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| - It's been a while since I've had authentic Japanese food. Like, a Japanese man cooking on a large teppanyaki hot plate, using Japanese ingredients and flavours.
It's been a while....
Okonomi House provided the authentic experience I wanted. It was like Pikachu had a baby with Godzilla and gave birth to this Japanese beast of a restaurant. When I say beast, I don't mean that the interior is large because it's not. Those were just the first Japanese icons that came to mind when I thought of Japan...
Anyways, it's small and decorated like a Japanese restaurant, one you would from in Japan.
All of the workers spoke Japanese. The menu items were typical Japanese dishes. Their specialty is of course the Okonomiyaki which is a savory Japanese pancake that has some kind of seafood or meat in the batter. It's topped with Japanese mayo, Tonkatsu sauce, Nori slivers and bonito flakes. These are so good. I've had some in Vancouver, and these are on par.
I also ordered the Yakisoba, which is a stir-fried noodle with chicken. Delicious as well.
Okonomi House is authentic Japanese. It had the qualities I look for in a good restaurant, and then some. I was happy eating my food with Japanese speaking owners and servers. I was starting to get tired of Chinese speaking waiters at Japanese sushi restaurants.
This was a refreshing experience, one that you should try soon.
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