Street Vendors have become the sensation in NYC, where you can get the classic hot dogs to artisan waffles to famous coffee. It's quick, cheap, and satisfies your stomach when you want a little bite of something. Well, of course, Japan has some vendor foods too, and you can get a taste of that at Otafuku in East Village.
This is small stand sells three major street vendor food, takoyaki, okonomiyaki, and yakisoba. Takoyaki is ball shaped made out of flour & egg batter. Inside the ball usually has a minced octopus, pickled ginger, and and scallions. The balls are made in a specially designed takoyaki grill, and topped over with worcestershire sauce, dried bonito, and green laver. I also love to put mayo on top of the sauce, which makes it a richer taste. Normally, a dish includes six takoyaki balls, and you eat it with a toothpick.
Okonimiyaki is scallion pancakes also topped with the same sauce, and yakisoba is panfried noodles cooked in the same sauce.
Out of the three, I would recommend the takoyaki, because it's easier to share it with another person, and it's just the right size to pop it into your mouth. But you have to be careful when you eat because the batter inside the ball is really hot so you can easily burn you tongue. Whenever I have takoyaki, it always brings back the childhood memories of eating the food with friends after school.
(pictures taken from google images)
Information on Otafuku
Location: 236 E 9th Street
Phone: (212) 353- 8503
Hours: Mon-Thu 1pm - 10 pm
Fri- Sat 12pm - 11pm
Sun 12pm - 10pm
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