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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
