Takoyaki

Osaka's most beloved street food, takoyaki are golf ball-sized wheat flour batter balls stuffed with minced or diced octopus, pickled ginger, and green onion, cooked in special cast-iron moulds and finished with Worcestershire-based sauce, Japanese mayonnaise, and bonito flakes. Invented by street vendor Tomekichi Endo in Osaka in 1935, they are now sold at 50,000 shops across Japan.