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Ketchup-seasoned chicken rice wrapped in a soft folded omelette, finished with a stripe of tomato sauce or demi-glace. Yoshoku (Japanese-Western) comfort food, invented in Osaka and now national.
Omurice was invented at Hokkyokusei (North Star) in Shinsaibashi in 1925 by founder Shigeo Kitahashi, who wrapped ketchup-mixed chicken rice in a thin omelette for a regular customer with a weak stomach (the restaurant itself had opened in 1922). The dish became Hokkyokusei's signature; the restaurant still serves it the same way at the original Shinsaibashi branch. The dish spread nationally through Showa-era yoshoku diners.
3 editor picks for Omurice in Osaka, ranked by editorial score. All Osaka signature dishes · Omurice across every city.
Hokkyokusei Shinsaibashi ★ 4.7
Shinsaibashi and Amerikamura · 2-7-27 Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0086
Birthplace of omurice in 1922: thin omelette folded over seasoned chicken rice on a teppan. The Shinsaibashi original location is still the benchmark.
Kadoya Shokudo ★ 4.2
Horie and Nishi-ku · Capital Nishinagahori 1F, 4-16-13 Shinmachi, Nishi-ku, Osaka 550-0013
A Shinmachi ramen institution since 1957: house-made noodles in a chicken, black-pork and dried-fish shoyu broth. Queues form well before opening.
Dotonbori Imai Honten ★ 4.0
Dotonbori and Namba · 1-7-22 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka 542-0071
One of Dotonbori's oldest udon restaurants; the kitsune udon recipe has been unchanged since the 1940s; dashi is simmered in a 70-year-old clay pot.
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