Now, I would like to introduce with my thoughts about Monjayaki, which has become a synonym for the area, "Speaking of Tsukishima Monja".
Monjayaki is a very simple dish, but the taste and texture change depending on how you make it, so you will never get out of your hands.
It can be said to be a "common gourmet" that grew up in the city. A lot of information has already been introduced through all kinds of media, so I would like to briefly look back on this history.
As you know, "Monjayaki" is made by melting flour at a candy store in the first place and spreading it thinly on an iron plate, putting shavings and simple ingredients and stirring it around. . It is a common theory that it was mixed like writing letters, so it began to be called "character-yaki" from some time, and eventually became a distorted and became "monja-yaki".
In addition to Tsukishima, there seems to be similar food around Asakusa and Senju, but somehow Tsukishima became famous. Probably before and after the war, there were many factories, and the slightly darker sauce taste was familiar to the body tired from work. In addition, the fact that specialty stores started to open relatively early after the war may have raised Tsukishima's profile.
[Yoshimi family] It is said that "the original" was opened in 1954, but even before that, "monjayaki" itself seems to have been offered at several stores. Founded in 1950, Chikado can be said to be one of the "original ancestors". [Joshu-ya], which inherits the appearance of the past as "100 yen Monja", is also an old shop.
However, after all, since the beginning of Heisei, there have been more opportunities to be introduced on TV and magazines, and their presence has increased at once. The number of specialty stores that used to be counted has increased significantly. Some people originally did other businesses change their clothes or opened a business in desara. People who come for the first time can't afford to be wondering which store to enter.
I talked to my friend, Kazuhide Kataoka, who runs a Monja store. "Because it's a competitive business, I thought about how to get the characteristics. So I appealed to sell seafood and to provide fresh ingredients."
In addition, there is a common friend of mine who works for a patent office, and it was recommended to register the original menu "Ankomaki Shoo Ice" as a utility model, and it was actually approved. If you have a chance to visit, it will be posted in the store, so please take a look.
In addition, each store is devising and competing for the originality of the store. In addition to the taste, it is fun to select a shop according to each taste, such as the design of the shop and the personality of the shop owner.
Maybe you can even think of a combination of new ingredients and suggest it to the store. In the autumn evening, be invited by the scent of the fragrant sauce, and come to Amazing Town in Tsukishima.
