December 17, 2016

Oyaki/おやき

Just wanted to show some photos of store-bought oyaki given to my parents as an oseibo (year-end gift). Oyaki is another local dish of Nagano (aka Shinshu).
両親がお歳暮としてもらった市販のおやきの写真をちょっと載せます。おやきも長野(信州)の郷土料理です。

Four different types, cabbage, kiriboshi (cut and dried daikon), nozawana, and Chinese cabbage.
四種類(キャベツ、きりぼし、野沢菜、はくさい(白菜))です。
Oyaki with nozawana filling:
野沢菜が入ったおやき:
Oyaki with Chinese cabbage (and other vegetables):
はくさい(と他の野菜)が入ったおやき:
Not bad, but I really want to have the ones made in an irori (open fireplace) in the old-fashioned way, like the ones shown in the YouTube video.
悪くはないですが、このYouTubeのビデオのように囲炉裏で昔風に作ったおやきを食べたいです。

2 comments:

Amy said...

Thank you so much for teaching us about these unique dishes from Nagano, Hiroyuki! From watching the video, I agree that the ones made over an irori look very appetizing. The oyaki actually remind of me of hotteok, from Korea - hotteok are usually stuffed with a sweet filling made from brown sugar and nuts (like here: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/hoddeok), but they can also be filled with savory vegetable fillings (like here: http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/yachae-hotteok). At any rate, oyaki look very delicious!

Hiroyuki said...

Amy: Thanks for your comment and links. Hotteok! They bring back memories! I had one at a cultural festival of my son's high school! I had assumed it was spicy.
http://hiro-shio.blogspot.jp/2012/09/my-sons-school-festival.html