Rantei Honmachi — Restaurant in Osaka

A fairly popular Chinese restaurant in the corner of a street in Hommachi. I ordered their famous sweet and sour pork and when it arrived I was amazed by the amount of sliced onion chives that were covering the pork pieces. The way the pork was cooked too is unique; I think they double-fried the thing so that the skin part is also chewy yet crispy at the same time. The pork cubes are very thick too. It’s quite pricy even in lunch but at least they have unlimited rice. I wouldn’t recommend having multiple servings of rice though because the quality is not in par with the viand. One thing to note though is that the counter part is very close to the kitchen yet do not wipe clean their menu or their condiments. Because of that they are sticky so minus points...

Initially, we chose this restaurant because it was close by our hotel and we were just plain hungry.

The food was very pleasant, so we decided to return for a proper meal. I particularly liked the squid tempura. The Rantei style fried chicken was also very tasty and tender. The stir-fried spinach is a good addition to the proteins and the tasty Gomoku fried rice (nicely seasoned) is good for the carbs.

The staff is efficient and very polite. The prices are reasonable, the portions suffice (for Japanese standards, but we are from The Netherlands and can eat some more during one meal).

In short: when you're in the Honmachi area, this restaurant is definitely...

Quick and friendly service. Very clean environment. The set lunch menu has big portion. We were very full after finishing all.

The fried chicken was delicious! Very crispy outside and juicy inside. Chicken was well seasoned and you won’t feel it was too greasy when you are eating it. Dumpling was well cooked and the sauce was delicious too!

The green pepper fried slice pork was perfect to eat with plain rice. Not spicy but very appetising.

The restaurant was very busy. Starting from 11:30 am, it’s already full house. You can tell it’s a popular shop...