Here we go for eating again. Let’s go to Osaka Takoyaki
Museum! First, you need to get train to Universal City Station and get off there.
Soon you’ll find Universal City Walk that is located right before
Universal Studio Japan.
You could find a lot of shops here and restaurants. If
you are manga lovers, you might be interested to visit Jump Shop.
Compared with the other museums, Osaka Takoyaki Museum is a
kind of food theme park like Shin Yokohama Ramen Museum. You may read it here.
Five famous takoyaki restaurants (Kukuru, Yamachan, Juuhachiban, Aizuya and
Kogaryu) are provided here to make sure you are satisfied. No entrance fee is
needed, so you just need to pay for what
you eat.
Takoyaki, is literally from the word tako (octopus) and yaku
(to grill). First popularized in Osaka and become one of the most famous snacks
all over Japan. It was inspired by Akashiyaki, small round dumpling from
Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture (made by egg rich batter and octopus). Now, takoyaki
has reached Kanto region and other sites in Japan. But, international tourists still
always try to find the original Osaka takoyaki.
Takoyaki is ball-shaped snack that is made by batter of flour in
a special pan. The filling is usually diced octopus, green onion, tempura
scramp (deep fried batter or also called tenkasu) and pickled ginger. If it is not
orginal one, they also pour takoyaki sauce and Japanese mayonnaise and also
sprinkle aonori (dried green seaweed) and dried bonito flakes (katsuboshi).
At this time, we chose Abenotakoyaki Yamachan that was located
in the edge of this museum.
Very crowded and we should wait in line. First, we
needed to buy our order at vending machine. Don’t worry if you don’t understand
Japanese! They provided images and price list there. We bought an 8-balls-takoyaki
portion and it cost 850 yen. Once you have chosen and paid, the receipt will
come out and you’ll need to find your seat. When your order number is called,
you may go take your order. If you don’t understand Japanese, you may ask the
waiter/ waitress to help you out. Some could speak English a litttle bit.
Finally, we got our order.
Extremely yummy. Outside is crispy
and inside is fluffy. No wonder why people from the entire world end up with
takoyaki in Osaka. Because it is bite-sized, most of Japanese eat it in just
one bite.
We can’t do that, truly. Be careful and choose the way you eat it
because we finally burnt our tongue. Hahahaha......
One thing for sure that we find interesting is the way how the
cook flips the already-grilled-side of takoyaki to the other side.
They are really
amazing. Fast, good in hand and the shape is totally ball-shaped. Because the
kitchen is placed beside the vending machine which means in the front side,
while waiting in line, we could watch it as attraction and record it.
Here you also can find souvernir shop that sell takoyaki
making utensils and Osaka’s souvenirs.
Address : 6 Chome-2-61 Shimaya, Konohana Ward
Osaka Prefecture 554-0024, Japan
(4th floor of Osaka City Shops)
Opening Hour : 11AM until 10PM
Website : http://ucw.jp/otm/
We eat, we walk, we talk
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