A note on the words: okonomiyaki is a savory Japanese cabbage pancake griddled on a flat teppan iron plate, brushed with a rich brown sauce. Modan-yaki is a variation that folds fried yakisoba noodles directly into the pancake. Butatama is the classic version topped with sliced pork and egg. Here the Kiji-ryu modan-yaki is grilled entirely by the staff and kept piping hot on the counter griddle.
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Toda Wataru no Okonomiyaki Santekan on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. This time I headed to “Toda Wataru no Okonomiyaki Santekan,” an okonomiyaki restaurant inside Ark Hills South Tower in Roppongi Itchome. I have been here before, and they are apparently a famous okonomiyaki shop in Osaka, and the food is quite good. What is great is that they make it and bring it over to you. Grilling it yourself is fine too, but you cannot make it nearly as well!
Since I came alone, I took a seat at the counter.
Come to think of it, I might have never sat at this counter right in front of my eyes before.
Daily special okonomiyaki — 980 yen
Homemade curry rice set — 1,000 yen
Kiji-ryu modan-yaki — 1,150 yen
Butatama — 860 yen
Well, it is a shop in an office building… I suppose? So they have daily lunch specials and such.
Or rather, they even have things like curry. Looking around, it seems like many people are ordering the butatama (pork-and-egg okonomiyaki). Next time maybe curry, ha.
Curry intrigues me. But since it had been a while, I chose the Kiji-ryu modan-yaki, which is probably the most famous.
Now, waiting for a little while… though maybe it was only about five minutes.
They set it down on the griddle at the counter right in front of you.
Mmm, looks delicious. The soft, runny egg looks really nice.
Taking a bite,
Crisp cabbage with crunchy meat. In there are noodles and plump squid, and it is exceedingly delicious!
The somewhat sweet sauce is great too. Having it sitting on the griddle so you can eat it piping hot the whole time is also wonderful.
Because the flavor is bold, properly speaking eating it alongside something like a beer is probably the way to go!
For a single pancake, it is just the right portion for lunch — thoroughly satisfying!
So, I came for okonomiyaki for lunch, but because they grill it for you, the smell does not easily cling to your clothes, and it might actually be quite recommendable! It was delicious, so I thought I would definitely come again.
Toda Wataru no Okonomiyaki Santekan (Okonomiyaki / Roppongi Itchome Station, Kamiyacho Station, Akasaka Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.5
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
