7 MUST EAT Restaurants in Osaka and Kobe Japan! (food guide) | Jeremy’s Japan Journey Ep 2

7 MUST EAT Restaurants in Osaka and Kobe Japan! (food guide) | Jeremy’s Japan Journey Ep 2

Here are seven must eat spots when you visit Osaka and Coobe Japan. Let me tell you why. Welcome to Jeremy’s Japan Journey part two. If you missed part one, that was my entire trip to Tokyo and I’ll link that here and in caption. But this time, I’m back in Osaka for a little more than 48 hours while also heading over to Coobe for the first time. This is Osaka, Japan’s vibrant kitchen where history and flavor collide. Where Tokyo feels completely overwhelming, Osaka feels a bit more like New York City with its mostly grid system and easy to navigate streets and subways. Once a vital hub of trade during the Edeto period, Osaka earned the nickname Tenka No Doro, the nation’s kitchen because of its central role in rice distribution and bustling food markets. Today, that legacy lives on in its lively food streets like Donaborei, where glowing neon signs and giant mechanical crabs set the stage for some of the city’s most iconic dishes. Locals are said to spend so much on eating out that there’s even a phrase for it, kuda, which means eat until you drop. And that’s my plan. This is my third time in Osaka, so I have a ton more recommendations. So, if you want to see everything, we’re talking all the restaurants, fun, hotels, and more. Check out my substack link bio for the full Osaka coobe nar guide. This egg marine sandwich is the number one most requested videos from you guys. And wow, I’ve never had a video sent to me so many times as this one from Jukin 727 from Decason in Osaka. And yeah, I get it. They serve a number of giant sandwiches, but look at this gigantic egg salad santo that combines an egg meringue with egg salad. That sandwich was so good. Like so much lighter than I thought it would be. Really interesting textures going on cuz you’re getting that like mering coming through. So really, really, really soft. that yoki coming like pouring through truly garlic yolk fat little bit of toasted bread still very soft really really really good I was like ner I was scared to eat to order like double size and I got the single but I easily could have polished off two of them if I didn’t have like a lot more to eat today it’s really good do I want this instead of a 7-Eleven egg salano probably not though I will say it was one of the more annoying eating experiences of my entire life and this has nothing to do with the restaurant I don’t want to blame them at all. It’s the customers. When I got here, now there’s a little bit of line, but I got here and there was like two people in front of me and I was like, “Cool, let’s let’s do this.” But first of all, everyone is in there. And I was like I was like peeking through cuz I was outside for almost an hour. I was like, “What is happening in there?” And they were cranking out food. So I was like, “What is taking so long?” Or two thing, three things. One, everyone’s in there nibbling, which like, okay, you could say like, “Jeremy, stop being a stupid American. Let them eat in peace.” I’m like, I guess so, but like it really it’s not it’s a big sandwich, but it’s not that much food. But then I found out what was really taking forever. The people that had walked in right in front of me not only ordered like every sandwich to eat themselves, they ordered all these sandwiches to go. He was literally packing his suitcase full of sandwiches. So like they they they couldn’t let anyone else into the restaurant cuz the chef is busy making all these goddamn sandwiches for him. And then I finally got in. And I sat down and people behind me, there’s only room for like four more. And they’re like, “Well, but we’re six. We’ll just crowd in. It’s okay.” So then they’re like hovering over me, standing over me. If they had just waited 10 minutes for me to gotten in in their meeting and they could have sat me instead hovered and it drove me crazy. I know this is just Jeremy Grant. Who cares? But like come on guys, I feel line and I get nervous. Like I’m like I don’t want to take up any more space or time than anybody else. And everyone else felt like very inconsiderate. in my time, but it was very delicious. Rant over. Love eggs outandos as much as I do? Head to jeremyjshop.com and show off that love. Teas, sweatshirts, hats, and more. This sandwich is freaking enormous. Oh my god. Osaka Tonkatu is serving the thickest cutlet sandwiches probably in the world. Definitely in Japan. They are literally sumo size since the shop is run by a former sumo wrestler. I got the pork tonkatu which is 5 cm thick or about 2 in. Because it’s cooked low and slow, it is so juicy. Started with the piece of fried bread you get, which is coated in sugar. That’s very good. Let’s get to the main event. This giant goddamn sandwich. Oh my god. I have no clue how I’m supposed to attack this. It’s a thick boy. It is really tender. The fat dripping through. Love that seasonal top. Like very peppery mustard going on there. Some ioli going on there. A little sweetness in the tatu sauce. M. And then just that like crisp just a little crisp around the edges. Last time I had okonomiyaki in Osaka, I did it the bibl recommended namba okonomyaki ainoya honten. But seeing that that line was over an hour and I wanted to try something new, I went next door to Okonomiyaki Sakaba Oo. Little bit of a wait, but it moves quick. And they take your order while online to expedite. The smells as you wait. Oh my god. So, what’s okonomiyaki? It’s a light batter over cabbage and a pancake shape. And then you can go crazy with the other ingredients. I got shrimp and pork. And this was also topped with okonomiyaki sauce, qi, scallions, and bonito. But first, a cold beer just hits different in Japan. Oh man, some porky and that was also cooked right in front of me. And then the okonomiyaki. Super hot. So definitely be careful as you cut into it and take that first bite. It’s like super satisfying. Really fun way to eat. You put right in front of you. finish right in front of you. I mean, it’s supposedly healthy. It’s just like ton of vegetables, lots of cabbage in there, shrimp is good, but meat on top. I mean, that meal just like made me happy. It feels like comfort food. It is comfort food. It is something that is like so super Japanese. I love the experience. I love the food. I love the experience of eating the food. Oh, I just feel good. Oh, the two beers doesn’t hurt either. But wow, I needed that. I’m been like very tired today. My body hurts and my soul hurts a little bit and that is so soul filling as well as stomach filling. God, I love it. Coobe was just a short train ride away from Osaka and it felt like the perfect day trip so I could experience a new city on this trip. Nestled between the Roco Mountains and the sparkling sto inland sea, Coobe is a Japanese port city with a rich history of world famous food culture. Of course, it’s best known for coobe beef, an almost legendary delicacy prized for its buttery marbling and melting mouth texture, but the food scene goes far beyond the steak. But of course, that’s what I had to start with. Maria is one of the oldest and most beloved steakous in Coobe, serving authentic coobe beef since 1885. You sit right in front of the chefs as they prepare each meal, making it such a special experience. I got the lunch special that starts with a soup, then a salad, some grilled veggies, bread or rice, and then you pick from a number of different cuts and sizes, all selected meticulously for just the highest quality meat. I opted for their small coobe beef A5 fillet for 22,120 yen or a little less than $150 that day. That beep just melted as you experience bite after bite with different seasoning and sauces recommended to you by the chef. Think wasabi, salt, garlic, and more. What a lunch. The meat was so good. Like the fat was just like dripping out of it as it melted on my tongue. Oh, so good. I do feel very, very full. It wasn’t that much meat obviously, but still like a pretty heavy lunch. I love that they like gave you coffee afterwards like just in case your stomach like wasn’t killing you. Let’s add some coffee into that. But really excellent meal. I love that kind of eating. I love the chef eating right in front of you. I love the chef recommending how to eat each bite. Different experience with each bite which you know the wasabi, the salt, the garlic, the different sauces, you know, going through it and trying different things. I really really enjoyed and just like yeah a very special experience. So now I the kind of do need a nap, but I’m going to walk off that meal. I’m going to go take a little walk around because well, I don’t know when I’m going to be back in Coobe again. So check it out. Coobe is actually home to one of Japan’s top Chinatowns called Nankamachi, which dates back to 1868. There are hundreds of stalls all serving the classics you expect. Buns, wraps, rolls, dumplings, and I just let my nose and my eyes guide me to figure out what I wanted. And that’s when I saw this massive steamed pork bun. Sometimes I have a plan going in and sometimes I just have to use my eyes and my nose to figure out what I want to try. And it kind of like went from station to station. And a lot of the places looked at very similar things, but I saw this gigantic bun and I don’t even know what’s in it necessarily, but it looked freaking amazing. Steaming and looking good. Hell yeah. M. Obviously pillowy soft, really tender, really juicy, full of onions, sweetness coming through. I use some chili oil. Love a little chili oil to balance out that savory and sweet. This is fantastic. Oh no, my eyes and my nose burn. This is a $7 Lawson’s dinner. And this is why Japan is amazing. Okay, so it was a very long day. My feet hurt me. My back hurt hurts me and I’m very very tired. So instead, we’re doing dinner here in Osaka. I just went to Lawson. So let’s see here. We got a soy sauce, tuna oni. Simple simple but so good tuna. That mayo hitting you. And like just like very very very lightly on the rice. We got a beer. I don’t know why beer tastes better in Japan, but it just does. And then the entree which they heated up for me which is also like really great part of convenience stores here in Japan. Some kuragago and white rice. Oh, it smells good. Oh, it smells really good. Okay. M. Nice little crispy layer, but then thigh meat. So good. It’s juicy. It’s fatty. It’s so much more flavor than than just like the chicken breast. M very very very sat. We got for dessert a cream puff Kaido fresh cream. Oh, it’s like so squishy. It almost feels like it’s going to break apart in two seconds. That’s so funny. Oh m. It is so chewy. And then just like that nice cool cream right in the middle. Oh my god. Look at that. for $7? Are you kidding me? Was I not going to find me the biggest egg salad sound dough in Japan? Back Coffee in Osaka has normal size sandwiches, too. But I was here for the Big Bang, which is the max size bread option at 7 cm of shokuban. This is such a great example of why all food in Japan is amazing. Even something kind of silly like this is given an extraordinary amount of time and effort. Just toasting the bread took over 20 minutes as he kept taking it out to scrape off the burnt parts. Then it was toasted in butter in a pan and then added even more butter on top before one more toast. All to ensure it was perfect. Then on top, he piled on the egg salad, which literally has a dozen eggs. [Music] I mean, it’s like a size of a baby, but it smells incredible. And we’ll try for a big bite, but that’s definitely not the way you’re supposed to eat it. M. It is so creamy. It is so buttery. All that work in the bread to get it like just that perfect amount of just crisp, but still really soft in there. Salty, salty, salty. Oh my god, it’s so good. M. Okay, this seems like a more imaginable way to eat it. It’s like a rip and dip situation. The work to get that bread perfect was like unbelievable. I think like that is like a huge difference what you see in Japan. It’s like, you know, they’re going to take the time. They’re going to put in toast or take it out. Scrape, scrape. Say, put in toast or take out. Scrape say butter, butter, butter, toast, toast, toast, toast just to get it absolutely perfect. I’m concerned by how much of this I could actually eat. I think it did a pretty good job. I’m like stuffed beyond belief. And I made it like is a quarter. Yeah, we’ll say did a quarter. No idea who could finish this, but they are happy to wrap up leftovers for you. And with the coffee, this was less than $12. So that’s it. Everything I ate in Osaken Koi this trip, but Jeremy’s Japan journey isn’t over yet. Coming soon, Kyoto. So definitely subscribe for that. And of course, let me know in the comments what I missed. [Music]

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