Chitose is one of the restaurants I’ve been longing to visit in Osaka. However, their main location is difficult to visit since they close at 2:30 p.m. Fortunately, they have a branch inside Namba Grand Kagetsu, which is open from day to night. So, I visited Chitose Bekkan (千とせ べっかん) after 3 p.m.
Although the main location and the branch have almost identical menus and likely serve the same quality of food, the original shop, which opened in 1949, is a historic site housed in an old traditional building.
Here’s the menu. There’s a ticket vending machine inside the shop. I noticed that many people order both Nikusui (肉吸い, beef soup with a soft-boiled egg) and Kodama (小玉, tamago kake gohan – rice with raw egg).
The seating consists only of counter seats and a few long tables. Each table is equipped with their original soy sauce for tamago kake gohan.
Since I was feeling a bit hungover, I only ordered Nikusui. My soup was served quickly.
You may not be familiar with the term Nikusui. In fact, I wasn’t either! Nikusui is basically udon with beef, but without the udon. Sounds confusing, right? Originally, Nikusui was meant to be a beef udon dish. Chitose started as a udon shop, after all. But one day, comedian Kyo Hanaki ordered “Udon with beef—without the udon!” because he was hungover. Just like me that day! 😆
The soup had plenty of tender, fatty beef, cut into bite-sized pieces, along with a generous amount of green onions.
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Name Chitose Bekkan (千とせ べっかん)
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