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bird in Osaka

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I’ll admit, I’m a sucker for gimmicky ramen. And a bowl topped with cotton candy is about as gimmicky as it gets!

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This tiny shop is just off one of the many covered shotengai shopping streets that criss-cross Osaka. I guess this area is considered Nakazaki, or maybe it is still part of Umeda. Either way, wandering around this part of central Osaka felt foreign and confusing to me. I love it, being lost in a new town.

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Unfortunately, the craft beer bar next door was completely full, or else I would have waited there for Mr. Philoramen, another ramen blogger whom I met recently. I opted, instead, to wander around what seemed to be the center of Kansai’s love hotel district. This part of town is loud, dirty, and colorful. Perfect for drinks and ramen.

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bird has only ramen and tsukemen on the menu, with either normal or thick. The master recommended the thicker one.

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Ok, here’s the deal. That cloud of spun sugar almost immediately dissolves into the soup. Sugar in ramen sounds bad, but quite often the tare seasoning contains a lot of sweet mirin and sugar, and some of the best chashu is very, very sweet.

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The spun sugar, as long as it is mixed properly into the soup, wasn’t a problem at all. In fact, I really dug this 100% chicken soup. It was thick and creamy, with noodles that matched very well. The chashu, a thick-cut piece, had obviously been stewing in some delicious sauce for a while.

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The problem, and it was a big one, arose when I tried my friend’s soup. He hadn’t mixed the sugar into the soup completely, and I got a massively sweet hit of light soup and sugar. So much sugar, in fact, that my taste buds were a bit wrecked. As I left the shop, I had a bad taste in my mouth (pun intended). Make sure you don’t make my mistake, unless you have a serious sweet tooth.

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大阪府大阪市北区堂山町8-10
Osaka-shi, Kita-ku, Doyamacho 8-10
Closest station: Umeda

Open 17:00-5:00am

 

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