okonomiyaki dreams

There is a very popular okonomiyaki stall every Sunday at Up Market on Brick Lane. But I don't live there any more so I had to work out a way to cover the lack of this Sunday treat.
Okonomiyaki is some sort of japanese omelette or pizza. Its light, very tasty and once you have the mix ready, very easy to make. All you have to do is buy some okonomiyaki sauce. It is a type of brown sauce with soya and other secret ingredients. I get it from Japan Centre in Piccadilly.

Here is what you need for the mix:
2 cups of all purpose flour - I use rice flour
Water or vegetable stock
4-6 eggs
A bag of mixed cabbage and leaks
3 spring onions
grated cheddar cheese
a cup of cooked sweet corn - or a tin
okonomiyaki sauce
mayonnaise
fish flakes optional

Mix the flour with the water, or stock and add the eggs and stir. Rest the batter for half an hour and then add the chopped vegetables. Again stir the full mix.
Heat the pan and add a bit of the mix enough to make a nice round disc. Cover.
After 5-10 minutes add the cheese on top and the sweet corn and turn around.
Flip it once more after another 5-7 minutes and add the chopped spring onions.
Remove from the fire and spread the sauce and the mayo as seen in picture.
Beware: Okonomiyaki is totally addictive!

How I learned To Love The Coriander

Not that i ever hated it. It is just that, it's hard to find in Greece, where I come from so I wasn't even aware of it's existence. There are tones of variations of parsley, dill and basil is in almost every dish but coriander is nowhere to be found. Ana, my spanish friend says that the use of coriander is not common in Spain either.
When I moved to London I couldn't help but notice the intense smell and weird taste of it. And I fell in love with coriander straight away.
My then house mate, used to chop fresh ripe tomatoes and add a bit of salt and olive oil and chopped coriander on top. This was our weekend hangover snack. I could eat 5 kilos of tomatoes per day that way.
Yesterday, my new house mate who is a chef showed me how to make coriander last longer once it's chopped off the pot. Wrap the leaves in dumped kitchen paper and put in a plastic bag, take the air off and store in fridge. It will last more than a week!