Osaka, Japan｜Okonomiyaki Tomoe

Great restaurants full of locals! The owners did not speak a word of English and their menu is in Japanese but they do their best to help you out and make sure you're having a good time. We just asked about Okonomiyaki and they pointed to the menu section where we managed to match the katakana to words we somehow knew about (ika for squid, tako for octopus, etc.). When in doubt, we looked at what the other customers where ordering and pointed at it. Highly recommend the "Mixed" (pronounced "mi-ku-su", with porc, octopus and squid) or the "negi" which is an okonomiyaki made with chive instead of cabbage. The owner (we think she was the owner but can't be 100% sure) was so happy to see us a second time that she hand made some Onigiri for us to try and gave my wife some paper fans. Unfortunately, we did not understand most of what she was telling us :-(

Visiting solo, I was invited in given a place to sit. I then had a delicious okonomiyaki. Highly recommend!

Amazing okonomiyaki among the after work crowd. Felt lucky to get a table. They have an English menu. The pork kimchi was great as well as the squid pork okonomiyaki. Sadly they were out of negiyaki (green onion) when we came just after 8pm on a Friday.