A debate broke out on the Nandemo Jikkyo G board over the difference between okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce. When the poster explained to a friend in Tokyo that “they’re totally different things,” the friend wouldn’t budge — “they’re both just sauce,” “they’re both brown” — and the thread spiraled into opinions on Gindaco (a major takoyaki chain) and the lineage of sauce makers like Ikari Sauce, Otafuku Sauce, and Bulldog Sauce.
Me: "Okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce are totally different things."
Tokyoite: "Isn't it all just sauce?"
Me: "…"
Tokyoite: "Isn't it all just sauce?"
Me: "…"
Gindaco sucks.
Real Osaka takoyaki is where it's at.
Real Osaka takoyaki is where it's at.
>>3
Why do Osaka people hate Gindaco so much?
Why do Osaka people hate Gindaco so much?
>>3
What's "real" even mean? The mushy ones that look like balls?
What's "real" even mean? The mushy ones that look like balls?
>>3
You're seriously eating that soggy, gross takoyaki? Are you out of your mind? 🤣
You're seriously eating that soggy, gross takoyaki? Are you out of your mind? 🤣
Tokyoite: "Worcestershire sauce and chuunou sauce (Japan's medium-thick sauce) are the same too, right?"
>>8
No way they're the same lol. These guys really do have dumb taste buds.
No way they're the same lol. These guys really do have dumb taste buds.
So what's actually different, specifically?
Don't dodge with vague stuff like "richness" or "aroma" — talk ingredients.
Don't dodge with vague stuff like "richness" or "aroma" — talk ingredients.
>>12
Tokyoite: "They're the same color though."
Tokyoite: "They're the same color though."
Not the "nation's kitchen" — more like the nation's dumb palate 🥹 (a jab at Osaka's old nickname, "the nation's kitchen")
>>14
Says the guy who can't even tell sauces apart by taste.
Says the guy who can't even tell sauces apart by taste.
Honestly, isn't chuunou sauce good enough for everything?
>>16
That's basically the answer to every sauce dish.
That's basically the answer to every sauce dish.
>>3
You seem like the type who'd like La Muu (a discount supermarket chain).
You seem like the type who'd like La Muu (a discount supermarket chain).
>>18
At least La Muu beats choosing Gindaco.
At least La Muu beats choosing Gindaco.
>>25
La Muu is dangerous, let's set that aside for now.
La Muu is dangerous, let's set that aside for now.
Kanto person: "Kansai-style okonomiyaki beats Hiroshima-style."
Kansai person: "Can't argue with that."
Kansai person: "Can't argue with that."
>>31
Kanto person: "Modan-yaki (okonomiyaki with fried noodles mixed in) is the best of all."
Kanto person: "Modan-yaki (okonomiyaki with fried noodles mixed in) is the best of all."
>>31 (as imagined by a Kansai person): "Kanto person: 'Modan-yaki is the best of all.'"
This is reality.
This is reality.
Gindaco genuinely isn't that tasty though.
Wish the Gindaco faithful would quit being jealous of Osaka.
Wish the Gindaco faithful would quit being jealous of Osaka.
>>39
Just stirring up conflict to bump the thread. Pathetic.
Just stirring up conflict to bump the thread. Pathetic.
>>39
It's fried octopus, that's why.
It's fried octopus, that's why.
>>39
Gindaco actually sells more though, just saying.
Gindaco actually sells more though, just saying.
When you think Osaka sauce maker, it's Ikari Sauce.
When you think Tokyo sauce maker, it's Bulldog Sauce.
By the way, Osaka's Ikari Sauce is actually a subsidiary of Tokyo's Bulldog Sauce.
When you think Tokyo sauce maker, it's Bulldog Sauce.
By the way, Osaka's Ikari Sauce is actually a subsidiary of Tokyo's Bulldog Sauce.
>>51
It's Otafuku Sauce, actually.
It's Otafuku Sauce, actually.
Feels like takoyaki sauce is the sweeter one.
Wild that mixing it with ketchup basically makes demi-glace.
Wild that mixing it with ketchup basically makes demi-glace.
>>59
Takoyaki sauce is spicier though.
Takoyaki sauce is spicier though.
Me: "Okonomiyaki sauce and takoyaki sauce are totally different things."
Tokyoite: "Wait, aren't they the same sauce?"
Me: "Not even close. Okonomiyaki sauce is sweet and thick, takoyaki sauce is thinner with more of a dashi flavor."
Tokyoite: "But they're both brown."
Me: "That's not the point."
Tokyoite: "Yakisoba sauce is the same too, right?"
Me: "……"
The world of konamon (Osaka's flour-based food culture) runs deeper than I thought.
Tokyoite: "Wait, aren't they the same sauce?"
Me: "Not even close. Okonomiyaki sauce is sweet and thick, takoyaki sauce is thinner with more of a dashi flavor."
Tokyoite: "But they're both brown."
Me: "That's not the point."
Tokyoite: "Yakisoba sauce is the same too, right?"
Me: "……"
The world of konamon (Osaka's flour-based food culture) runs deeper than I thought.
>>62
Drop the puppet-show dialogue and just show us the real sauce.
Drop the puppet-show dialogue and just show us the real sauce.
Bulldog Sauce is for tonkatsu and stuff.
Otafuku Sauce is for okonomiyaki and takoyaki.
What even is Ikari Sauce, never heard of it.
Otafuku Sauce is for okonomiyaki and takoyaki.
What even is Ikari Sauce, never heard of it.
Me, an Osakan, spends a good hour explaining the sauce difference to a Tokyoite.
>>73
Ugh, not funny.
Ugh, not funny.
>>73
They're all just vegetable-simmered sauces anyway, right?
They're all just vegetable-simmered sauces anyway, right?
Tokyoite: "I'm confident I wouldn't even notice if you served me okonomiyaki with takoyaki sauce on it."
>>85
You probably wouldn't notice if it was soy sauce either.
You probably wouldn't notice if it was soy sauce either.
Tokyoite: "Okay then, close your eyes and guess the sauce."
Osakan: "……Takoyaki sauce."
Tokyoite: "How do you even know?"
Osakan: "Because I eat it every day."
Tokyoite: "To me it all just looks like sauce."
Osakan: "It's not about how it looks, it's about the taste."
Osakan: "……Takoyaki sauce."
Tokyoite: "How do you even know?"
Osakan: "Because I eat it every day."
Tokyoite: "To me it all just looks like sauce."
Osakan: "It's not about how it looks, it's about the taste."
>>89
Like a Kansai person would even understand "taste" lol.
Like a Kansai person would even understand "taste" lol.
>>103
What manga is this from?
What manga is this from?
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Mystery] Tokyoites can’t tell takoyaki sauce from okonomiyaki sauce.”
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