Takocho — Restaurant in Kyoto

Oden here is really tasty, especially great for cooler weather. A healthy comfort food. After seated, a gentleman would ask what you like to drink. Though the bow-tie Chef looks stern, he is alright, and gentlemanly. No English menu, so if you don't know what to order, point to what you want. Sometimes, the local guest/s next to you (if they know English) would help too. Their daikon is the best, after soaking in the dashi stock for a while, other interesting items are kinchaku, konnyaku, shirataki and yuba. Heard their octopus is great too. Finish and leave as there may be people queuing outside. May not be cheap, so bring some cash. Do check their webpage/blog-page as it will announce their off-days for the month (though mainly Wednesday) before...

I was lucky to take the last counter seat before the queue starts to form outside. And I get to seat beside this Japanese young couple and the girl can speak English. She saw me struggling in ordering the food as I can only point. She told me the chef likes to interact with the customers. She taught me the name and I took up the courage and ordered in Japanese. The food was cooked to perfection. I get to see the chef in action, he knows the doneness of each of the food very well. I ended up ordering close to everything in the menu without knowing how much it cost. That meal cost me 9K Yen. Worth it? Yes, even the egg taste so good. I will be...

Delightful old time oden place said to be running since the Meji period. Food was amazing and the experience enjoyable. The chef clearly puts a lot of effort into preparing the ingredients so it is a cut above the familiar and usual.

Highlights were the seaweed, cabbage (more of a delicious dumpling) and octopus.

There’s no English menu, but the chef rattles off items available in the boiler. Google translate works too, and I’ve observed another diner ordering via showing them photos from here. There’s an off menu “meal finisher” with rice and octopus in dashi that...