Galley Girl – She's in Your Kitchen

Takeo Shibatani and his two partners want their Osakan octopus dumplings to take off like sushi did in the eighties. Cooked on a custom grill from their cute trailer cart, the seaweed powder-dusted, bonito flake-flecked orbs are not your average snack. The outsides are cooked until golden brown and puffy. The inside has a molten soft center that stays viscous and runny. The finished product is fragrant with ginger and green onion and drizzled with creamy, mayo-based sauce.

Takoyaki Tanota cart can be found roving between LA and OC outside Japanese Markets and at regular food truck events. Just look at their site for updated locations.

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Shibatani’s point about sushi is valid. Many of us who started on Cali rolls now put away eel, giant clam and uni on a regular basis. Could this wildly popular Osakan street food become the next food phenom? What do you think?

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