Tenku Bakudanyaki
7100 Elmbridge Way
Richmond, BC
Just like a couple of years ago, there was that small hot dog stand that could: Japadog (check here, here and here). Of course, with every success story, there are their detractors – in the case of Japadog, their prices (slightly higher than other hot dog stands), to paraphrase one of the comments “hot dogs bought from Costco” and location. Those of us who work in Downtown, that is not an issue; however, those who work and live in the suburbs, well, you don’t have that much of an option. So, a new breed of Japanese street vendor showed up in Richmond selling “bakudanyaki“, a supersized version of takoyaki, to quote from Wikipedia “a popular Japanese dumpling made of batter, diced or whole baby octopus, tempura scraps (tenkasu), pickled ginger, and green onion, topped with okonomiyaki sauce, green laveraonori), mayonnaise, and katsuobushi (fish shavings) (“, a lot of people were excited and, to paraphrase a fellow blogger, “is this Richmond’s answer to Japadog?”. I guess there is one way to find out: drop by Tenku Bakudanyaki and have one of their offerings.
