Day 68: It's Grilling Time! Gorgonzola Naan and Okonomiyaki-Style Tofu (It's a Manly Thing)

Grilling Time--Gorgonzola Naan and Okonomiyaki-Style Tofu

Status: BBQ!

Satisfaction: 8

Associated with: Manly BBQ Aprons

Conveniently, as I type this post, my Spotify decided to spam me with yet another delightful commercial for my manly barbequing this year--they want me to listen to Rascal Flatts. Real manly, Spotify: about as manly as my grilled naan and tofu.

Anyway, the above is my favorite logo ever for grilling aprons. If anybody knows of any that are better, however, I'm always up for a challenge to my vastly judgmental taste in BBQ aprons.

Day 50: Okonomiyaki (Ucchan Style!)

Okonomiyaki

Status: Homemade

Satisfaction: 9.

Associated with: Ranma 1/2 (of course!)

I've been reading Ranma since I was 9, but I never tried making okonomiyaki until this year. Ukyo--otherwise known as "Ucchan"--is Ranma's second fiancee and makes a living cooking up mean okonomiyaki, a Japanese-style pancake with vegetables and an assortment of fillings. I'd never heard of it until I read Ranma, and somehow I spent the following decade-and-then-some drooling over this imagined version of what it would taste like when I finally got my hands on some. 


Needless to say, I won't be putting Ucchan out of business anytime soon--but considering that this dinner was totally Ranma-inspired and 13 years in the making...well, all I have to say is, 


Itadakimasu!