in osaka, japan (march’24)

super popular ‘izakaya’ in osaka, but unlike most it serves a tasting course, but remains to be a booze oriented casual experience on stools.

for the price of the course, the quality and variety of seafood he serves are definitely extremely remarkable. would say trumps many sushiyas with his sourcing and simple preparations to highlight them to extract the best flavours. it literally begins and revolves around a ‘tasting’ of all the fish he has available, then ankimo and homemade korean influenced mentaiko on ritz crackers. before a cooked cabbage and beef brisket which tasted a lot like hk’s, and some carbs as well - like a lightly grilled tachiuo gohan, fugu shirako and egg yolk dashi served with rice in the end for all the sauce. ended with a perfectly grilled hire steak with sansho peppers, a really really nice potato salad with tonkatsu sauce and toasted soba seeds.

though i wasn’t at all full from this light course, the bill around ¥10k yen with ample drinks which i thought was very reasonable. the price, quality and experience at this 6-seater and one man counter experience is definitely worth trying if given the opportunity to, thank you again to the dear friend who passed me the seats.

omakase course (¥8,800):
蛍イカ hotaru ika
石鯛 ishidai
焼きホタテと酒盜 scallop with fermented bonito innards
のどぐろ nodoguro
ホタテ raw scallop
縞鯵 shima-aji
平貝tairagai
燻製のさわら smoked sawara
赤貝 akagai
焼きさわら grilled sawara

あん肝と奈良漬 ankimo narazuke
自家製明太子 homemade mentaiko

太刀魚のご飯 tachiuo rice
タコの子 tako with its eggs
佃煮ウニ cooked marinated uni
河豚白子 卵黄だし fugu shirako, egg yolk dashi

牛肉と白菜の煮込み stew of beef and cabbage
ヒレ肉とポテトサラダ tenderloin and potato salad
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would revisit: yes
reservations: yes
price range pp: ¥6000-¥10,000
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📍和洋酒菜 ひで
location: 2-1-3 shinsaibashisuji, osaka
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