Doteyaki appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Doteyaki · Osaka
Beef tendon and konjac simmered for hours in a sweet white miso, mirin and dashi broth until the tendon collapses to gelatinous tenderness. The Shinsekai dive-bar staple, served on skewers with a beer.
Doteyaki originated in Osaka around 1920 as cheap-cut hot food for working-class drinkers. The name comes from doteni (cooked bank), referring to the way miso paste was piled at the edge of an iron pan as the broth thickened. The Shinsekai district holds the city's most committed doteyaki bars, Daruma's Shinsekai branches included.
Where to eat in Osaka:
- Daruma Shinsekai Honten
- Kushikatsu Daruma Shinsekai
- Daruma Kushikatsu Standing Counter Shinsekai