Roku - 広島市

I had appeared early because this place is very popular, I couldn't get a seat the night before. The food was pretty good, quite tasteful

Finally a veggie okinomiyaki! Waiting was long and the food service lasted an hour, so ready to wait. But the cook used a special vegetarian dough and made me adapt the toppings. If you want to avoid cross-contamination (see below) just ask that it be served on a dish instead of grill. He used separate spatulas for the Veggie.

First, the amount of spring onions YES. When you visit Roku just tell the owner you’re vegan and they will sort you out. I got okonomiyaki with spring onions and mochi. Deffo recommend mochi for vegans! It’s yummy and has a great texture. Since I speak Japanese I chatted with the owner about what else could be added since we realized the kimchi he had has fish in it. I mentioned these days vegan soy cheese can be food easily in many supermarkets now so hopefully he will be adding soy cheese to the menu someday. If you visit and speak Japanese please tell him too!

Taste-wise, this was my personal favorite of the three vegan okonomiyaki we tried in Hiroshima. Filling, perfectly balanced flavors. The only thing I didn’t like was the unfair pricing— there’s nothing already vegan on the menu, so they suggested we order something minus 2 ingredients and adding 3. Fine, but at the end they charged us full price for the meat-free okonomiyaki PLUS three toppings. Seems unfair to charge us full price for an okonomiyaki without meat, but welcome to Japan. #Veganuary

What an incredible spot. The owner was so friendly and accommodating, asking questions to ensure everything he was using was ok! Cannot recommend enough. If you’re in Hiroshima GO!!#Veganuary