Korumon Market @ Osaka

Korumon Market

2 Chrome 4-1 Nipponbashi

Chuo Ward

Osaka 542-0073

Open daily 9am to 6pm

Note

- walking distance from Namba Metro station

- crowded with China tourists

- good place for lunch

- place for seafood, beef, fruit

Puffer Fish

Japanese sweet potato

Naniwa Kappo Kigawa @ Osaka

Naniwa Kappo Kigawa

7-7-1 Chome Dontonbori

Chuo ku

Osaka

Tel: 06- 6211 3830

Close on Monday

12pm - 2pm

6pm - 9.30pm

Note

- reservations strictly via phone from hotel concierge in Japan, i.e tried 2 other reservation methods but failed - (1) calling from SG and (2) cousin at restaurant 2 days prior were both not accepted

- 3 menus for lunch (5k, 8k, 10k yen) and dinner (15k, 18k, 20k yen)

- went for 8,000 yen lunch with 9 courses + 1 dessert + tea

- cousin went for dinner 18,000 yen dinner with 10 courses + 1 dessert + tea and better ingredients

- would recommend lunch experience as sufficient

- managed to make reservation via hotel concierge on Friday evening for Saturday lunch

- 5 minute walk from Namba metro station

- 12pm was 10 seat full, with remaining 2 seats arriving at 1pm

Appetizer - tofu paste, small shrimp, makomo & mizunomi (wild vegetables), chrysanthemum flower & leaf

Small dish - deep fried wheat gluten & yuzu citron miso, pumpkin chips

Sashimi - Kigawa style 

Left to Right - Fish bonito + Squid basil + Snapper seaweed +Anaco eel +Baracuda spice sauce

Duck meat dumpling soup, Black pepper, Turnip leaf & yellow chives, Red bell pepper kudzu starch tofu

Grilled hamo eel & eel egg, Yuzu citron, Shimeji mushroom & sudachi citron, Myoga ginger

Cooked mackeral & japanese mitten crab miso soup, Deep fried tofu, Taro, Pea

Deep fried cutlassfish & leek & mitsuba leaf, Lily bulb, Maitake mushroom

Cream croquette (in shrimp & onion - similar to gratin)

Grilled wagyu beef, Celery miso sauce, Lotus root & wheat gluten, Mustard

Cooked rice in dried shitake mushroom & dried shrimp

Green apple mochi & Cooked pea (tea flavour)

Green tea, Plum jelly

Hanamaruken Ramen @ Namba

Hanamaruken Namba Hozenji

1 Chome 2-1 Nanba

Chuo-ku

Osaka

Open 24 hours

Note

- Round 2 dinner at Dotonbori

- 10 minute walk from Namba Metro Station

- counter seats only

- long queue of about 20 at 10pm & queue of 2 at 11pm (about 15 minute wait)

Simple Ramen 650yen / S$8 + seaweed 160yen / S$2

6 pc Gyoza - 290yen / S$3.70

Fried breaded skewers @ Daruma Osaka

Kushikatsu Daruma

2-3-9 Ebisu higashi

Naniwa ku

Osaka 556 0002

Open daily 11am to 10.30pm

Note

- fried breaded skewers of meat & veg

- dipping sauce is reused by next customers so no double dipping

- whole area has many shops selling skewers and this has 2 branches just round the corner but this is bigger and more crowded

- took metro to Dobutsuen-mae metro station, 5 minute walk from exit 1

- Yen 3,682 / S$46 for 2 pax   (15 sticks of combo dobutsuenmae + 1 pc each of A4 Japanese black beef, Iberian pork, hanamidori-famous kyushubchicken)

Braised beef tendon - side dish / doteyaki

Pork

Quail egg & chicken

Hotel New Hankyu

Hotel New Hankyu

Note

- 1st stop at Osaka Station on Airport Shuttle @ 1600 yen, about 1 hour

- very small room but only

(A) 20 steps from airport shuttle

(B) just above Osaka Metro, Midosuji Line, Umeda Station

(B) connects to Osaka Station for JR lines to Kyoto, Kanazawa, etc

Kansai airport shuttle and Osaka Metro

Kansai Airport Shuttle:
http://www.kate.co.jp/en/timetable/detail/UM

- 1,600 yen from Terminal 1 to Hotel Hankyu
- 1 hour bus ride

Osaka Metro day pass for 600yen: