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Sunday, February 15, 2009

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When my friend in Brisbane comes to Osaka, I must take her to Yamato, an okonomi-yaki shop, in Kishiwada. She teaches Japanese language in a public high school there, and sometimes have her students cook okonomi-yaki in her class. They cook, however, only maze-yaki, while Yamato serves the other type, yoshoku-yaki, and, moreover, have their local version, kashimin. They first bake crepe-like things, and then put shredded cabbage and chicken mincemeat on them. The name kashimin comes from kashiwa (chicken) and minchi (mincemeat). Eating at Yamato will surely increase her repertoire.