I love Monjayaki, but there are not many places where I can eat it, so I am happy when I find a place like this. I ordered my favorite mentaiko cheese mochi Monjayaki. I mixed it myself and cooked it on the iron plate. It was so much fun! I spread it on the plate, let it cook a little, then peeled it off and ate it. The flavor of the broth, the crispiness, and the classic deliciousness of mentaiko, cheese, and mochi were irresistible. Monjayaki is so delicious! Plus, I heard that on weekdays, you can eat all you want for only 999 yen. Isn't that too good of a deal? There were a lot of families there, and the dads were really active in cooking. It was fun because there aren't many places where you can cook your own food like this. I enjoyed making and eating it! [Dohtonbori Naka River]

It seems to be a chain restaurant for okonomiyaki. They offer all-you-can-eat, similar to Don Don Tei in Fukuoka. I can't eat as much as before, so I ordered a single item - Cheese-covered Butatama for 1160 yen (tax included). You cook it yourself and eat. The ingredients are different from the okonomiyaki I've had before. It includes potatoes, spicy minced meat that seems to be used in tantanmen, and the batter is less, so the texture was unusual! There is a drink bar for an additional 100 yen. I'm interested in trying other okonomiyaki dishes, so I'll visit again if I have the chance. Thank you for the meal.

This store seems new to me~ It's a spacious place with a parking lot~ For lunch, I ordered a slightly smaller portion of okonomiyaki with rice, miso soup, and salad. Hmm, maybe just okonomiyaki alone would have been enough~ I ordered the okonomiyaki (with mochi cheese) and a single serving of monjayaki (recommended classic mix monja). "Welcome! Pompoko~?" I think that's what the staff said, "Pompoko-pon~"! It was cute. I added candy ramen as a topping to the monjayaki, and it was deliciously crispy! The okonomiyaki was fluffy and the mochi cheese was gooey and tasty.

The restaurant that greets you with "Honboko~ Irasshaimase~" is known by many. This greeting is from the restaurant Dohtonbori, a Tokyo-origin okonomiyaki specialty store with two locations in Fukuoka Prefecture. The store I visited is located in Katanawa, Naka-gawa City, and the other store is in Itoshima City. Both stores are in the suburbs, but why? I heard that okonomiyaki restaurants typically also serve yakisoba, so I decided to ask. It was just before noon on a weekday when I entered the restaurant and was greeted with this unique welcome. It made me chuckle honestly. I was informed that they have yakisoba on the menu, which surprised me. After taking off my shoes and putting them in the shoebox, a female staff member guided me to my seat. The room had tatami flooring with cushions, and it was a four-person table. After listening to a kind explanation from the staff, I chose the Yakisoba Lunch for 825 yen (includes pork yakisoba, rice, and salad). The basic style requires customers to cook their own food, but the staff kindly offered to cook it for me when they saw that I was an older gentleman. The way they skillfully handled the spatula and cooked the yakisoba was mesmerizing. The finished dish was served on a plate with mayo and nori sprinkled on top. The noodles were thick and chewy, and the simple ingredients of pork, cabbage, green onions, and bean sprouts had a slightly spicy flavor. I was told that mixing in some okonomiyaki sauce would make it sweeter, but I found the flavor perfect as it was. It reminded me of the way people in Kansai eat yakisoba with rice. Although I couldn't finish the whole meal, I felt that the portion of yakisoba in the lunch set was a bit small. The vegetable salad that I didn't eat consisted of lettuce topped with shredded daikon and chopped seaweed. The impression of the staff member, whose name I forgot to mention, stayed with me, and I left the restaurant feeling satisfied. The quality of service can truly make a difference in the dining experience.

Chain store. It seems that the lunch menu varies depending on the store. The lunch set is definitely less than 1000 yen, and slightly smaller in size. I chose mochi, and the dessert was frozen mango. You mix and bake it yourself, which is okay. The mochi came in a smaller size with 2 pieces, but it was delicious as usual.

I saw a flyer in the newspaper and thought, "Let's give it a try." We decided to visit a okonomiyaki restaurant called "Dohtonbori" in Nakagawa. Although it's a place we often pass by, we had never been there before and never had a reason to go. I ordered the regular pork okonomiyaki, while my husband ordered the Dohtonbori Modern Yaki. We had to cook it ourselves. The ingredients for the pork okonomiyaki arrived first, followed by a considerable amount of time before the ingredients for my husband's Modern Yaki arrived. Maybe they planned the timing that way! Lately, I occasionally make okonomiyaki at home on a hot plate. Hmm, it's not that different, maybe even tastier at home... Did I cook it wrong? The surface wasn't crispy and the inside wasn't fluffy. It was just okay (^_^;) The restaurant is really spacious. There were many families there! It might be fun to make okonomiyaki with a large group of people.

You can easily come by car as there is a spacious and easy-to-park parking lot, making it a relaxed space for families to enjoy. With plenty of seats available, you can enter without having to wait, and the menu offers a variety of dishes using ingredients from different regions, allowing you to try new ways of enjoying okonomiyaki.

The other day, on my way back from the Nakagawa area, I visited a restaurant I had been curious about, Okonomiyaki "Dohtonbori Nakagawa Store". It is a nationwide chain of okonomiyaki restaurants, and in Fukuoka, there are two stores: Nakagawa Store and Itoshima Store. On a Sunday night, the restaurant was bustling with customers ranging from young families to elderly people. The lively atmosphere inside the restaurant, along with the staff's cute greeting of "Welcome! Ponpokopon!" added to the cozy feeling. At Dohtonbori, it is a "cook it yourself" style of okonomiyaki restaurant. The staff will teach you how to cook it. There are instructions on how to cook it placed on the table as well. The menu is extensive, offering various styles of okonomiyaki from Kansai-style to Hiroshima-style, yakisoba, monjayaki, and even a 90-minute all-you-can-eat option for okonomiyaki, monjayaki, and yakisoba. If you eat a lot, the all-you-can-eat option is a good deal. This time, I tried the Meat Trio Okonomiyaki with beef, pork, and chicken for 918 yen. Mix the batter well to incorporate air, cook one side for 5 minutes, flip, cook for another 5 minutes, and flip again for 5 minutes, totaling 15 minutes. I followed the recipe using a timer and cooked it. I topped it with sauce, mayonnaise, bonito flakes, and seaweed to finish it off. The batter was fluffy and delicious! It was fun and satisfying to cook and eat it yourself. From the yakisoba menu, I tried the popular Mixed Yakisoba for 810 yen. You can choose between sauce flavor and salt flavor. You cook it on a hot iron plate yourself! It had thick noodles with plenty of ingredients and a spicy yakisoba sauce, which was to my liking, and it went well with beer. I also felt like having rice, so I added some rice balls, and my stomach was happily full (laughs). I enjoyed the experience of cooking my own okonomiyaki and left satisfied, but above all, the customer service from what seemed to be the store manager was excellent. While waiting, he offered drink service to a small family with children and was quick to respond when a friend accidentally spilled their freshly ordered beer on the grill. Despite causing trouble, he even offered a free beer as a service. Thank you very much. I was very satisfied with the pleasant customer service! When I go to Nakagawa again, I will definitely visit this place. Dohtonbori Nakagawa Store Address: 8-119 Katonawa, Nakagawa-cho, Chikushino-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture Tel: 092-951-1157 Business hours: 11:30-23:00 (L.O. 22:00) Parking available

[Revisit] Find a partner for okonomiyaki! I received this mission and revisited right away~! (laughs) I infiltrated the evening session, and once again encountered Jebeler-san!!!?? Oh, wait, it was his older brother. According to some information (what kind of information?), it seems his younger sister is also around here... (no deep meaning intended) Anyway, today I had a handle keeper with me, so I investigated the collaboration between beer and okonomiyaki! As expected, beer goes well with hot, melty okonomiyaki~ It was delicious at first, the first 2-3 bites. (mystery) After that, the taste of the okonomiyaki became dull, and everything I ate tasted mediocre. (I ate 3 different kinds of okonomiyaki that day) In the end, I concluded that beer is the best because it's affordable and doesn't interfere with the taste! (laughs) Rice and miso soup are also essential! However, the cost-performance ratio drops if you come at night. There's a 10% late-night surcharge. (cries) (I'm not sure what time the late-night surcharge starts) I had a coupon that made a 750 yen okonomiyaki 500 yen, so it was okay, but if I had to pay the full amount, it would've been a landmine situation (laughs) Overall, "Alcohol corrupts both people and taste buds." Jebeler-san's older brother. I hope he doesn't catch a cold... That's all for my undercover investigation! Pompoko-pon (laughs) Thank you for the meal. At lunchtime, I visited with my wife. Coincidentally, I encountered someone who looked like a reviewer at the entrance (laughs) I took a picture without permission! Inside the shop, they said, "Welcome, we'll guide you to your table for two! Pompoko-pon!" Pompoko-pon? Who's that? Me? Well, it's true that both of us are pompoko-pon (laughs) Although the lady guiding us isn't that young, is she really saying it with genuine enjoyment, following the company's policy? There was such a big gap that I had to do a double-take (laughs). In addition to okonomiyaki, this place offers all-you-can-eat courses for monjayaki, yakisoba, and yakiniku, making it a versatile restaurant. Of course, being a coward when it comes to all-you-can-eat, I chose okonomiyaki (laughs). I ordered the "mix and the one with beef tendon meat" for 750 yen. Then the lady said, "Do you know about our system?" "No, I have no idea~!" Then let me explain... (omitted) That's how it was cooked (laughs) (I'm explaining the process briefly in the photos.?) Self-okonomiyaki after a long time! Since no one offered to cook for us, it seems like it's a given that you have to cook it yourself (hence, I rated the service at 1.5 points, but if they cooked it for us, it would be 3 points). It's impossible to flip it over at the beginning! No matter who does it, it turns into a mess (laughs) But you can fix it, so don't give up and shape it! (laughs) I forgot to mention, if you're in a hurry for lunch, please avoid coming here. It will take at least an hour from entering to leaving. Bearing that in mind, I noticed something. If you have time, I recommend cooking one at a time. Or rather, come when you have time (laughs) Now, how does it taste? The dough has a lot of moisture, and the finished product is melty and lacks the "flouriness" that okonomiyaki is known for! Okonomiyaki is supposed to be about the "fillings," but in the case of this okonomiyaki, it's delicious even without fillings! No, it's so good that it almost feels like the fillings are getting in the way! My wife even said it was delicious, so it must be really good! I felt like I wanted the lady at Yoshida's okonomiyaki shop to try it. Really. Or was it because I cooked it myself, as mentioned in the title at the beginning? Let's go investigate with the usual reliance on others! Off we go! Can someone please uncover the truth? (laughs) Thank you for the meal.

This is a chain restaurant of okonomiyaki located in Katonawa, Nakagawa-cho. This time, I went out for dinner with a close junior colleague and their family. Three lively children of my junior colleague were also with us, so we had our meal at the table at the back of the store. This is a type of restaurant where you make teppanyaki and okonomiyaki on the table griddle. The elementary school children were delighted to cook by themselves, but the wife seemed worried about getting burned... My junior colleague casually chose from the menu and placed the order for us! The fathers made a toast with beer as usual. The beer snack was the classic edamame that came out first, perfect for a starter! Next was another classic, octopus with wasabi. Now, it's time for the children's eagerly awaited teppanyaki. First, we had gyoza, which we cooked from the raw state on the griddle. I was worried if I could cook it well, but I managed to make it delicious following the instructions on the menu. The children's favorite corn butter was also cooked on the griddle by themselves! Finally, it's time for the okonomiyaki. First, we had the Cheese-in Okonomiyaki for 750 yen. Following the manual, we made a proper okonomiyaki. Next, we challenged the Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. There were some twists and turns, but we managed to shape it somehow. The children were delighted in this restaurant where they could make their own food right in front of them! The restaurant is located almost opposite the Seven-Eleven in Katonawa. Dohtonbori Nakagawa Store Address: 8-119 Katonawa, Nakagawa-cho, Chikushi-gun, Fukuoka Phone: 092-951-1157 Business hours: 11:30-23:00

It's my first time at Ponpoko-pon, where you can enjoy all-you-can-eat okonomiyaki, monja, and yakisoba for 90 minutes at 1,344 yen. The drink bar costs an additional 100 yen. In my opinion, the all-you-can-eat option seems more worth it as the individual dishes are quite pricey. More than half of the customers opted for the all-you-can-eat option. My friend and I had 6 okonomiyaki, 1 monja, and 2 yakisoba dishes. My favorite was the "Cheese IN" with lots of cheese, perfect for cheese lovers. The okonomiyaki was fluffy and delicious overall. The "Parfait Monja" was so-so, I would have preferred the pre-parfait version. The yakisoba had a spicy and adult-oriented sauce, which I enjoyed. With the drink bar included, the total came to 1,444 yen. A decent price for those who can eat a lot. Highly recommended for those who enjoy eating a variety of dishes!

I went there without any information at all. Since it's still new, the interior of the restaurant was clean and many of the staff were young and energetic. I tried the mixed okonomiyaki, which was delicious, just like any other okonomiyaki. There was a black sauce available, which was also tasty. They have a stamp card where you get 1 point for every 500 yen spent. With 20 points, you get a free okonomiyaki, and with 40 points, you get a 1000 yen discount. They also seem to be able to host parties, and there is a large parking lot available.