Okonomygoodness

Hiroshima is famous for a dish called okonomiyaki, which is a fried pancake made of course with pancake batter, egg, cabbage, pork or seafood, soba noodles, and special okonomiyaki sauce. The traditional way to eat it is straight off the grill with a little spatula and chopsticks. This picture was taken in okonomiyaki district, where there are about 40 okonomiyaki restaurants within just a few buildings, side by side. Talk about fierce competition. The story is, every restaurant has its own secret sauce recipe, and so their products are different. Anyway, legend goes that the woman in this picture has not taken a day off in like 30 years. She is 60 or so now. There are spatulas in her hand, but you can't see them because she's moving so fast.

P.S. Okonomiyaki is delicious, and eating off the grill is just plain cool.