Yummy umami

Usuta sauce compliments fried dishes. - The Yomiuri Shimbun

The dark, thick, savoury sauce called usuta is well-loved around Japan.

WHEN one thinks about the assimilation of Western dishes into Japanese cuisine, usuta sauce quickly comes to mind. The dark, thick, savoury sauce – whose Japanese name derives from the English “Worcestershire sauce” – enjoys a special place on tables in Osaka, where people love to pour various sauces over okonomiyaki pancakes and takoyaki octopus dumplings.