Moeyo Mensuke
Fukushima's duck-chashu ramen shop, famous for slow-roasted duck breast in a clean shoyu broth; a 20-seat counter that fills quickly by 12:00 and 19:00.
Order: ['Duck chashu ramen', 'Tori shoyu ramen', 'Half-rice set']
Okazu Izakaya Kuu is an izakaya restaurant in Dotonbori And Namba, Osaka.
A warmly lit Hozenji Yokocho izakaya serving Osaka obanzai small plates and house sake; hidden beside the moss-covered Fudo-Myoo altar in a lantern-lit alley.
Must order: ['Obanzai set', 'Dashimaki tamago', 'Sake flight']
Address: 1-8-22 Namba, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0076
Fukushima's duck-chashu ramen shop, famous for slow-roasted duck breast in a clean shoyu broth; a 20-seat counter that fills quickly by 12:00 and 19:00.
Order: ['Duck chashu ramen', 'Tori shoyu ramen', 'Half-rice set']
A one-person curry counter with a rotating daily curry made from a house spice blend. No menu card; eat whatever the cook made that morning.
Order: ['Daily curry teishoku']
A vegan Japanese diner reimagining Osaka soul food: tofu karaage, vegan dashimaki tamago, and obanzai daily plates using kombu dashi and no animal products.
Order: ['Vegan obanzai set', 'Tofu karaage', 'Seaweed dashi ramen']
Osaka's longest-running vegan restaurant, serving brown-rice set meals, tempeh burgers, and house-fermented hatcho miso soup. No fish stock.
Order: ['Brown rice teishoku', 'Tempeh ginger stir-fry', 'House miso soup']
A Shinmachi ramen institution since 1957: house-milled noodles in duck and shoyu broth. Queues form by 11:30 and the kitchen closes when soup runs out.
Order: ['Duck soba', 'Gyoza']
A Fukushima sardine-and-soy ramen specialist (Tabelog 100 2024) with a clean niboshi broth; at the 39th minute of each hour the staff hand out free desserts.
Order: ['Niboshi shoyu ramen', 'Wonton topping', 'Shoyu-marinated egg']