January 24, 2008
Giant Tako Ball
I came across the biggest tako ball while walking along the street market in Ueno (上野), Tokyo. As I was hungry, I was more interested in filling my stomach rather than looking at the shoes and clothes around. So I went on the prowl for food while I left my friends in the shoe shop where they got waylaid. My eyeballs caught sight of these baseball-sized tako balls when I walked past the stall. Naturally, I just had to give it a try!
You can choose different toppings - plain, with cheese, with spring onions and three others which I can't remember now.
This giant taco ball is a different from the normal ping-pong ball sized one in that it has got pieces of sausage and a quail egg in it. They were also generous with the taco (octopus).
It is then served in a cute little box not unlike those used for Chinese takeaways in the US. It's not fine dining or anything, but it's hearty junk food and I enjoyed it thoroughly!
And don't worry if you don't speak or understand Japanese. They have pictures with English translations and you can just point to it. Each taco ball costs 300 yen (approx S$4).
Posted by DSD at January 24, 2008 12:55 AM