L’okonomiyaki お好み焼き
The most well-known ancestor of okonomiyaki could be funoyaki, a kind of pancake used in Buddhist ceremonies during XVI century.
During the Meiji era, the making of the dish passed from monasteries and was renamed mojiyaki After the 1923 Kanto earthquake, people lacked cooking equipment, and it became customary to cook these pancakes that did not require much material.
The dish gained popularity, and soon no more sweet but salty versions appeared, containing fish, vegetables and various meats.
The dish gained popularity, and soon no more sweet but salty versions appeared, containing fish, vegetables and various meats.
It was only after the war, when rice had become scarce, that the consumption of these patties became customary, and they allowed, by adding more solid elements, to form a meal by disenforming rice.
