There has been much hype on the interwebs (and @BAKUDANYAKI on twitter) about a little van out in Richmond serving up bakudanyaki, a Japanese fritter filled with octopus, squid, cabbage, mochi, egg and sausage. Tenku Bakudanyaki is doing a roaring trade in these fried snacks and there were a number of people hanging out in the parking lot when we got there, some reading or playing catch while they waited for their orders.
Although I couldn’t bring myself to eat the more tentacly parts of the octopus and I never did see any sausage, this was still a pretty filling and decently delicious snack for only $5.
The trouble is, for me, that it’s out in Richmond. A Vancouverite without a car, I get out to our ethnic-eating treasure of a suburb much less frequently than I would like. But I got a map and found the parking lot this van is parked in (don’t worry, there are signs) and placed our orders. My friend and I both had the special, norimiso (seaweed and miso), but it’s available in original, curry, wasabi, chilli, pizza and mustard flavours.
I’ll be back. I’d like to try a couple more flavours. I just wish they’d drive their van into Vancouver once in a while.
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7100 Elmbridge Way, Richmond
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I wish they’d have a location in Vancouver too! Would definitely make it easier for me to check it out.
Pizza flavour? Having trouble picturing that. I also don’t make it out to Richmond as often as I would like. For the food that is
interesting—I’ll have to check this out;
awaiting your follow-up review
I had the pizza flavor the first time I went and it was surprisingly good!! Definitely going to go back and trying the other ones. My friend liked the wasabi-mayo