takoyaki

ball-shaped Japanese snack with octopus

Class type of: octopus dish, yakimono, konamono Q905527

Facts

13 properties

Instance of: dish
Subclass of: octopus dish, yakimono, konamono^[14]^[15]^[16]
Part of: Japanese cuisine^[17]
Country of origin: Japan^[18]
Cuisine: Japanese cuisine
Different from: taiyaki
Discoverer or inventor: Aidu-ya^[2]
Hashtag: takoyaki
Indigenous to: Osaka
Influenced by: akashiyaki^[3]
Made from material: wheat flour, octopus as food, beni shōga, green laver, katsuobushi, Welsh onion, flour, egg, mayonnaise, Octopoda^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Native label: たこ焼き, 蛸焼
Time of discovery or invention: 1935^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en takoyaki ar تاكوياكي cs takojaki da Æbleskivejern de Takoyaki de Tako-yaki el τακογιάκι es Boñuelo de pulpo fa تاکویاکی he טאקויאקי ja たこやき ja タコヤキ ja たこ焼 ja たこ焼き ja タコ焼き ja たこ焼き器 ja 蛸焼き ko 문어빵 ko 다코야키 ko 타코야끼

🔖 Identifiers · 11

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Takoyaki by yomi955.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID: 01040786n
Booru tag: takoyaki
Danbooru tag: takoyaki
Freebase ID: /m/018kx9
Lex ID: takoyaki_(japansk_ret)
Namuwiki ID: 타코야키
NicoNicoPedia ID: たこ焼き
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID: たこ焼き
TasteAtlas ID: takoyaki
Topic's main category: Category:Takoyaki

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Made from material 10

egg, flour, Octopoda, mayonnaise, Welsh onion, wheat flour, katsuobushi, green laver +2 more

Country of origin 1

Japan

Cuisine 1

Japanese cuisine

Different from 1

taiyaki

Indigenous to 1

Osaka

Influenced by 1

akashiyaki

Instance of 1

dish

Part of 1

Japanese cuisine

← Different from 1

taiyaki

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Summary

takoyaki is a dish^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ takoyaki — discoverer or inventor (P61): Aidu-ya. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): wheat flour. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): octopus as food. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): beni shōga. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): green laver. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): katsuobushi. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): Welsh onion. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): flour. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): egg. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): mayonnaise. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ takoyaki — made from material (P186): Octopoda. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ takoyaki — subclass of (P279): octopus dish. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ takoyaki — subclass of (P279): yakimono. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ takoyaki — subclass of (P279): konamono. yamato-foods.co.jp. yamato-foods.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ takoyaki — part of (P361): Japanese cuisine. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ takoyaki — country of origin (P495): Japan. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ takoyaki — time of discovery or invention (P575): 1935. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ takoyaki — influenced by (P737): akashiyaki. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ takoyaki is an instance of dish (Q746549) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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