Futabaya — Restaurant in Osaka

Passed this restaurant late after 9pm while looking for dinner after checking in nearby.

Good service, offered a hanger for our coats as we had filled the box beneath our seats with bags already. Foreigner-friendly with English menus and passable speaking.

Food was overall very welcome. We ordered a salmon don set that was fairly-priced and satisfying.

For appetizers, the egg tamago was exquisitely fluffy and soft, and the cheese balls were amazingly chewy as well. Both are must-tries.

Lastly, we had an unfamiliar style of "crab sauce fried rice" that was covered in some kind of broth, slightly too salty to finish completely but an interesting dish.

Only issue was an error with the handwritten bill. We were initially charged for a seafood don rather than salmon (only 200yen more). We noticed the error when asking for a printed receipt and the mistake was quickly and politely corrected.

Overall paid ~4500-5000 yen for 2 ppl...

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