Okonomiyaki time!

I was going to title this post "I get by with a little help from my friends," but I did not want to attract Beatles internet traffic.
I have been very lucky here to reconnect with a guy I previously new (Taki) and a new person to the clinical team, Okita-san. Sorry, no pictures yet. I think Taki is a kindred soul because he likes to eat good food and drink beer. Always thinking about the next meal. He is thin, like most Japanese, so the spare tire he talks about is about as big as a bicycle tire.
Anyway, these 2 have been curious to take me to lunch, and who was I to turn them down? They became impressed that I can eat anything, so they have spent the last several weeks devising more and more challenging foods for me. Bring it on, baby!
They were interested to hear that Mary Ann and I had gone for 'takoyaki," so they asked if I wanted to try 'okonomiyaki.' I confessed that I had not had it, but I would try. They explained it was a regional food, but decide for yourself from this link to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okonomiyaki
So this stuff is like an eggy pancake with lots of different veggies and other things thrown in. I love the wiki definition "cook what you like." I thought afterwards, that this style of cooking begins in college and med/grad school and can persist after that. My roommate Jim and I used to make spaghetti once a week with a jar of tomato sauce and any left over veggies and meat. Same thing nowadays for me and the kids on Saturday or Sunday - omelettte du jour with left-over meat, cheese, and veggies.
Anyway, not to take away from the lunch - it was wonderful! The cook came out shortly with waht looked like 3 nice omelletes (unfolded) and placed them on our table that was actually a mini teppanayiki table so we could keep the okonomiyakis warm and cut them up to share. Nice sauce like mild barbecue sauce. Wow!
OK, guess which is the okonomiyaki, and what is the steak and eggs I had for dinner? Please don't tell my doctor!