The Chicken and the Egg: Mastering Japan’s Original Comfort Food

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Published 2017-02-22

Oyakodon, or chicken and eggs over rice, may be one of Japan’s simplest comfort foods, but done right, it can also be the most satisfying. Tokyo’s Tamahide restaurant has been setting the bar for oyakodon since 1891. Through eight generations of perfecting this gooey, savory dish, Tamahide keeps a strong tradition alive, and owner Konosuke Yamada intends to it pass on to his children. As customers willing to wait two hours for a bowl can tell you, here the chicken and the egg BOTH come first.

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@ipixiemonster 6 years ago

Fact: The watery substance is not oil; it is a stock-based broth.
@deantegreen8530 7 years ago

The way that egg just sliiiides off that pan..... 👌👌👌👌🔥🔥🔥
@GiverOfFreedom 4 years ago

What immense pressure to be born into a family like that. Imagine saying "I do not want to continue the restaurant."
@OMGitsTerasu 5 years ago

Customer: what came first? Chicken or egg? Chef: yes
@Lulluney 7 years ago

Oyakodon is such a great recipe when you're living alone. I ran out of groceries about once every two months while I was in college, but I usually had an egg, some frozen chicken, onions, and rice lying around. The ingredients are essential for me in most of my cooking, so even if I ran out of everything else, as long as I had those, I still had a delicious meal. It's an incredibly simple dish anyone can make. The relief of finding enough stuff to cook with was seriously the best seasoning you could have asked for.
@danieljohnford9939 7 years ago

They bathe the chicken in her own children. Humans are savage.
@as54ot 6 years ago

"Expanding the business, making profits - these are not my priorities." - THAT'S A GREAT BUSINESS MIND SET !!!!! SALUTE !!!!!
@moonlight_5836 4 years ago

a heart warming reunion of a mother and her children
@houdini6915 4 years ago

I hope his business is not failing during this pandemic
@connorschleicher4259 7 years ago

Who else is hungry seeing this?
@OnefinityAnimationsTSF101 4 years ago

If you don’t know which comes first, might as well cook both.
@jasonkyo11 7 years ago

When I went to Japan, we go there ofcourse to eat this famous Oyakodon. It's a really precious feeling that you cannot express to yourself because it is so delicious. It is worth to fall in line for about an hour. But I knew something is wrong. "Wish the restaurant stay 50, 100 or 200 years more" The restaurant might be in danger because there's no kids, teenagers or young adults to eat it. Mostly elders. Wish they pass the tradition to eat this in their grandkids or children. So they come back for the next generation.
@BradKalinoski 7 years ago

Japan, one of the best countries I have ever been to. I have been going to a little over 15 years since I married my wife. And I can say, its not like any other country I have been to. Love it over there.
@pingpenguin7116 3 years ago

Ah yes Oyakodon... my favorite genre.
@RayMak 4 years ago

THIS LOOKS SO GOOD
@a0last0request 6 years ago

So much respect for this man and his values. It's rare to find people so dedicated to their craft and be so content
@Kushrioza 7 years ago

Cooking parents in their children Nice.
@Skyntj 2 years ago

This dish should be called "family reunion" or something like that.
@JunieVM 3 years ago

It’s about a legacy not a profit, BIG RESPECT.