in osaka, japan (jan’24)

one of the most famous washoku restaurants in osaka, housed in dotonburi, tucked in a small alleyway filled with very touristy restaurants. really loved the ambience here, 3 floors of a small traditional japanese house, with the counter seats on ground floor and the private room on the top floor.

the ingredients here weren’t pristine but cooking was very good, very very traditional kaiseki. preparations here were also very precise, hassun was beautiful with small details like uni stuffed in ebi, negi and masu maki etc. kani course here was also very nice, we had 1 whole crab between the two of us, served in shabu shabu, grilled then with miso, before it is served in the end as gohan which was super delicious. the last shime was also a homemade soba with fugu shirako sauce which we enjoyed very much. first experience here with the tongue of a whale which was interesting, and really enjoyed the unconventional calpis ice cream with kinkan and kinkan jam. finished with a black bean yokan and matcha.

this season’s ingredients really spoke to us so we enjoyed our experience here very much, service was also very good and taisho was extremely nice. but with its traditional preparations i wouldn’t say i’d be as fond of it if we visited at any other season. maybe one day i will revisit for the counter experience if i have a chance, the experience should be fairly different.

蟹コースcrab course: (¥66,000)
饅頭 白味噌manju, shiromiso
✨甘鯛かぶら寿司 amadai kabura sushi
鶯菜 鯛カラスミ湯葉豆腐 uguisu, tai, karasumi, yuba tofu
本鰤刺身 辛味大根honburi, karami daikon
八寸hassun
✨蟹しゃぶしゃぶ shabu shabu crab claw and leg kanimiso
✨焼き蟹grilled crab leg with kanimiso
✨蕎麦 焼き河豚白子ソースsoba in fugu shirako sauce
愛菜 鯨さえずりmana veggie, kujira tongue
✨蟹のご飯crab gohan
✨金柑 カルピスアイスkinkan, calpis sorbet
✨黒豆羊羹 抹茶kuromame yokan + matcha

would revisit: yes (depend on season)
reservations: yes
price range pp: ¥60,000-¥100,000
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📍本湖月
location: 1-7-11 dotonburi, osaka
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