For the automatic cookerz remove that center metal lid when turning on the flipper. That lid is to keep filling out of the mechanism, but once it starts flipping and no worries of dropping ingredients, you can take the lid off. No clacking noise.
At a takoyaki party I was at in Japan they had a maker that had a switch that made it shake like crazy, moving all the takoyaki little by little around. It worked surprisingly well.
1:10 "dashi is kind of like soy sauce". You guys should have edited that part better, I'm sure the rest of what he had to say would have been more informative and accurate. Dashi is very simply just stock made from kombu and katsuobushi or some other fish product.
@@champagnepogi Honestly, yeah, that would probably work. I'm assuming you mean their dashi powder, but even throwing in some MSG would get you most of the benefit, especially if you top it with nori and bonito.
That last cooker would be great for a social gathering around it. Where while chatting and drinking, you can tend to it barely, but produce pretty good appetizers. The first one requires too much attention imo although it is efficient and probably faster. Given how I would use it, I'd use the third.
The good even heating is the most impressive thing for me, non stick and a round shape is pretty simple to make, but making something with even heat is harder
The roots of Takoyaki are said to be Akashi‐yaki (Tamagoyaki). It is said that the history of Akashi-Yaki has started from the Edo period or the Meiji era. It started from Akashi-Yaki, and it became the current Takoyaki through the predecessor of "chobo‐yaki" → "Radio‐yaki“. Akashi-Yaki is now also known as Tamago-yaki. The material is similar, but it is soft, and it is a feature to eat after soaking in dashi soup. There is takoyaki in the space food, too. The space food takoyaki has been freeze-dried
The first grill pan being used here has a non-stick coating, which probably shouldn't be used over a high heat open flame, or with exposed metal flipping tools -- I think the street vendors in Japan use seasoned cast iron, so they wouldn't experience flaking non-stick coatings from open flame heat degrading it or metal tools scraping it off. I bet there's similar sized silicon coated tools that would work. Like funnel cakes or spiral potato at a carnival, a big part of the appeal of ordering takoyaki on the streets in Japan is the action-filled theatrical experience of watching the chef prepare a set of them fresh just for you before your eyes. It's not like the balls alone are some massively unique flavour or texture experience on their own -- I don't recall being able to taste or sense the octopus was specifically even there - you could remove the octopus and probably not notice.
The Amazon page says it is "Material: aluminum alloy, upper surface-non stick Coated", this product is not cast iron. They make it look like that for amateur buyers, but aluminum is not non-stick and doesn't season like cast iron, which is why they put the coating on it.
Even if in the future they'll have takoyaki flipping machines I'd go to a restaurant that still has people flipping it. It is sooo delicious and fun to watch
I've been a fan of anime ever since I was young and I have seen octopus balls in anime and I always wanted to try some is it crunchy is it tender can't wait to try this
It's basically hot, crispy exterior, creamy inside, savory, and chewy. You get the taste of green onions, octopus, ginger along with the takoyaki sauce and whatever other toppings like kewpie or bonito flakes. It's great. Also you don't have to limit to octopus, you can do squid, shrimp, sausage, cheese, whatever you want.
Is it possible the Takoyaki made using the electric version lacked something, because you didn't put any sauce or the bonito like you did for the Gas version? Not a fair comparison IMO.
cast iron is the best becurse its hold the heat better so when its warmed up it doesn't show the unevenness of the flame and the nonstick is the so long you keep up with the maintenance of the cast iron
When I lived in Osaka and we had a party with friends we would always use the second one and it worked like a charm. The pan version seems great for when you go out camping or something and the third one which is supposed to be automatic is just terrible. Noisy and inefficient and also the middle part is just a waste of space.
Loved this, the guest, and love Takoyaki but the best quote was, "if you have many guests, small holes might be better." I'll take my dirty mind back to the recesses from whence it came.
I bet if his restaurant invested it quality stoneware it would probably pay itself off pretty darn quickly just for the continued non stick quality of it.
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah. Unfortunately we don't use gas stoves in Europe =/ At the very least not in Denmark. Would need to buy a one plate, portable gas stove in first =(
