"I found this place mentioned on Chowhound while looking for Japanese restaurants in LA that serve okonomiyaki. To my surprise I found a place that, like many places in Japan, let you cook yourself! You can order the okonomiyaki cooked in the kitchen, but it is more fun to cook it yourself. Each Teppan Grill sits 4-6 people. You will give you a flyer with instructions for cooking the okonmiyaki. They offer the typical style of okonmiyaki as well as the soft Goopy Tokyo style monjya yaki, and the Noodley Hiroshima style okonmiyaki. You can start with normal okonomiiyaki and do your research before you try the other styles. My first time here we were totally confused about the monjya yaki and ended the liquid chaos back into the bowl. We watched videos and instructions online until it makes sense and we enjoyed it at Gaja ever since. Some of their employees have very strong accents in English. If you need help with your okonmiyaki cooking, try to catch the thin old guy with the glasses and beard."
