All visitors to Osaka would have seen this super impressive moving crab mounted on the corner building facade along Dotonbori, the main pedestrian mall in Namba. Definitely designed to attract attention of greedy people like us.
The Kani Doraku restaurant at Dotonbori has 5 floors worth of seating, and yet queuing was still necessary on a Sunday at lunchtime. Fortunately it didn't take too long.
The Dotonbori canal behind the shopping street, just next to the famous Glico running man sign which is nothing to look at during the day.
View down Dotonbori
Their autumn special which we managed to decipher was available from 12 noon until 4pm. My attitude towards a seasonal special is usually just to order it since it won't be around the next time we come back.
Super cute chopstick holder. Reminded me of the duck chopstick holders at Da Dong.
However we had to check out the regular menu too, to see what the prices were like.
And to work out which was the best value for money menu. The autumn menu was our choice.
This arrived first - with hand signals from the waitress to say not to open the lid just yet.
A crab sake which cost 735Yen for the heck of it. It came warm, with a piece of salted crab in it. It was okay, considering the novelty, but give me standard sake anytime. I probably wouldn't order it again.
The appetiser came, almost a visual feast for the eyes.
There was chawanmushi with crab
A crab pincer with something around it - I can't quite recall - and a crab wonton
Crab sushi
And a few pieces of plain boiled crab
These came grilled, meant to be dipped in the kani miso (crab guts sauce)
The kani miso was so good we ordered another separate kani miso dish
Crab kamameshi that was cooking at the table - super sweet flavours.
After the rice had cooked with a slightly crisp coating
With broth added. Yums.
Finally, crab tempura. By this time, I was so full but I pressed on because it was not right that the crab died in vain for this amazing meal.
The kani miso dish (around 1000 Yen), which came to the table served in a crab shell (very eco friendly indeed) to cook at the table
A close up
Ugly but very yummy
The final cost per person was just over 5000Yen. Super reasonable since it included drinks and it was eat-until-impossible-to-move for us. And this is the view you get upon leaving the restaurant. It's nice feeling it wasn't just a greedy gastronomic indulgence but also an educational experience :) yeah right.
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