tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post110126037973432296..comments2024-02-17T19:56:14.419+09:00Comments on Obachan's Kitchen & Balcony Garden: Omuraisuobachanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-2241657477123803362011-04-23T06:27:28.793+09:002011-04-23T06:27:28.793+09:00Mrk1504
For the All American taste try ome rice w...Mrk1504<br /><br />For the All American taste try ome rice with ground beef instead of chicken. Break meat and sauté with onions,mushrooms, green pepper and green peas. Finish it as regular ome rice. Kids, grandkids and now g-grandkids eat it with gusto.hAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-12695924004500773072010-03-02T10:21:17.850+09:002010-03-02T10:21:17.850+09:00I was stationed on Okinawa during 1962&1963. ...I was stationed on Okinawa during 1962&1963. Omuraisu was a favorite dish. It was often consumed with local beer as a lunch. During that time period it was one of my meals of choice. The rice often included small amounts of meat and a good mix of veggies. <br /><br />EdUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07592472161683572784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-92066831036005103342009-02-03T18:31:00.000+09:002009-02-03T18:31:00.000+09:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-12507400423081956342007-05-17T08:15:00.000+09:002007-05-17T08:15:00.000+09:00I was just trying to decide what to make for dinne...I was just trying to decide what to make for dinner, and I decided on an omelette because my eggs were going to go bad in two days. Then I thought "Hey, why don't I make omuraisu?" because I had leftover fried rice from a Chinese takeout order earlier in the week. I had a little trouble flipping the omelette, but it was SO DELICIOUS. I think I have a new favourite food. I can't wait to try makingUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02692591017825006068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1169533789627660572007-01-23T15:29:00.000+09:002007-01-23T15:29:00.000+09:00Sorry, I can't control my cravings, so forgive me....Sorry, I can't control my cravings, so forgive me. <A HREF="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/366710782_15b505580f_o.jpg" REL="nofollow">This</A> is all I can do now.<BR/>*The red stuff is not mentaiko but ketchup-flavored rice.<BR/>Use a turner (or chopsticks) to bring the edges of the omelet onto the rice.<BR/>Actually the 3rd illustration is not very accurate. You are supposed to keep the obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1169518222080298382007-01-23T11:10:00.000+09:002007-01-23T11:10:00.000+09:00You should be having cravings right now!! >wYou should be having cravings right now!! >w< i would really like to see how it is done!! really truly!! Hey Obachan i am going to the store today so i will get ketchup!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1169514577768875012007-01-23T10:09:00.000+09:002007-01-23T10:09:00.000+09:00I guess this is pretty close to what I do. But thi...I guess <A HREF="http://web-japan.org/nipponia/nipponia20/en/appetit/appetit01.html" REL="nofollow">this</A> is pretty close to what I do. But this flipping-over technique is a bit difficult. It's easier to place the rice vertically on the egg (instead of horizontally as in this site), bring right and left edges of the omelet onto the rice, bring a plate to the left side of the omelet (with the obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1169263326530934862007-01-20T12:22:00.000+09:002007-01-20T12:22:00.000+09:00Hi obachan i still have yet to obtain ketchup..i h...Hi obachan i still have yet to obtain ketchup..i have asked a lot of my friends who were raised in american culture and they hate ketchup on eggs, my family is German but i grew up in America so...you know :D i love ketchup on eggs! I love Japanese culture i hope to transfer to Tokyo university one day and become a translator!! Do you have a recipe for the omuraisu?? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1168907349175659772007-01-16T09:29:00.000+09:002007-01-16T09:29:00.000+09:00Hi Ilona,Gee, it's amazing that so many peopel are...Hi Ilona,<BR/>Gee, it's amazing that so many peopel are interested in omuraisu, whether liking or disliking it. And many of them were first introduced to this funny Japanese invention through manga, anime or TV drama! Hope you get a chance to make one and enjoy it.obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1168883591815504142007-01-16T02:53:00.000+09:002007-01-16T02:53:00.000+09:00Obachan i read about Omuraisu in a manga called Me...Obachan i read about Omuraisu in a manga called Meru Puri (i am American) and i didnt think it was real until i googled it and then here is your site!!! X3 Just looking at it makes my mouth water!! I love Ketchup on eggs!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!!! i would really love to make this...right now..but we dont have any ketchup in my house!! *sigh* I shall return to your siteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1156211618523137712006-08-22T10:53:00.000+09:002006-08-22T10:53:00.000+09:00* Sorry, I didn’t respond earlier. I tend to forge...* Sorry, I didn’t respond earlier. I tend to forget about this post because it was initially posted about 2 years ago, but it’s so nice to keep receiving comments. I never thought omuraisu can be such an interesting topic, but look how many comments this post got! :D<BR/><BR/><B>anonymous commenter</B><BR/>Good luck. ;)<BR/><BR/><B>rosa</B><BR/>I envy you. Okinawa is one place I dream about obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1156177526136680962006-08-22T01:25:00.000+09:002006-08-22T01:25:00.000+09:00Follow up (hit the send button too fast).At my hou...Follow up (hit the send button too fast).<BR/><BR/>At my household, we also eat scrambled eggs with shoyu and furikake of various kinds (of course, we also eat it Canadian style with HP Sauce - no food nationality is safe from us).<BR/><BR/>I have the same opinion of ketchup as one previous poster -- brands matter and many ketchup brands are far too sweet for my liking. If I sweeten the egg "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1156176904822208632006-08-22T01:15:00.000+09:002006-08-22T01:15:00.000+09:00I'd probably have slapped the naysayers on the hea...I'd probably have slapped the naysayers on the head and forbidden them to eat spanish rice or omelettes with tomatoes in my sight ever again. Because.... ketchup (pickled tomato), rice, eggs .... its just another combination of those.<BR/><BR/>I like ome-rice better with furikake (seaweed bits seasoning). However, when I make it with ketchup, I prefer the ketchup mixed in the rice rather than Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1154232039214960402006-07-30T13:00:00.000+09:002006-07-30T13:00:00.000+09:00OMG! i LOVE LOVE LOVE ome rice!! it's hard to fi...OMG! i <B> LOVE LOVE LOVE </B> ome rice!! it's hard to find <I>real</I> japanese food in washington. i lived in okinawa for some years. i miss the food and the different flavored teas. OME RICE ROCKS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1152864002106799912006-07-14T17:00:00.000+09:002006-07-14T17:00:00.000+09:00Thanks for the recipe Obachan!I actually like seaw...Thanks for the recipe Obachan!<BR/>I actually like seaweed, but i don't think i can buy it here. I will try the chicken teriyaki though, thanks :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1152843616525256452006-07-14T11:20:00.000+09:002006-07-14T11:20:00.000+09:00c(h)ristineSorry I didn’t respond to you earlier! ...<B>c(h)ristine</B><BR/>Sorry I didn’t respond to you earlier! So glad to find another omuraisu lover. ;)<BR/><BR/><B>Anonymous commenter</B><BR/>Thanks for your comment. Now we have the re-run of Lunch Queen here in Kochi on weekdays and I envy their omuraisu so much. <BR/>Easy to make Japanese food? Well, it’s difficult to recommend one because I don’t know what kind of Japanese ingredients you obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1152798788573885302006-07-13T22:53:00.000+09:002006-07-13T22:53:00.000+09:00Hi Obachan! Your omuraisu looks delicious! And I w...Hi Obachan! Your omuraisu looks delicious! And I wouldn't mind if the pictures were bigger! ;)<BR/>By the way, I made the macha mable cake and it was absolutely great, just the way I thought when I saw your cake! There were holes in my cake too! :p Anyway thanks for sharing the recipe!Akemihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18128929781680676947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1152774673161509202006-07-13T16:11:00.000+09:002006-07-13T16:11:00.000+09:00Hello Obachan!I was also watching "Lunch Queen" wh...Hello Obachan!<BR/>I was also watching "Lunch Queen" when i heard about omurice! i plan on making it soon, it sounds like a nice meal! I'm new to japanese cuisine, and i've only had sushi of various types and the typical "americanized" food. What's another yummy and fairly easy to make japanese dish for a hungry college student? ;-PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1151517038253898822006-06-29T02:50:00.000+09:002006-06-29T02:50:00.000+09:00Obachan--I LOVE ketchup, and thank you for this om...Obachan--I LOVE ketchup, and thank you for this omuraisu post! I was craving this food SO much while at my writing retreat (where we are not allowed to cook--for other writers this was a treat, for me, I was missing my kitchen)...looking up this post made me withstand my craving until I got home!<BR/><BR/>(and now, I am making omurice--my first meal at home). :)xtinehleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05008913406926177490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1151374565006058242006-06-27T11:16:00.000+09:002006-06-27T11:16:00.000+09:00Hi Ken and anonymous commenters,Sorry I neglected ...Hi Ken and anonymous commenters,<BR/><BR/>Sorry I neglected responding to your comments. Omuraisu is always an interesting topic, because even though it doesn't look/smell as gross as other Japanese foods like natto or seaweed, many non-Japanese people dislike it. So I'm tempted to post about it again sometime soon, and try making a soft-omelet-on-ketchup-flavored-fried-rice type omuraisu. <BR/><obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1151017444618341862006-06-23T08:04:00.000+09:002006-06-23T08:04:00.000+09:00I believe another drama that had omuraisu was call...I believe another drama that had omuraisu was called 'Lunch Queen,' starring Satoshi Tsumabuki! Instead of ketchup however, he added demiglace, the French brown stock sauce.<BR/><BR/>:DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1143495968378530852006-03-28T06:46:00.000+09:002006-03-28T06:46:00.000+09:00Hi Obachan-Thanks for posting all of these delicio...Hi Obachan-<BR/><BR/>Thanks for posting all of these delicious photos. I'm American and lived in Japan for 4 years and I LOVE Omuraisu. I went regularly to a (fastfood?) chain called Omuraisu Tei in Kyoto. The way they prepared their egg was somewhat differnt- more fluffy and moist like a poached egg. Wish I could found out how they did that. If you ever do, could you please post it? And share Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1142486226175880342006-03-16T14:17:00.000+09:002006-03-16T14:17:00.000+09:00I love omuraisu! I'm korean and my mom made it bef...I love omuraisu! I'm korean and my mom made it before but I didn't really like it then. Then I saw a korean cooking show and it gave a nice recipe and I followed it and it was so good. The trick was adding oyster sauce into the ketchup and also frying the meat in spicy pepper. <BR/><BR/>I also saw a drama with tasty looking omuraisu. I think in english it was translated "Lunch Queen" but I don't Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1141261509389274682006-03-02T10:05:00.000+09:002006-03-02T10:05:00.000+09:00Sorry for getting back to you this late.You mean t...Sorry for getting back to you this late.<BR/>You mean the rice wrapped in the omelet was seasoned with white sauce or the rice was seasoned with ketchup but white sauce was poured over the omuraisu? If it was the latter, I guess just regular white sauce would do ... something like <A HREF="http://southernfood.about.com/cs/saucerecipes/ht/white_sauceht.htm" REL="nofollow">this</A> except that manyobachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8421337.post-1139884153652169622006-02-14T11:29:00.000+09:002006-02-14T11:29:00.000+09:00Hi styleconcierge,Thanks for leaving a message and...Hi styleconcierge,<BR/>Thanks for leaving a message and good luck with your omuraisu! I'm sure it'll taste good with cheese. Let me know how it went. :)obachanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18146311760014752971noreply@blogger.com