ODEN “おでん”. Have you ever heard this name before? I ate Oden for dinner today, so let me show you about it, guys! Oden originates from Japan. It is a kind of dish enjoyed in winter commonly since it is warm and has a sweet taste we love. It is cooked in a pot with a lot of ingredients and dashi with a sweet taste. In my family, I usually use white radish, boiled eggs, konjac, fried tofu, mochi, and some fish cakes. My favourite ingredient is definitely white radish, because after it is soaked in a soup, the texture becomes so soft that I cannot hold it with my chopsticks! It is widely available in convenience stores in the winter. Since it takes quite a while to soak all the ingredients in soup, some restaurants in Japan only serve oden. Therefore, I didn’t imagine it was so popular in Malaysia, even though it only has summers the whole year!
Let me show you Malaysian-style oden, which is pretty different from ours. I tried Oden from Family Mart, which is a convenience store based in Japan. Because of it, I thought it was selling the same Oden as Japanese, but no. At first, it has three soups you can choose from; I chose the Tom Yam flavour this time. There are many types of ingredients you can choose to put in your bowl, so just enjoy choosing! I am the kind of person who needs a long time to choose, so it was pretty challenging for me since the queue was so long and I had to choose rapidly. I chose two Korean fish cakes, a fried tofu, a fried fish ball, and Behun as a noodle. To be honest, I wanted to eat eggs or the white radish I do in Japan, but they were not available this time. I will try next time! Everything costs from RM0.8 to around RM4.0. It was RM10.60 this time. I got a RM10 voucher for this product, so I only paid RM0.60!
Alright, it’s time to taste! The soup itself has a strong Tom Yum flavour, which is my favourite. The behun inside is soaked in soup, and it tastes great! I tried Korean-fished cakes, and I felt they were a bit too oily. However, the fried tofu and fish balls looked really cute. I love the fried tofu with cheese inside. Moreover, I felt like the fried fish ball was better than a normal fish ball. The best point of this dish was the soup! I didn’t know convenience stores could sell such a high-quality dish. I am Japanese, but I cannot help admitting how tasty Malaysian oden is….
R stars 8.9/10!
It is actually a pretty high score to think that I am a strict reviewer.
I understand why my Malaysian friend told me that it was tasty and suggested I eat it. They have true taste! I am just enjoying eating different foods and trying new things!
What should I try next…? Thanks for reading my blog! See you soon!
