12/9/2011

In Japan — The Evil One advertises

O maia ina mua0, muah ooooo muaooooo, Chuhu!
[There is one that is seeking and judging, and that's The Evil One. ---Samoan saying ]

Top photo via jeffkole’s flickr () | Bottom photo via MrsTsk

Read the Rest-of-the-Story about these OCTOPUS BALLS…

Posted by Taro in Absolutely nothing to do with anything, General | 12 Comments »

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12 Responses to “In Japan — The Evil One advertises”

1. Taro Says:
   December 9th, 2011 at 1:26 pm

   In case you were wondering, those signs are for Tako-yaki , literally meaning “fried octopus” or “grilled octopus”, is a ball-shaped dumpling made of a piece of batter and cooked in a special takoyaki pan. The batter is typically filled with diced or whole baby octopus, pickled ginger, spring onions, and crispy tempura scraps (tenkasu). Tako-yaki is usually brushed with the slightly sweet brown tokayaki sauce and mayonnaise, and topped with with aaonri (green laver, or green seaweed) and katsuobushi (bonito flakes).

   OCTOPUS BALLS! (aka Takoyaki )
   
   This a a close-up of a Takoyaki snack make in the Dotonbori entertainment district of Osaka Japan. Photo thanks the flickr photostream of wallyg.

   
   Photo via wallyg’s flickr: Japan, Osaka – Namba: Dotonbori district —- Takoyaki |

2. Denfour Says:
   December 9th, 2011 at 3:48 pm

   There always has to be something lurking down there…

3. Celestial Elf Says:
   December 9th, 2011 at 8:34 pm

   Thought you might like my Cthulhu machinima film
   The Highlander; Cthulhu Enigma
   Ia Ia Cthulhu Fhtagn!

4. den4 via email Says:
   January 25th, 2013 at 9:48 am

   Why do tako-chan communicate in engrish? Are they all Japanese?
   

5. den4 via email Says:
   January 27th, 2013 at 3:19 pm

   tako-chan
   
   Embiggen to a full-sized photo, 648 x 670 pixels.

6. Taro 3Yen Says:
   January 27th, 2013 at 3:22 pm

   den4 wrote:
   taro-chan

   Just a language note:
   The word Takochan comes from tako meaning in Japanese “octopus” and chan meaning “darling”—in other words, ‘Little Miss Octopus’ or ”Darling Cthulhuesque Cephalopod.’

7. den4 via email Says:
   March 8th, 2013 at 11:54 pm

   Hungry? Have some upside-down tako cake…
   

8. Den4 via email Says:
   April 6th, 2013 at 6:59 pm

   Takochan! Takochan! Takochan! Takochan!!
   

9. Den4 Says:
   May 2nd, 2013 at 6:37 pm

   Tako-chan

   It turns out that “Tako-chan” is a Dumbo octopuses…
   
   …Dumbo octopuses (Grimpoteuthis) have ear-like fins that resemble the ears of Disney’s flying elephant Dumbo. These octopuses live at depths of 3,000 to 4,000 metres below sea level and hover just above the seafloor, hunting for food. Although little is known about them, researchers believe there are at least 18 different species of dumbos—the largest ever recorded was 1.8 metres in length and weighed 6 kilos.

10. den4 (via email) Says:
    May 5th, 2013 at 12:07 am

    OBEY!

    
    Embiggen.

    Dumbo Octopus (Grimpoteuthis) for world overlord!
    Can’t do any worse than our current world leaders! :D

11. den4 via email Says:
    May 18th, 2013 at 7:33 pm

    
    tako soup

12. goth-loli Says:
    May 21st, 2013 at 11:16 pm

    goth tako mouth
    
    Embiggen to 500×404.

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