Wow did we get lucky with our guide Kuni! He took sometime to warm up, but eventually he let loose and shared all his knowledge with us! And even a few smiles. The food in Osaka was out of this world. Here is the link to the tour if you are interested! (this is not a sponsored link or video)
https://www.withlocals.com/experience/the-10-tastings-of-osaka-8c428979/locals/?date=2024-03-05&time=10%3A00&adults=4&children=0
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Meet Cooney we met Cooney in the streets of Osaka just kidding we met online because we booked a food tour Cooney is from Osaka he knows a lot of things about food from Osaka he wears red glasses well red frames see they’re know lenses and the
Glasses the red frames they give him a very foodie look though look the part be the part I’m actually very jealous of his style then you have the red neckerchief to match the glasses yes a neckerchief is a real word red frames red neckerchief you clearly know food
It’s plain as day Cooney took us to three spots beef tempora and sushimi the food tourist said the 10 tastes of Osaka but hey who’s counting First St beef not just any beef really good super high quality beef that you can only find in Japan cooked
Directly in front of us wag like wagu as a ho wag a is that common no common it’s but expensive okay we can go every night okay only the once or 6 months or something have some fresh Wasabi on top here yes and then we’re going to dip it
In some soy sauce oh don’t okay good oh I flipped it don’t fall with the Wasabi I see okay like top three meals of my life I think right now top three mhm I don’t even know what comes ahead of it but the flavoring and the texture of
This beef is I’ve never had anything like it so special feel so so lucky that’s why you I just say t yuck more easy to understand In this a yolk it’s a yolk it’s a orange it’s not yellow this is organic beautiful and then you dip the break the yolk right and the FP the ones and then try one bites see last night eat with a yolk the whole thing in one bite okay here we go
Again lot of EG y here all right here we go the whole thing yes the whole thing okay the flavors in this are really you’re not going to believe it oh my God it’s there’s a sweetness to the Teriyaki but nothing that it’s just like this perfect sweetness I don’t know how
Al explain it the egg is first time to tast like that my first time to tastes like this the egg is like a creamy kind of makes it creamy and but it melts like butter this this beef just melt sell like butter and it’s you barely need to chew this is this is
Exceptional wow feel really lucky thank you it’s so special oh it melts in your mouth and the flavors are just Indescribable I mean a Teriyaki that just tastes like smooth as butter oh it is really unbelievable it’s not a teriak that we’ve had before no no Osaka is
Full of life especially in the Danton Bor District famous for the big crab and the river that flows through the town walking to and from restaurants on this tour was an experience in and of itself next up tempora this experience we having it’s great we’re so lucky oh yeah and then this is
Cheese cheese tempora more mix flavor oh yeah it’s like a smoky flavor the chilies make it kind of smokey very good so this massive oyster was a surprise he asked us if we liked oysters and we hesitated and thought in our heads well we paid 250 USD for this
Tour let’s eat the damn oyster and then when we saw it it’s it really pump up see do we said yes oysters like oyster I thought look at my hand going to be like the size of a dime yeah oh I do what this of course you you P tell
Me take it the Chopsticks and they fold it they stck from here got it thank you here we go oh my God this big is my face ah okay take your time man you could that was a lot speechless speechless we’re speechless over here oh my God I think I like the beef
Better oh So what an experience we are having I mean sometimes you you H or miss on these four tours but our guide has been amazing from the beef then to that tempora the oyster speaks for itself so we’re not done yet now we’re on our way to some sashimi and then there’s dessert
Special special experience we’ll be sure to link the tour below I have never had this style of sushimi before where you kind of scrape it right off the fish and then eat it it tasted so fresh it was unbelievable if you’ve had it this way drop a comment
Below let us know where you know the oldo it’s a FY okay oh this is AO oh and the back side we call the Cho the le le that taste different this is the fatty yeah fat tuna and fat amaz when you like it no it’s it’s it’s amazing it’s buttery
And not there’s no like big fishy taste it’s very fresh we’re a little more accustomed to tasting it be a little fishier and one of the things we’ve noticed in Japan the few times that we’ve gotten Sashimi is there’s no fishiness to it and then we did eat a place
Yesterday and you tasted the fishiness and I thought oh you can tell that it’s not nearly as good so yeah this is we have had some very subpar experiences when it comes to Food Tours it’s really hit or miss Cooney truly wants you to taste and feel the food he
Is preparing for you quality over quantity No hugs a few Smiles but passion passion for really good food that you can feel he gave us a taste of Osaka that we never would have been able to experience on our own and for that we are very grateful all right we have
Mochi soy and soy sauuce soy and sugar soy and sugar a sweet a sweet Mochi soy and sugar the Donora yeah not too sweet you know like a subtle a subtle sweetness yeah it’s good great little nighttime SN thank you so much we will link the tour below the
Food tour with gooni in Osaka it was a good experience we can’t recommend it enough thank you