Dabu-Dabu
Theres a dish in Osaka called ‘Dabu-Dabu’.
It is the specialty of a western restaurant called Nihamaya.
Taking a break in researching Osaka curry, I went off to experience Dabu-Dabu.
This area is within the business district and surrounding restaurants look different during lunch to this place.
On entering, Dabu-Dabu is also on the menu, as ‘Single’ and ‘Double’. I don’t understand what these mean, so can’t order.
Upstairs is table seating and the ground floor is counter only.
On top of the counter is an ‘Ohitsu’ bowl of rice, which is self service and not given to you.
This is red miso soup, and these are Fukujinzuke (pickles) available on the table.
Then came the Dabu-Dabu, roast pork topped with loosely scrambled eggs. More precisely, it is perhaps more like ‘Buta-don’ (a bowl of shredded pork on rice) developed into a dish and given an omelet.
The meat’s seasoning is quite thick and I eat together with cabbage and a raw egg. I continue to force it all down with. In a strange way, the Fukujinzuke worked well.
The lid of the nearby Ohitsu was always off, with 3 or 4 servings—an oasis of all those salarymen that want to eat lots and lots of rice.
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