On 2023/08/30 at 12:30, I ordered a parent-child bowl for ¥547, miso soup for ¥85, with a coupon discount of ¥30, total ¥602. There were no other customers ordering parent-child bowls around me, mostly just beef bowls with the occasional pork bowl. I soon realized the reason for this - it's actually an onion bowl! 50% onions, 30% egg, 20% chicken breast. Let me say it again, it's an onion bowl! I fell for the misleading article on social media. Well, I love onions so it's not too bad.

I am in Osaka. In Osaka, there is a shop in Kita, Nishi Umeda. It was right in the middle of Douchika. I visited the shop around 3 pm after missing lunch. Other shops had already finished serving lunch at that time, so it was helpful to have a shop like this open all day. My stomach was empty, but I didn't have time to choose a shop. There is a possibility that there are no shops open to choose from. So, I rushed into this shop. When I entered the shop, it was surprisingly spacious and full of seats. However, there were few staff members, about one in the kitchen and one in the hall. Despite it being an odd time, there were quite a few customers, and the hall part-time employee seemed a bit flustered, speaking politely but with a strong tone, which was a bit intimidating. In my mind, I cheered him on! I always order beef bowl, but this time I decided to be adventurous and ordered the Teppan Beef Kalbi Set. There was also a Teppan Beef Yakiniku Set, but I didn't feel comfortable asking questions, so I chose the Kalbi. After waiting for 5-6 minutes, the Teppan Beef Kalbi Set was brought to me. It was thin, white, and papery meat that looked more like pork. I doubted if it was beef. When I tried it with the sweet and savory sauce, I thought, well, maybe it's beef? However, the meat was too thin and lacked substance as yakiniku, which was quite disappointing. I didn't need miso soup or salad, so I wished they had made the meat thicker. I noticed later that I could have ordered extra rice or a larger portion, but it was too late after finishing my meal. I didn't need an extra portion, but a larger portion might have been just right. I thought maybe eating beef bowl at a beef bowl shop is the best after all.

Charred green onion yakitori donburi (rice bowl) in large serving size for 734 yen, with a half-cooked egg for an additional 107 yen. The fragrant smell when served increases anticipation, but the yakitori itself doesn't have much charred flavor. Well, maybe it's because it's not cooked in-house... but still, it was worth trying since I was curious about it online.

The rain doesn't seem to be stopping... I don't have to worry about getting wet... I entered this restaurant around 6:05 PM with about 30% of the tables occupied. I sat at the counter in the middle and ordered the beef yakiniku set. The food was served in about 3 minutes. The meat was delicious, but the rice and miso soup were just average. The salad was not that great. I used 2 shareholder privilege coupons I bought at a gift certificate shop, and paid the remaining amount with a Jeff Gourmet card, receiving 443 yen in change. I'm heading home now.

The meat is assumed to be around A3 quality with a focus on fat. Overall, it is on the tougher side with some inconsistency. The sauce is too sweet. No need for kimchi.

My usual lunch, haha. The restaurant is normal inside, but takeout is always soupy. The soupy inside was too mushy, so I stopped getting it. My ritual is a regular beef bowl with an egg, then add shichimi to both, a little soy sauce on the egg, mix it all together, and top it with pickled ginger on the beef bowl. That's it, haha. By the way, Yoshinoya has the best shichimi and pickled ginger. Matsuya and Sukiya are too bland. It's around 470 yen now, but I miss when it was 350 yen. Still, Yoshinoya is the best for beef bowls, right?

I took a little detour from work to explore new shops in Dochika. There were various shops different from the ones in the station building, but they were all crowded during lunchtime. Since I'm not good at waiting in line alone, I started eliminating the shops with lines and ended up at Yoshinoya, which has a good turnover rate (lol). I decided to go all out and ordered a large serving. My go-to at Yoshinoya is the beef bowl with extra sauce. I like to add plenty of pickled ginger and a little bit of shichimi spice on top.

There aren't many places in Dojima Underground Shopping Street where you can casually have a drink, but if you head to the building near the station, you'll find some. I stumbled upon a lantern of "Yoshinomi" at a quiet time. I sat at the counter, ordered a bottle of beer, and got the beef dish (regular) as a side. After eating the beef dish, I found myself craving rice.

Having lunch at Yoshinoya for the first time trying their curry. Ordered the vegetable curry. First of all, it's disappointing that the bowl is dirty. It had a lot of vegetables like lotus root, pumpkin, and sweet potato, but the sweet potato was quite disappointing. I should have stuck with the beef bowl after all.

Sarasina beef bowl in October 2018? What's that? There are many menu options other than beef bowls~ haha I prefer to eat curry at a curry restaurant, eel at an eel restaurant, and ginger pork at a set meal restaurant! ⭐ I miss the old days when you could just order a regular beef bowl with extra broth, extra green onions, no green onions, or beef only! Sometimes I crave Yoshinoya's beef bowl! It was delicious! Thank you for the meal~ (#^.^#)

I ordered the Negi-tama Gyudon Salad Set. There were many Japanese staff members, and the service was speedy from ordering to delivery. The taste was comforting. The combination of green onions and egg, the tenderness of the beef, and the richness of the broth impressed me. I chose a Japanese-style dressing for the salad, which made it easy to eat.

I had lunch at Yoshinoya located in the underground area of Dojima, directly connected from Kitashinchi Station. It was crowded with office workers from buildings like Avanza during lunchtime. Most of the restaurants were full, but Yoshinoya, where you can easily eat, was popular. As a meat lover, I often use beef bowl chain restaurants.

Beef bowl with extra sauce, very saucy. Vegetable salad.

Beef bowl restaurant with extra sauce, fresh vegetables, and sesame dressing.

Black curry and fresh vegetable salad with sesame dressing.

Beef sukiyaki with plenty of ginger.

Beef bowl, side of fresh vegetable salad.