In the Studio Ghibli animated feature film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Ohmus are a breed of gigantic crustaceans somewhat resembling pillbugs.
The Kanji writing for Ohmu (王蟲) literall means “King Insect”. Which makes a lot of sense, but also had the likely unintended effect of being associated with Omurice, or “omelette rice” in Japanese.
As a result, after watching the movie, many Nausicaa fans were compelled to create an “Ohmurice” dish, which is usually a plate of rice and fried noodles wrapped in an omelette and topped with sliced tomatoes in lieu of ketchup, like so:
Looks pretty tasty, doesn’t it? Since the so-called Ohmurice is made with all the same ingredients you’d find in a regular plate of omurice, even though it’s supposed to resemble a giant insect, the results can still be surprisingly appetising and tasty.
But that’s if you were going for taste.
If you’re going for realism, well, that’s something else altogether.
Realism was what the elder sister of Nico Video user Kimuyoshi went for, as you’ll see in this video below.
Kimuyoshi’s sister managed to add a modicum of photorealism to this popular (?) dish by colouring the whole dish black – a colouring mixture made with squid ink and spinach powder.
The “legs” part of the dish, typically represented by fried noodles, were instead made with wheat floor and spinach powder.
And this is what the egg plus squid ink and spinach powder mixture looks like… er, yum?
How to make "Ohmurice" -- a dish based on the bugs from Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind [Video]
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