At 04:51 PM 5/21/96 -0500, you wrote:

Again the masses ask, what is okonomiyaki?

The dish, a fairly popular one among the Japanese, that originated (I 
believe) in Osaka (in the Kansai province of western Japan, hence Ukyo's 
Kansai dialect) is something of a cross between a pancake and a pizza, made 

>from a batter of eggs, flour and water or stock to which desired ingredients 

(pork, vegetables, yakisoba noodles, etc.) may be added according to 
taste. (The word literally means something like "cooked as one likes.") 
The batter mixture then is fired on a skillet or hot plate like a 
pancake and served with any of a number of sauces.

and as i heard, you then get to slop on your own hearty toppings with
mini-spatulas!

signed, phoneynt
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