Interesting question. Offhand I would say the sauce does not contain alcohol. Otofuku is a Hiroshima-based company that makes okonomiyaki sauce. While I do not know whether Nagata-ya uses Otofuku's sauce, it's reasonable to... More
Interesting question. Offhand I would say the sauce does not contain alcohol. Otofuku is a Hiroshima-based company that makes okonomiyaki sauce. While I do not know whether Nagata-ya uses Otofuku's sauce, it's reasonable to assume the sauce recipe is similar. Otofuku's okonomiyaki sauce is available commercially in the US and lists the following ingredients: tomato, date, onion, apple, carrot, peach, orange, garlic, water, high fructose corn syrup, vinegar, sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, salt, modified food starch, soy sauce, yeast extract, guargum, shiitake mushroom, caramel coloring. Anyway if you have dietary restrictions, consider asking your hotel staff to write your dietary restrictions down in Japanese on a piece of paper to avoid any confusion. :)