Broad Island Shokudo Pop-Up

Overview

If you haven't tried the savoury Japanese pancake okonomiyaki, here's your chance. For one weekend only, Hiroshima-born, London-based chef and okonomiyaki master Fumio Tanga will grace Collingwood with his craft at the Broad Island Shokudo pop-up, giving you the chance to sample the Japanese take on what we typically know as a breakfast food.

Okonomiyaki is as popular in Hiroshima as pizza is in New York, says one of the project's collaborators, Kyle Bush. "I've wanted to bring Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki to Melbourne since I first tried it in 2014," he says. "I had seen the Osaka-style in Melbourne but hadn't found anyone doing the Hiroshima-style."

Choose meat, seafood or vegetable toppings for your okonomiyaki, and layer it with a variety of additions, including kimchi, kelp, anchovies, cabbage and bean sprouts. Vegan okonomiyaki will also be available, as will other speciality dishes from Hiroshima. Round off your meal with Japanese beer or natural wine by Victorian winemaker Patrick Sullivan, before kicking back in an okonomiyaki-induced coma to a soundtrack by some of Melbourne's best DJs, including Noise In My Head and Simon TK from Wax'o Paradiso.

The pop-up will be open from 7pm till midnight on Friday, February 24, midday till midnight on Saturday, February 25, and noon till 10pm on Sunday, February 26.