I've been to Osaka twice and just along Dotonbori. In those two times, it was always crowded, always seem to be in a frenzy and with literally nowhere to walk around except for one straight line. My traveling companions and I had to hold our hands to make sure that no one got lost and this was just to cross the very short road to the other side of the street.
Our original plan was to go to the crab restaurant. Once we got there, though, it had a sign up that said, "Finished". This simply meant that they were fully booked out. Well, understandable considering it was the 24th. So sadly, we started wandering around to look for another spot to have a proper dinner.
I happened to noticed on our way to Dotonbori from the Namba train station, that there was a vacant long table that could potentially sit 6 people in a bbq restaurant. I cannot remember the name at this moment, as this was quite random. I convinced my party to head back there and scout out the food and price, hopefully, if it was within our range, then we could simply head in and get away from the craziness outside.
It turned out to be quite a decent Korean grill restaurant and we ordered a banquet type meal for each person costing around 3,600 yen. This, though, came with a decent amount of food - 1 platter of different cuts of beef, 1 platter of beef innards (yea, lungs, liver, heart - that kind), 1 platter of vegetables, 2 plates of small side dishes and lettuce leaves. Before the end of the meal, you had the option to choose either a cold noodle, bibimbap, rice with soup and a small dessert (ours that night was some kind of citrus sorbet).
Their ordering system was a bit strange though. They allocate a room per group of guests. Because the service was quite efficient and abrupt, you're required to "call" them through an intercom, then they would come over with the additional item that you've requested. It sort of reminded me of a karaoke room but in a Korean restaurant.
That aside, I thought the beef itself was very delicious and tender but we all agreed that we did not like the beef innards at all. Some of the parts were unidentifiable, it might have helped if we knew Korean or Japanese. And just to note that we actually did not mind eating them and did not actually find them exotic. We did grow up eating stewed kidneys and braised pig hearts.
Our original plan was to go to the crab restaurant. Once we got there, though, it had a sign up that said, "Finished". This simply meant that they were fully booked out. Well, understandable considering it was the 24th. So sadly, we started wandering around to look for another spot to have a proper dinner.
I happened to noticed on our way to Dotonbori from the Namba train station, that there was a vacant long table that could potentially sit 6 people in a bbq restaurant. I cannot remember the name at this moment, as this was quite random. I convinced my party to head back there and scout out the food and price, hopefully, if it was within our range, then we could simply head in and get away from the craziness outside.
It turned out to be quite a decent Korean grill restaurant and we ordered a banquet type meal for each person costing around 3,600 yen. This, though, came with a decent amount of food - 1 platter of different cuts of beef, 1 platter of beef innards (yea, lungs, liver, heart - that kind), 1 platter of vegetables, 2 plates of small side dishes and lettuce leaves. Before the end of the meal, you had the option to choose either a cold noodle, bibimbap, rice with soup and a small dessert (ours that night was some kind of citrus sorbet).
Their ordering system was a bit strange though. They allocate a room per group of guests. Because the service was quite efficient and abrupt, you're required to "call" them through an intercom, then they would come over with the additional item that you've requested. It sort of reminded me of a karaoke room but in a Korean restaurant.
That aside, I thought the beef itself was very delicious and tender but we all agreed that we did not like the beef innards at all. Some of the parts were unidentifiable, it might have helped if we knew Korean or Japanese. And just to note that we actually did not mind eating them and did not actually find them exotic. We did grow up eating stewed kidneys and braised pig hearts.
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