Mifan or Mafan: A Bite-Sized Review of Osaka Takoyaki

By That's Beijing, June 12, 2016

Photos by Holly Li

In Mifan or Mafan, we cover the latest restaurant and bar openings in the form of bite-sized reviews. In this ongoing series, all we hope to do is answer one simple question: is the rice worth the hassle?

This snack shop behind Gui Jie has got balls. Lots of them, in the form of Japanese takoyaki: fried balls with octopus chunks, smothered in cheese, cream and all manner of terrifying spreads.

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There’s also an omelet that, upon opening, we discover is full of fried noodles.

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Uh, no thanks.

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