Rokumonsen — Restaurant in Osaka

It doesn’t get more local than this. Across the road from our hotel was this authentic ramen shop where the chef is banging the crap out of a wok with flames reaching the cooker hood while everyone’s eyes are glued to the baseball on a small tv in the corner.

We were warmly greeted by the chef who spoke English and were grateful for the English menu but still managed to over-order. You build your meal around 4 different broths for your ramen - soy, salt, miso or pork-bone broth and then add toppings. The fried chicken was INCREDIBLE as was their home-made kimchi. The noodles had the perfect bite and the soups were tasty.

A definite must if you are...

I went there for dinner with my two kids, the staff are lovely. The food was amazing and it was very well priced. The customer service was great. They kept filling up drinks whilst they didn’t speak English perfectly. They had English menus and their level of English was enough to communicate and have a great meal and a great authentic...

Food was amazing, service was incredible. Felt like being at a local restaurant even when I'm half a world away. Baseball playing in the background was a nice...