Takoyaki Party

I've uploaded a video of our takoyaki party. Three Japanese friends, my roommate David, and Pat threw me a going away party on Sunday night, the 7th. Takoyaki is an Osaka dish, which, for lack of a better way to describe it, is octopus balls. In the video, Yukio (far right) freaks out when Ayami (far end of the table) tries to put kimuchi in his takoyaki. Kimuchi is just cabbage in this spicy tomato-based sauce. Yukio maintained that it tasted like ass but I liked it. We added a bunch of other stuff, including sliced up hot dogs for Pat, who hates octopus (which is what Yuko puts near his face), and then put this special sauce on top with mayo on the side to dip them in.

Also, as Yukio found out the hard way, not once but TWICE, takoyaki is extremely hot when it comes out of the pan.