How to pronounce Oyaki

Oyaki is written おやき where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ojaki/. In plain English letters that is oh-YAH-kee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Oyaki?

Oyaki is a snack of Japan. Where it comes from: Nagano. People usually eat it as a snack and at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour, vegetables and beans & tofu. It tastes savory.

Where Oyaki comes from

Oyaki is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

• Gohei mochi 五平餅 · Snack · Chubu mountains (Nagano, Gifu, Aichi)

  Gohei mochi is a grilled rice snack from the mountains of the Chubu region: the Kiso and Ina areas of Nagano, eastern Mino and Hida in Gifu, southern Toyama, and the hills of Aichi and Shizuoka.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

• Jingisukan ジンギスカン · Main dish · Hokkaido

  Jingisukan, named after Genghis Khan, is grilled mutton or lamb cooked on a dome-shaped iron pan.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Oyaki in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Oyaki:

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• Tempe mendoan · Snack · Central Java (Banyumas), Indonesia

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• Pitaroudia πιταρούδια · Snack · Rhodes (South Aegean), Greece

  Pitaroudia are small fried patties that are a traditional dish of the Dodecanese, and specifically of the island of Rhodes.