The History of Takoyaki & Takoyaki Pan
The History of Takoyaki
In 1935, a man named tomoichi endo invented the takoyaki fire and popularized it in Osaka City. He was a street vendor, but he was a clever cook at the time.
Takoyaki stewed Octopus stewed is a small ball shaped dumpling (made of an egg-rich batter and octopus), which originated in Mingshi City, Hyogo county.
With the emergence of new flavors on the streets of Mingshi City, its popularity began to spread throughout guanxi, Guandong and other parts of the country as time went by.
It is believed that the earliest takoyaki cooked snack was introduced in the street snack stall of Bada street, and later evolved into a featured restaurant of takoyaki cooked throughout the western region of guanxi.
Today, takoyaki is so well-known that it has become a household name in Japan and is sold in business outlets such as 24-hour convenience stores and supermarkets.
Takoyaki is also very popular in Taiwan, because historically, the island country has been a common trading partner of Japan since ancient times, and borrowed some Japanese cuisine and incorporated it into culture such as takoyaki.
The earliest takoyaki store was aizuya in Osaka, founded in the 1930s by tomakiri Endo, the food inventor. The shop has been open up to now.
Before takoyaki is famous for its meat as one of the basic ingredients, wisteria first tried beef and konjac, and improved the flavor of the batter!
The nickname of takoyaki is "octopus ball". Before it was called "takoyaki" today, it was famous for its name. Because it is the favorite of the street snack stand dipped in red sauce, it is widely spread throughout Japan.
Takoyaki Pan
You can't cook takoyaki balls without using a special pan.
The takoyaki pan, or its other nickname, the takoyaki pan, is a cast iron baking pot decorated with concave hemispherical molds. [read my full takoyaki pan review here].
The unique iron griddle furnace heats the takoyaki evenly until the lower hemispherical side is cooked, and then turns it over with toothpicks or larger bamboo to make the uncooked batter boil at the bottom of the round cavity.
Restaurants, vendors or individuals use LNG or LPG tanks as fuel to cook takoyaki during the open-air Japanese Festival.
For home use, the electric version is similar to an electric stove. The stove version is also available.
Because takoyaki is a very easy to cook recipe and is a popular street food in Japan, many families in Japan have takoyaki pan.
This is also the reason why Japanese shops and supermarkets generally produce and sell this special kitchen product; however, they may not be so popular outside Japan.
Online stores like Amazon do sell takoyaki pan, but if Amazon doesn't ship to your country, or you can't find it in your local store, you can use a Dutch pancake pan instead.
The two pots are very similar to each other, except that the Dutch pancake pot has a shallower round indentation than the Japanese takoyaki pan, but they can still do it.
