KYOTO YOSHINO Okonomiyaki ; Grilling What You Like

I am the person who like eating and cooking ... so no doubt that I like eating Teppanyaki and also Okonomiyaki ... why? ... As I can see the process of cooking or I can cook myself - not like cooking at home but it's a kind of fun cooking while eating.

If you can remember, I have written my first okonomiyaki place at 'Kizahashi' (refer to Kizahashi : Grill-it-yourself Okonomiyaki Restaurant) and another one at 'Nanpuu' (refer to Nanpuu : the semi-DIY okonomiyaki & doroyaki shop) ... I won't tell you in detail as you can read them both ... However, each shop has its unique selling point and this is another one too ... KYOTO YOSHINO Okonomiyaki !!!

And yes, when you see the restaurant that was equipped with an iron griddle (teppan) especially with other ingredients including sauce, mayonaise, and so on ... so another Stage of Cooking Begins !!! Don't worry for this place as if you are the ones who do not want to involve with cooking process, this is the place as the okonomiyaki are prepared by the chef and served ready to eat at table (with griddle).




Before the okonomiyaki, we can order Side Manu from 'Sausage Yaki' 80 Bht ... It's the pork sausage grilling on stove with a pintch of salt ... serving with small bowl of mayo, mustard, and chilli past in. I kept dreaming of this sausage for days as it's a Japanese Sausage type that has chunk mince inside full with juicy water while outside was so crispy.

Next was called 'Tori Nankotsu Yaki' 80 Bht -- In fact, I think this went well with Beer as it's normally sold in lots of Izakaya ... Yes, it's the cartilage of chicken that has also salted grill ... so you can imagine how crunchy munchy this dish will be ... especially topped with fresh green spring onion.













Another one was so interesting as it's called 'Bacon Tamago Mald' 90Bht ... imagine bacon omelette but in Japanese Style as it's topped with Japanese Tonkatsu Sauce and Ginger Pickle ... For this dish, I love the chuncky bacon piece inside !!!




Here comes the hero dishes ... Okonomiyaki ... as you may know that some people call it as savoury pancake (or even in Thai 'Japanese Pizza') ... as it contains a variety of ingredients ... yes ... it means 'what you like / want' which is okonomi in Japanese !!! But you have to be awared that topping and batters tend to vary according to the region of Japan (even it's associated with Kansai area).

We are now talking about 'Kansai Style' as the batter is made of flour, grated yam, water or dashi, eggs and shredded cabbage, and ususally includes something like green onion, meat (which normally means pork or bacon even squid, shrimp, octopus), vegatables, or kimchi or mochi or cheese !!!

And this is what they call 'KYOTO OKONOMIYAKI' from the menu which made from what I named above but with pork & egg on top (similar to fried egg) -- 180Bht







This one is called 'NEGI YAKI' 230Bht (as this is pork but if you order beef, it will be 250Bht) ... you can imagine the negi which is Japanese Spring Onion or Leek with Pork Stew !!! Yes, small pieces of brownish pork stew mixed inside so you can get the intense of stew flavour easily.




There are also a lot of noodle dishes and rice dishes ... my favourite are 'NEGI CHA HAN' 120Bht ... talking about cha-han it would be fried rice of course, but this is fried rice with nothing except Japanese Spring Onion or Leek ... Hu Hu make the world goes green !!!




Another one is also one of my favourite 'SHIO YAKI SOBA' 180Bht ,,, if you like or know yaki soba, I recommend you to try this one as it's not normal yaki soba as you know that has yaki soba sauce in !!! It's fried with salted sauce ... so the taste was real ... with real pork and real salt !!!





Anyway, they said this okonomiyaki shop came from Kyoto, Japan but some said not as they said they were students there and never seen this one ... For me, I don't know as long as I enjoy and have fun with food ... Yes, I found this shop give me that ... so you can try yourselves.




KYOTO YOSHINO Oknomomiyaki
6th Floor, Isetan Department Store
4/1-4/2 Central World, Rajdamri Road,
Kwaeng Pathumwan, Khet Pathumwan
Bangkok 10330
Tel : 02-255-9890