HOWEVER ... Ok, here we go. Pay careful attention. Octopus balls consist of a tasty batter made either with potatoes or some other roots, with a small piece of octopus n the center, then cooked in special muffin-tin type pans, and with a sauce and squirted with mayonnaise. These are rather good. You can find a recipe for them here: http://recipes.chef2chef.net/recipe-archive/30/164645.shtml. Ah, they are great with beer, but Japanese also have a special type of soda for them (http://www.tokyomango.com/tokyo_mango/2007/05/octopus_ball_so.html). The picture shows takoyaki.
Then, squid balls is what I call death on a stick. Sorry, I don't know their name in Japanese. From outside they look about the same, but the squid balls are fried. So far so good. However, squid balls are filled with a mix of squid interiors. The result is a very hot fried ball of dough filled with a very bitter liquid/jelly filling that ... well, it typically creates two reactions in Westerns. The either go down or they come up. I let you imagine what that means. I won't provide a recipe for them, for your sake. had the pleasure to taste them at the Kyoto fish market, in a restaurant in Osaka, and in Nagoya. I know, I should have stopped at the first attempt, but getting even to a third one was crazy. I am a slow learner. Enjoy!!!
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