Master Hiroshima Okonomiyaki Chef Making Art 

For those who are wondering what the ingredients are as he's making it. *1.* The batter being swirled out into a circle. For the minimum amount to make...1/3rd cup flour, 1 egg, 1/4 cup water. After mixing it, set it in the fridge for 1 hour. *2.* Bonito powder being sprinkled on top of the batter. Dashi powder is jack fin tuna, dried and powderized. You can skip this if you can't find it. If you can find it, katsuobushi or bonito flakes also works instead. If you use katsuobushi try not to get weirded out at the way they wiggle from the heat once you put them on. *3.* The vegetables he's placing on each one, shredded cabbage. *4.* Second bit of veggies, bean spouts, you can use mungbean sprouts or soybean sprouts. *5.* Third bit of veggies, the green stuff, nira or leek in English. You can use negi or green onions in English instead if you can't find leeks. *6.* More bonito powder *7.* I'm unsure what those 3 cans of powder he sprinkles after that are. I can't see it that well and it could be anything. *8.* Not sure what that is, might be fish. *9.* Thinly sliced pork strips. Low sodium bacon is a suitable substitute. You can also use thinly sliced beef, or omit this entirely if you're vegan/vegetarian. Likewise omit the bonito and use egg substitute above if you're vegan/vegetarian. *10.* Some more batter. *11.* Not sure what that is, may have been katsuobushi or agedama or tenkasu *12.* Shrimp and nagaimo (Japanese long potato) *13.* Yakisoba *14.* May have been okonomisauce (2 parts Worcestershire sauce, 1 part ketchup) or yakisoba sauce (look up the recipe for that elsewhere if you want), or just worcestershire sauce. *15.* Once again, no idea what that stuff in the small can is, might be just salt, but I've never used salt or seen it used, on my okonomiyaki. Heck, it might be MSG. See my note below about MSG. *16.* Looks like possibly takoyaki. *17.* I'm sure fried eggs need no explaining :) *18.* Okonomi sauce, the recipe for which I gave above on item 14. *19.* nori ao, aka nori flakes aka seeweed flakes. *21.* Could be cheese, might also be mochi mochi *20.* I can't see that stuff well enough to make it out. Make up your own veggies if you want, afterall, the "okonomi" in "okonomiyaki" means "as you like it" If all of this is too daunting for you, try looking up a recipe for kansai or osaka style okonomiyaki. It's a lot simpler to make and is far more common in Japan. This video is about Hiroshima style okonomiyaki which is somewhat rare outside of Hiroshima. About MSG... Contrary to popular belief in the west, MSG has never actually been shown to be harmful except in flawed, discredited studies. Also contrary to popular belief, MSG is not an artificial chemical. It's actually an extract derived from kelp. MonoSodium refers to a single sodium atom, and then glutamate is actually what your brain uses for fuel. The sodium would be filtered by the kidneys, and the glutamate used by the brain. So if anything, MSG is harmless at worst and helps the brain at best. Unfortunately, the mechanism through which some people get migraines after eating MSG is not well understood. I'm one such person and it was hell growing up in Japan. Thankfully the migraine reaction went away by my teens. I still get it sometimes but the migraines are a lot less severe and usually go mostly unnoticed when I do get them.

I have watched this video over 20 times. I hope I can go there someday and meet the master chef. Thank you for the video,. I was station in Japan from 1963 to 1966. I still love the country of Japan. Thank you so much.

I never get tired of this video. I was stationed in Japan and loved the country so much. Maybe that is the reason. Bonito, bonito. lol

watching this man cook those delicious okonomiyaki means the world to me!!

I've seen several videos made on Okonomiyaki but it's always interesting to see each chef put their spin on it!! In watching these videos I noticed that the Hiroshima Okonomiyaki is about building layers of good ingredients were as the Osaka Okonomiyaki is just about making a delicious 😋 pancake with some Phenomenal 🔥 ingredients!! Either way I don't think I would be disappointed if I ate both!! This guy was incredible in my book 📚!! Awesome 💯 Video and Thanks for Sharing 💜🤍💟🤍💜

This is my dream - to go to Hiroshima for okonimiyaki! Thanks

Final: The chef said no. The customer asks even if they offered pay about $100. He's says no, because it's too bothersome for him. He tells the customer there are food tours and cooking school for foreigners. The conversation between the chef and customer wanes down. Close to finish of the okomiyaki cooking process, the chef discards one of the eggs. He said the egg had blood in it. Cuong Nguyen, thanks for posting this!

Would love to just travel around the country trying all the foods. Looks delicious.

The way he flipped them is cool .

No problem! I didn't realize the video would be so popular :) Thank you for translating!

These portions are nuts

I love this video. I come back every couple months and watch it. I give out a melancholy sigh. Wish I wasn't stuck on the continent I'm on. I live in the wrong country.

I made these for the first time last night for my daughter and me, took me a while to get the bonito flakes..kewpie mayo and okonomiyaki sauce off the internet but it was all well worth the wait. So filling and absolutely delicious.

I was searching an okonomiyaki recipe, and I found this. This was the place where I ate okonomiyaki for the first time and this was they man who cooked it for us! It's great to have this memory in a video, even when it's not our video ^_^. Really delicious!!

Part 5: At around 6:19, the chef mentions that he's glad he was there to meet such interesting customers. The customers asks if they came back at the same time (on another day) could he teach them how to make okonomiyaki.

amazing Chef! REALLY TALENTED AND great! thanks for sharing this entertaining show!

Im sure the long wait was worth it. That looks absolutely delicious.

looks good....wondering why he threw away the other egg...

This is out of the world delsh.

Gotta love that he knew that egg @ 15:15 was bad, and threw it in the trash. much respect. would love to eat at that place for sure. many westerners tho.

Love the video, time well spent for watching such a pro. :)

absolutely masterful cooking.

Glad we have 4k now

1:40 AM, I'm slobbering over my desk while my stomach growls... I need to sleep this through fml.

Hiroshima style is my favorite okonomiyaki, in fact i think Hiroshima and the surrounding areas has some of the best food ive eaten. Nothing beats Kyoto style Ramen though, i could eat that for days

As a mexican I loved the bonita conversation lol

great video.....nice food u got there

no matter how much I lick my laptop screen, I still cant taste it :(

Spectacular!!!! This is the kind of restaurant I'm looking for. I donnot want fancy ones. -Loves the food and the warm atmosphere Going to Japan first week of february could you please recommend me some places to eat. Osaka, Kyoto; Kobe, Hirosima, Tokyo, Nara

me encanta esta comida es muy saludable

Wow! Master is very kakkui!!! Hehehe, nice job, looking so delicious 😋😁

I got lost in all those ingredients but OMG it ends up looking absolutely wonderful..

The chef started off talking about space - the Big Bag Theory, and how hard it was for him to fathom the size of the universe, etc. with the email customer to the left of the screen. Someone (I think a customer with the party filming) mentions at 1:57 that the chef is being filmed for the entire cooking process...

I need to go to Japan.....

I think it is more easier when i watch it than when i practice and make it

Part 2: The chef's conversation goes back to the speed of light conversation. At 2:19 the customer mentions katsuobushi (bonito flakes), and amusing back-and-forth ensue on the English word for katsuo; bonita vs bonito. One on the customers exaplains that bonita means pretty woman. The chef wants to know the origin of the bonita, to which the customers replies it's Portuguese or Spanish origin.

this looks SO good

Holy. Hes so generous with the meat. Even when I cook at home. I put like 2 slices of meat. Lol.

That looks amazing!

I tell ya, you cannot rush perfection.

Have you any idea how painful it is to have watched that for 20 min and then NOT be able to eat it? God, he has control over the food. Love how it looks so big and shapeless for a while, then gradually becomes more and more round and lovely!

関西人ですが めっちゃ旨そう (^q^) 広島焼き(...と言うと広島の人は怒るみたいですが...)は 広島市内のお好み村で食べましたが ホントに美味しかったです^^ このお店な気がします

the tall shaker with the pale brown powder was bonito (dried tuna flakes) powder, the shorter ones I think were salt, pepper aaaand the green stuff was aonori (seaweed powder) :D

The master speaking about how the Universe started and how the big bang happened

Very good in cooking and they serves with a smiles''' cool

Really spectacular.

Good

Part 4: The chef wanted to know the English word for ajinomoto, to which the customer said it was the same. (Actually, it's not; ajinomoto is MSG) The customer reminds the chef about kimchi...

very nice work, must have been very tasty

The name of this store is probably Shin-chan　'新ちゃん' In The Okonomi Mura「お好み村」 in Hiroshima

I think the powders he used are black peper, salt and bonito powder (made of dried fish)

I counted, i heard "bonita" 9 million times.

Me encanta escucharlos hablando japonés.

Lol @ the Bonito vs. Bonita convo

熟練の技ですね！大将の人柄が好印象で、是非、行ってみたい店です。

Looks good

That is a big meal.

You have to be skilled to make Hiroshima style okonomiyaki. And Otafuku source is a key.

Can tell he never paid attention to the cabbage preparation as a kid and instead cooks it on top the dough.. 😆 🤣

Master Flirt is more like it! 👍

I don't know what they're talking about,but "bonito" or "bonita" means beautiful in portuguese,from brazil 😄

And just when you think it's finished, another layer... and another one... and another one... and another one...

thanks I was there in May twice

"¿Bonito Bonita?" かわいい！かっこいい！

Wonderful video!!! I MUST know what those four things are the chef puts on the grill around 11 minutes... clams? oysters? testicles? what?

very cool

Excellent video :)

Is this a complete meal, a snack or a kind of breakfast? That looks huge!

Amazing !!

Great Okonomiyaki! Two days ago I returned from Kobe where I tried this food too, but a bit different )) Czn you tell me the name of this restaurant and may be location? Thank you!

😃😃..looking tasty

Buenas tardes disculpen yo no hablo japonés me podrían decir los ingredientes que lleva esa receta algunos los distingo pero los condimentos no los distingo gracias soy de Colombia barranquilla un abrazo

Fantastic vid! Makes me want to go back there just to go to this place. At about 3:20 he's spreading some kind of wet white-ish stuff on top just before the bacon and asking the customers if they mind it or not. Do you know what that stuff is?

patience with food in action

Part 3: The conversation segues to linda, and how linda is different from bonita. The female customer off to the left wonders it bonita and linda were figured in fashion term (sparkly skirts, etc.)... someone realizes that she was thinking about Lolita fashion.

Are they trying to speak Portuguese language? It’s so funny 😂 😂😂😂😂 I loved that...👏👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Hey, great video!! Would you be kind enough to tell where exactly this restaurant is? I'd really like to go and visit. Thanks for the upload

Deveria ter o nome dos ingredientes usados, em cada processo dos pratos.😐

Thank you so much for the video Bro ... Which restaurant is it ? Where is it located ? Cheers :)

I want to know about all the different seasonings he puts on them besides the "bonito" flake that they seem amused by!

You have to wait for 20 minutes in order to taste this dish

Its the other way around. That's why sodas in Japan are like 300 en

he just threw an egg away WHYYYY

I would like anyone out there to tell me what it was that he made on that Grill all them different layers with bacon eggs cheese can you tell me what that was and I reply back thank you it looks and tastes great I bet

once you see the option of cheese the desperation of having it was great.

i think they are bonito flakes if im not mistaken?

Rotate 90 degrees for horizontal recording.

Shame on me for being Japanese-American and never having tasted the REAL Hiroshima okonomiyaki, LOL :-) Thanks for the video!

Ive been there!

It's possible that it was a bad egg, if you look at it carefully when he cracked it open, something came out of it. Just my guess

This looks so good, even if he's using his bare hands o3o Eh, either way, everything goes down the hatch-

I wonder if we have that in the US cause it looks GOOD WHAT DO THEY CALL IT IN JAPAN... CAUSE IT LOOKS DELICIOUS

The master seems distracted by the cute girl =)

He is making okonomiyakis talking about the origin of Cosmos　”Big bang" or the speed of light. XD His former occupation might be a space physics. XD XD

bonito and green oinon or seaweed ^^

Я бы сдохла от голода, пока дождалась еду от этого повара. Он по ходу языком больше молотит чем готовит ,себя преподносит ,а не жрачку.

what is the brown powder that puts the beginning of the dough

Muito bom

I want to eat this.

Yummy