A Western-inspired Japanese dish that features [[rice]] cooked into an [[omelet]], forming a pouch, and usually topped with [[ketchup]]. The ketchup is often poured to spell out words (such as the intended eater's name).

Typically, the rice is "chicken rice" [[fried rice|fried]] in a pan with chicken and ketchup, but the ingredients can vary. Other variations include [i]omusoba[/i] substituting [[yakisoba]] for the rice and [i]omutako[/i] in Okinawa consisting of an omelet over taco rice.

Stories about the origin of omurice vary, but two such stories attribute its origin to Western-style restaurants. The first says it originated around the turn of the 20th century at Renga-tei in Ginza, Tokyo after the restaurant got the idea for it from chakin [[sushi]], which features sushi rice wrapped in a thin omelet. The second says it originated in 1925 at Hokkyokusei in Minami, Osaka when a cook decided to enliven a regular customer's order of an omelet with rice.

h4. See also

* [[food art]]
* [[girl power]]
* [[Tag Group:Food Tags]]

h4. External Links

* "Wikipedia: Omurice":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omurice
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