-no Sachi Yama-no Sachi

I stayed at UNIZO Osaka Yodoyabashi for two nights. I took breakfast at the restaurant every morning. Japanese style buffet, another foods on another morning, delicious and comfortable. Though I am Japanese, I am sure that travelers from other countries will be satisfied.

Visited November 2017

I stayed in Hotel Unizo as part of an Intrepid tour and extended my stay to explore Japan further. After a day of sightseeing in Osaka, I was keen to try the much famed Kobe beef and fortunately the hotel's restaurant had a Kobe themed degustation of sorts. Only issue is the menu is completely in Ja...panese but I asked the concierge to make a booking for me with the help of the menu in the lobby. The food was excellent, each course was excellent. Here's a run down of what I had: Beef in a vinegarette – an amuse bouche of sorts, a thin slice of beef was placed in an interesting concoction which was like a vinegarette but had a slight salty kick. Beef marinated in vinegar – this is sooo delicious. The vinegar marinade had tenderised the beef and the flavour is a bit like an Indian curry. I really like this dish and the flavour is so unique, nothing like what I’ve tasted. Beef tongue cooked in red wine – super soft beef tongue which is rich but the red wine gives a lovely sweet flavour. This is amazing! I drunk the sauce and juices – liquid gold. Pork and foie gras deep fried – the pork is a bit firm and I can’t detect the foie gras but there is a tad amount of richness counteracted by the sweet sauce and bitter mizuna leaves. Stick vegetables with salt – seems rather pedestrian but the vegetables are really fresh and they may have been lightly pickled. A touch of salt can be added. This balances the meat. 3 meat skewers, the first 2 from the left are beef, the third pork. The first piece of beef on the left hand skewer was nice, but the next bit was gristle. The middle skewer was moist and tasty, the pork was reasonable. All skewers did carry a lovely grilled flavour. No idea what I just ate. I’ve eaten it before on this trip. It’s a bit like fish with rice. Its tasty though. I like the gooey sauce which is like a soup. Shabu shabu time! Pork and beef are the meats tonight, with a serve of mushrooms, lettuce, and onions. Sweet soy and sesame are the sauces. There’s also spring onions and minced ginger to flavour the soy. I really loved the beef. Beef Sushi and Udon Noodle I really loved the beef sushi. The beef is extremely tender and slightly sweet on top of the compacted rice. I liked the udon in a slightly sweet but sesame flavoured kind of vinegarette. Finally, no more food, but dessert. A rather bitter orange with a cool refreshing ice cream (I think it was guava). Lovely finish to the meal. But there’s still more. Tea. Excellent finish to another delicious meal.

Visited June 2015