TAKOYAKIII!! *DROOLS*

TAKOYAKI !!

Takoyaki (たこ焼き or 蛸焼^?) (literally fried or grilled octopus) is a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, ponzu, mayonnaise, green laver (aonori), and katsuobushi (fish shavings).

It was first popularized in Osaka where a street vendor named Endo Tomekichi is credited with its invention in 1935.^[1] Takoyaki can be found in shops called issen-yoshoku (壹銭洋食), which roughly translates to "one-penny Western food". Yaki is derived from "yaku" (焼く^?) which simply means "to fry or grill" in Japanese, and can be found in the names of other Japanese cuisine items such as teriyaki or sukiyaki.^[2]