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Kitamura House

Another Osaka MUST visit for Sukiyaki:
Kitamura House
(2 Michelin Stars)

Entrance

Entrance

We Went with Sukiyaki and Butayaki (Butter-yaki)

Appetizer: Sweet Miso with Beef Slices

Appetizer: Sweet Miso with Beef Slices

Don't forget to wear your apron for the feast!!

Don’t forget to wear your apron for the feast!!

For the Butteryaki:

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Part of Butter Yaki : Mushrooms, Green Peppers, Carrots, Cabbage, Long Beans

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Butteryaki Beef 🙂

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Buttering the pan

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Basking in the beef goodness

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Sukiyaki: Kansai Style ( This is different from the normal soup style or the one eaten at Fukuoka)

Sukiyaki Accompaniments: Konyaku, Toufu, Leek, Cabbage

Sukiyaki Accompaniments: Konyaku, Toufu, Leek, Cabbage

Sukiyaki Beef

Sukiyaki Beef

What is Kansai style of Sukiyaki?

Step 1: Put the Beef and position the sugar in the middle

Step 1: Put the Beef and position the sugar in the middle

Step 2: Add in Dashi and Shoyu

Step 2: Add in Dashi and Shoyu

Step 3: wait for the sauce to boil

Step 3: wait for the sauce to boil

step 4: dip into mixed raw egg to enjoy

step 4: dip into mixed raw egg to enjoy

step 5: to be eaten with rice

step 5: to be eaten with rice

step 6: cook the vegetables in the remaining sauce

step 6: cook the vegetables in the remaining sauce

When we gobbled down the whole course, we were presented with a mini souvenir from our ‘Sukiyaki cum butter yaki master’

Verdict: 5/5 will return back
The cut of the beefs were excellent, apart from the quality (at least A5). This batch of beef was from Saga 🙂 They all import beef from all over Japan, such as Fukuoka, Saga, Hokkaido, Kobe etc..
Although I think if you wanted more flavours, Sukiyaki would still be more a favourite choice.

Advice: It would be better to book in advance / get your concierge to book the place for you because we were quite fortunate to get this booking in the nick of time.

Kitamura House
〒542-0083 
1-16-27 Higashi-Shinsaibashi,
Chuo-ku, Osaka City
TEL:06-6245-4129
http://shimizu.or.jp/kitamura/home.html

Fukuoka #7.3

So to round off my trip, We were disappointed earlier that in Saga, we couldn’t get beef .. so we decided we should at least have a meal that ends with beef. We were waitlisted for 1 hour ++ because this place was SO FULL!! and I must say, although we were quite hungry and irritated to have to wait so long for the table, the wait was well worth!

Ningyocho Imahan

we all went for the sukiyaki set. I really do admire the Japanese in their patience and pride in making a type of cuisine so refined and everything is broken down into steps that probably have been well thought out and practiced over the years.

Huge chawamushi

Tadaaaa

We chose a set that included premium and normal beef.

Premium beef

Normal beef - melts in the mouth supers

Wordy toufu looking thing is handmade gluten

Goodness *slurps

This is a picture of the normal beef. IT MELTS IN THE MOUTH! literally! even uploading this picture makes my mouth water thinking of it … We were so pleasantly surprised, squealed with excitement and gave the server a shock hahaha in the process. The normal beef had such high standards.. the premium beef! we can’t wait to try it!

Look at the marbling in the beefie man!!!!!

All good things must always come to an end .. we slowly devoured all our beef .. and with the remaining eggs, the lady poured it into the pan, and cracked a few more as well .. thus looking like :

At the end of the sukiyaki course, egg is being poured into the pan, cooked in the essence of what was left from the whole cours

Then .. all is not wasted as there are beef essence (we also kept some meat to last us till the end when the rice came! Each precious piece! The lady must have thought we were crazy or something! hahahaha ..

remaining sauce is cooked with egg and poured ontop of rice 🙂

mixed together to become :

Yummies

A totally enjoyable and unforgettable meal! I must say this was one of the best highlights of the trip! Nonetheless, look forward to return again in future, and re visit some of the places!

Ningyocho Imahan
JR Hakata
shiteiamyupuraza Hakata
9F, 1-1, Hakataekichuogai,
Hakata-ku, Fukuoka-shi,
Fukuoka, 812-0012