Meaning
オムライス (おむらいす, Omuraisu) is Omuraisu, a Japanese food (egg dishes, foreign foods, rice dishes).
What is Omuraisu?
Omuraisu is an example of yōshoku (a Western-influenced style of Japanese cuisine), consisting of an omelette made with fried rice and usually topped with ketchup. The dish typically consists of chikin-raisu (rice pan-fried with ketchup and chicken) wrapped in a thin sheet of fried egg. The ingredients flavoring the rice vary. Often, the rice is fried with various meats (but typically chicken) and/or vegetables, and can be flavored with beef stock, ketchup, demi-glace, white sauce or simply salt and pepper. Sometimes, rice is replaced with fried noodles ( yakisoba ) to make omusoba . A variant in Okinawa is omutako , consisting of an omelette over octopus rice. Fried hotdog and spam are also two popular meats to include in the dish.