Okonomi — Not the best of Pics

I’ve just eaten the best hot­dog ever – at Japadog in Van­cou­ver, B.C. I ordered a Ter­i­mayo (all beef hot­dog with teriyaki sauce, nori sea­weed, Japan­ese may­on­naise, and fried onions and a Okonomi (kurobuta pork sausage, fried cab­bage, bonito flakes and a spe­cial sauce, which is sim­i­lar to tonkatsu sauce but lighter and with less vine­gar. The Okonomi was my favourite, but both were deli­cious. All these are tastes are very com­mon in Japan but I had never thought to com­bine them atop a hot­dog. From look­ing at the other hot dog stands sur­round­ing the Bur­rad shop­ping areas it is eas­ier to see that Japa Dog is king; they have 3 loca­tions in Van­cou­ver – all on the west side of town.

There are 2 lines at the Japadog stand. I fig­ured I get into the longer one to place my order. To my sur­prise, the longer line is to pickup and shorter one is to order, how­ever the wait was well worth it. These hot­dogs are a lit­tle on the pricery side, but com­pared to every­thing else in Van­cou­ver, where a small bot­tle of water can be $2.00, I say the price is fare.

You should not have a prob­lem find­ing the Japa Dog cart; it will be the one with a long line of Japan­ese stu­dents hang­ing out around it. I am already plan­ning to try to recre­ate these deli­cious hot dogs at home. Wish me luck find­ing a kurobuta pork sausage..hmmm.

Japa Dog

http://www.japadog.com/en/