Meibutsu

Life & Arts

Meibutsu: Osaka Style Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き).

Okonomiyaki is an art form in the cities of Osaka and Hiroshima, with the two cities each labeling it their ‘meibutsu’ or regional culinary speciality. This article will focus on the Osaka variation of this awesome recipe. Okonomiyaki is considered junk food and is not on the same level as more complicated Japanese cuisine but […]

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Tebasaki Chicken from Nagoya (手羽先).

In Japan, each region of the country has what is termed in Japanese ‘meibutsu’ which are regional delicacies and culinary specialities. 名物 or ‘meibutsu’ literally means a thing with a name, or something well-known. Here on this blog I am going to share various meibutsu, as well as corresponding recipes, that I know and love […]

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