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!

Day 30 (4.2.12): Pork and Veggie Steamed Bun (Makes You a World-Class Martial Artist)

Pork and Veggie Steamed Bun

Status: Restaurant (Four Seas Taiwanese Restaurant)

Satisfaction: 3. But maybe that's because I microwaved it.

Associated with: Ranma 1/2

I seriously salivate every time Rumiko Takahashi draws a picture in her manga of Ranma eating a steamed bun. Damn it, I need to find a way to look this cute eating dim sum.