Oyakodon is one of the dishes that I wish I had put in Gohan, it is one of my ultimate comfort dishes. Oyako (親子) literally means “mother and child" (well, it’s chicken and egg) and don (丼) refers to the rice (actually the character refers to the porcelain bowl) underneath — these kind of dishes where a big bowl of steamed rice is topped with something …
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