I was hanging about and chatting away with a family who was fishing on the dock.

They were catching lots of kinds of little fish, and then got an octopus.

"Ew!!" a girl said. They looked each other as if asking who's going to release it.

"I can do it" I said. "It's actually yummy."

"You are more than welcomed to take it home" they told me.

While I was waiting for my darling (kiwi husband) and our friend (Japanese) to finish tidying up the yacht, they caught 3 octopuses. Lucky for me!

Remembering we had special cookware for Takoyaki, Japanese octopus dumpling at home, we decided to have it for our tea.

It's a bit tricky dish to make as the timing and the way to turn the dumpling has to be right- often first-timers Takoyaki doesn't come our round which supposed to be.

"I don't think we make it as good and round as professionals do"

my darling and our friend were not willing to try to cook it,

but as I am from Osaka, Takoyaki's home,

I made it just right!

When I let my darling to do it with its skewer,

Although cooking Takoyaki takes long time for a little amount of food,

we had a great time chatting, drinking and poking it.

It reminded me of the days when friends and I used to go to DIY Takoyaki restaurant at the age of 13-15 in Osaka!!