Osaka Gastronomy Part 2

Most of the time, when we are having dinner, one of us would be trying to feed / entertain Cutie. For this meal, Cutie already had his dinner (in the hotel), so he joined us at the table, and was very well-behaved. The nice people at the restaurant gave Cutie a crab hat, which looked very nice on him, wouldn't you agree?

Cutie spent his time flirting with the baby girl at hte next table... I think she was quite taken with him really...

So, with Cutie well occupied, we managed to take photos of this meal, which we all (with the exception of one) thoroughly enjoyed.

This restaurant in Dotonburi, Osaka was a crab speciality restaurant. We ordered the crab kaiseki set, so every dish had crab in it. And oh boy was it delicious.

This beautiful crab platter had different parts of the crab, with different dips. This was an interesting dish because it paired cooked and raw crab with different complementary things like mentaiko (spicy codfish roe).

This was king crab sashimi, served in its shell and with a little wasabi. It was very nice and unbelievably sweet.

This cold crab was also delicious. I think it's already cooked. And it was so so sweet. Eaten with a squeeze of lemon, it was fantastic.

This was cooked crab, served hot and a slice of lemon. The chawanmushi, was cooked with crab, and it was delicious. It was sweet and tasty and wobbly. One of the best chawanmushi I've eaten. Crab just adds extra sweetness to the chawanmushi.

This is baked cheese with crab. It was served piping hot, and it was... delicious. The cheese was a little crusty on the outside and was smooth and savoury on the inside, with additional surprising chunks of crab.

This crab tempura was next. It was a nice portion, not too heavy.

crab sushi next. All fresh crab.

This was delicious. It came in a nicely sized pot -steamed rice with crab. We lifted the wooden cover and ooh, the heady aroma of crab was heavenly.

Crab miso soup to clear the palate.

And dessert was very lovely. Vanilla ice cream with macha poured over it. Sort of like a japanese affogato (affogato is an italian dessert, where expresso coffee is poured over vanilla ice cream). It was good macha with a bitter edge, so it was a lovely dessert that was not too sweet.

delicious and memorable. Thanks for the recommendation, AA!