Tripping Far Side

Dante and Yumiko are here! We had a fun day after work today. We went to go look for a few things at Yodobashi Camera again. Of course, this store is a diarrhea of all electronics in current existence. Way bigger than Fry's. It's sort of geek heaven, but only a step below because that honor is already right fully taken by Akihabara in Tokyo. Yodobashi is only electronics, while Akihabara has porn mags galore, game arcades, and maid cafes.

Anyway, we went up to the 8th floor, where we wanted to go eat okonomiyaki at Fugetsu. The wait was pretty long. Must be a common occurance because there are 12 stools or so outside the entrance, so people can sit in line while they decide on the menu. Aww, so considerate.

When we got in, we ordered beers, pork and kimchi modanyaki, shrimp and beef okonomiyaki, and chanponsoba. Yumiko says that modanyaki is like okonomiyaki, except they add noodles to it. The chanponsoba order was basically yakisoba with various seafood ingredients, topped with an egg. Our "pancakes" were topped with a healthy serving of mayonnaise and okonomiyaki sauce. Mua, delicious!

Really, dinner was excellent. I think we were all satisfied. If you come to Osaka, don't be afraid to go to the top of a geek store for some top-notch food. We also saw all-you-can-eat dim sum restaurant and another all-you-can-eat shabu shabu restaurant. So we might come back again.

Afterwards, we went to Hep 5 area again, to the east of Hankyu Sanbangai. We wanted to go check out an izakaya on the 5th floor above Doma Doma we went to previously, but the wait was too long at 30 minutes. Downstairs in front of the public menu, Yumiko found that they served raw horse sashimi that Dante likes, so we might make a trip back here. But in meandering the alley next to the building, we found a little place called Umetatsu.

Umetatsu is a plum wine bar. The decor is really nice, and they have a whole menu of just plum wines. I can't remember what we ordered, but it was soooo yumm. So we had a few drinks on the "rokusu" (on ice). Dante noticed that there was a leg of meat at the entrance of the door. Odd eh? He asked Yumiko to ask if it was on the menu twice, and yes it was! So we had a plate of raw ham, probably cured or something like prosciutto. The most flavorful ham I've ever had the pleasure of putting in my mouth. :) And did I mention it was pretty inexpensive! A pleasant find!