Best Eating around Kansai Restaurants List

The thin, refined, white noodles feel good going down, and go well with the noodle soup base full of umami extracted from dried bonito and kelp. The store’s famous menu item is Kyohu Udonsuki (from 5,000 JPY), which contains abundant ingredients from the sea and mountains. Soba Gozen (from 1,500 JPY), which includes a side dish, a seasonal soba and a bowl of rice, is also popular.

This is the second shop of the ramen restaurant Marui, which serves ramen piled high with chopped green onions. The store is brightly lit like a café and is popular among women, too.

This is a cheesecake specialty shop, providing over 30 kinds of special cheesecakes (from 594 JPY) that rotate from day to day. Besides cheesecake there's an abundant food menu, such as a quiche set and a coconut curry.

This is a Japanese restaurant in a hotel, where a talented master chef prepares the dishes. If you visit the restaurant for lunch, be sure to try the Yamato nabe gozen (2,400 JPY) that's served in a small pot for one person. The Yamato nikudori (chicken) and Yamato imo (Japanese slimy potato) fried dumplings are stewed in the soup made of chicken stock with soy milk and cow's milk, providing the delicious, mild taste that will keep you coming back for more.