Monjayaki
Monjayaki ( Japanese も ん じ ゃ 焼 き ) is a Japanese dish that is enjoyed in a restaurant. The preparation is similar to that of the okonomiyaki : a slightly more liquid dough ( flour , yamaimo, egg , cabbage , water or dashi ) than the okonomiyaki is made with different ingredients such as meat and different types of fish , vegetables , omochi , cheese and other things on the teppan ( hot table top) and then eaten directly from the plate. A small spatula is used to eat , similar to the one used to prepare okonomiyaki, only smaller.
In contrast to okonomiyaki, the dough is much more fluid and therefore Monjayaki does not have the classic pancake shape like okonomiyaki, but is rather shapeless. When eating, you start at the edge because the Monja is ready faster.
Monjayaki comes from Tokyo and is therefore particularly popular in the Kantō region . In Tsukishima ( Chūō district , Tokyo) the 70 restaurants on an entire street ( Japanese 西 仲 通 り Nishinaka-dōri , also Monja Street ( も ん じ ゃ ス ト リ ー ト )) are dedicated to the theme of Monjayaki (and also Okonomiyaki). The typical okonomiyaki restaurants in Japan usually also offer monja in their menu.
Web links
- How to make Monjayaki (english)
- Monja Association in Tsukishima (Japanese only)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Monja Street - も ん じ ゃ ス ト リ ー ト . Tokyo Metro, accessed October 14, 2017 .