Try cooking your own okonomiyaki at at grill-it-yourself restaurant popular with the locals. Okonomiyaki is a Japanese savory pancake grilled on a steel plate. Its main ingredients are wheat flour, cabbage, egg and your choice of beef, pork or squid. How To Make Okonomiyaki 1. Mix shredded cabbage (prepared), Japanese broth, wheat flour, grated yam (prepared) and egg. Make sure to leave it fluffy and not to mix too much. 2. Grill the mixture on the well-heated steel plate. Forming the mixture a little thicker on the plate is the key to make okonomiyaki fluffy! 3. Beside it, grill slices of beef or pork on the plate. After both sides are a lightly browned, put them on the okonomiyaki and cover it with a lid. Just be patient until it is cooked through. If you choose squid, don't forget to add it to the miture before grilling it. 4.After it is cooked through, flip it with a tiny steel spatula called a kote. This is the real thrill! If you could flip it well, you have talent for cooking okonomiyaki. 5. After grilling the other side well, put a Worcestershire-style sauce and mayonnaise on the okonomiyaki, and top it with bried bonito flakes and seaweed flakes. It's fun to see the dried bonito flakes dancing in the rising steam. 6. Slice off a wedge using the kote and put it on your plate. It's time to dig in! Itadakimasu! In the program, a local full of love for okonomiyaki teaches you haw to cook okonomiyaki. Then, you try to make one for yourself. You might have a chance to chat with other customers and find a new aspect of Nara's charm. After the program, why don't you go izakaya-hopping in the neighborhood full of well-preserved traditional buildings.