let us know when u have come up with that promo, we could pay you another visit. But, I will definitely be ordering the normal sized ones, cause I love it so much.
November 29th, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Well i love it too and decided it to be my must eat list every time i went to kl…and the chef’s a handsome guy too…having ladies size okonomiyaki is definitely a good thing…
January 5th, 2010 at 2:19 am
i wish they make a halal okonomiyaki in future…i really2 want to try it!! ive been searching (in GOOGLE of course) for the halal japanese restaurant that serve okonomiyaki.but there isnt one…haih~
January 5th, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Yea, i don’t know of any halal japanese restaurants. Pork free yes. Maybe you could start one..;)
March 14th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
do you know if it’s still in business? been searching for good okonomiyaki places in kl and this seems to fit the bill
March 25th, 2010 at 10:51 am
yup the shop is still in business. updated to early march of my last visit to LYP. taste it before, very nice… and special. the cook is so excited all the time.. you can feel his heart, energy and heat in preparing the food.
July 29th, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Just what I was looking for!!!! It’s still open right?