Eats Miyajima

I started my walk around Miyajima, with my last Floresta donut, caramel with salt. After walking around all day I decided to grab some food. Wanting to try their oysters which are most popular on the island, I grabbed an oyster kroket, which is an oyster wrapped in potato fried. I had to try Hiroshima's popular dish, Okonomiyaki, a Japanese savoury pancake, containing a variety of ingredients. The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning "what you like" or "what you want", and yaki meaning "grilled" or "cooked". Toppings and batters tend to vary according to region, being in Miyajima, I chose oysters. Total yum.

In Hiroshima, the ingredients are layered rather than mixed together. The layers are typically batter, cabbage, pork, and optional items such as squid, octopus, and cheese. Noodles are also used as a topping with fried egg topped with generous amount of okonomiyaki sauce. The amount of cabbage used is usually three to four times the amount used in the more common Osaka style. People from Hiroshima claim that this is the correct way to make okonomiyaki. This style is also called Hiroshima-yaki or Hiroshima-okonomi.

Making of Okonomiyaki