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A Big Appetite for Okonomiyaki

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Negi pork okonomiyaki modanyaki-style at Fugetsu.
Negi pork okonomiyaki modanyaki-style at Fugetsu.

Okonomiyaki is like the Everything Pancake.

It boasts tender meat or seafood, a heap of shredded cabbage, a sunny side-up egg, and plenty of saucy sauce all over the top.

Tall and impressive, it is a whopper of a meal.

It is guaranteed to fill you up — and then some.

Inexpensive, it is a popular, casual, after-work meal best enjoyed with beer in Japan, which is where I fell hard for it while traveling there.

Unfortunately, you’ll have to look long and hard to find it at Japanese restaurants in the Bay Area.

Two restaurants melded into one.
Two restaurants melded into one.

So when I read about okonomiyaki-centered Fugetsu in downtown Sunnyvale, I knew I had to visit. While there are Fugetsu locations in San Jose and Santa Clara, they are more like takeout markets.

In contrast, the Sunnyvale Fugetsu is a sit-down restaurant. Actually, it’s really like two restaurants in one. Apparently, when Fugetsu’s lease in Santa Clara ended in 2021, the decision was made to move it to Rokko Japanese Restaurant, which is operated by the same owner.

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Where I’ve Been Getting Takeout of Late, Part 40

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Feast your eyes on the "Italian'' at Troubadour.
Feast your eyes on the “Italian” at Troubadour.

Troubadour, Healdsburg

How incredible are the sandwiches at Troubadour in downtown Healdsburg? After I scarfed down an entire one in no time flat, I actually contemplated getting another. Yes, that’s how amazing they are.

The sando shop, which opened earlier this year, can’t be missed, not with its adorable sign that’s like a toad in the hole, except this is a slice of bread with a “T” stamped in its center.

A great sandwich has to start with fabulous, fresh-baked bread, and Troubadour has no shortage of that, thanks to the fact that it’s owned by the same folks behind Quail & Condor bakery on the edge of Healdsburg.

The sign that marks the spot.
The sign that marks the spot.

Both establishments are the brainchild of couple, Melissa Kane and Sean McGaughey, who both worked at Michelin three-starred SingleThread in Healdsburg. That pretty much tells you all you need to know about the quality you’re in for, too.

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