Niku-udon (beef udon) is a signature dish of Japan; we have verified places to eat it in Osaka. Plump Osaka wheat udon in a light dashi-soy broth, topped with sweet soy-simmered sliced beef and spring onion. Start with where to eat Niku-udon (beef udon) in Osaka.
Niku-udon (beef udon) · Osaka
Plump Osaka wheat udon in a light dashi-soy broth, topped with sweet soy-simmered sliced beef and spring onion. The standing-soba-and-udon shop staple of central Osaka.
Dotonbori Imai opened in 1946 in the bombed-out theatre district as an udon-suki house and helped define Osaka's lighter dashi-led udon broth, distinct from the soy-darker Tokyo style. Niku-udon, the beef variant introduced when sugared sliced beef became a workers' lunch in the 1950s, is now standard across every Osaka udon shop.
Where to eat in Osaka:
- Dotonbori Imai Honten
- Matsuba Sohonten
Where to eat Niku-udon (beef udon) in Osaka: the editor picks