Here, the centre is a disc and still everything evolves around it. The place is not ancient though, it’s rather ultra-modern. Which European city, after all, boasts a shop that sells Japanese pancakes exclusively? You see!

Okonomiyaki is the name of the flat titbit and, no, you don’t put apricot jam on top of it. It wouldn’t taste good anyway as the batter is made of potatoes, flour, eggs and cabbage. Yes, cabbage! And still it tastes great! You can choose from four different styles: Osaka is the standard version with sauce. Hiroshima is the version for the big-mouthed: The thin pancakes have loads of stuff on it, vegetables to begin with and noodles and egg on top of it. Negi-yaki comes with batter and without cabbage, but it includes spring onions instead. By the way: You are watching the preparation on the grill. All the tricks you learned live you may later try out yourself at home.