Osaka Grill Meat (大阪燒肉) in Taipei

When traveling in Japan, many tourists must eat ramen and sashimi. Besides these two popular dishes, the other one of favorites is the grill meat (燒肉) of Japan. However, after coming back to Taiwan, I can’t help but keep missing the awesome taste of the grill meat in Japan, so I try hard to find a good restaurant of traditional Japanese grill meat in Taipei.

 

Osaka Grill Meat

After a Osaka grill meat (大阪燒肉) restaurant, which have more than 20 branches in Japan, started to operate in Taipei, my dream of eating traditional Japanese grill meat finally came true. Many people will think Osaka Grill Meat is from Osaka. In fact, the reason why Osaka Grill Meat used the Osaka, a city in Japan, in its name is just because the boss of Osaka Grill Meat was born in Osaka.

In Osaka Grill Meat, they do their best to keep the restaurant as same as the ones in Japan. For example, they also write their menu in Japanese. Moreover the way they souse the ingredients are almost the same with the ways in Japan. The common grill meat will use the fire which is right below the barbecue grill; on the contrary, Osaka Grill Meat use the fire which comes out from the two side of the barbecue grill. With using this special way to heat the meat, the meat will be tenderer and juicier after being grilled. If you still worry about that you are not good at grilling the meat, you should not be hesitate and ask the waiters for help!

 

The Menu of Osaka Grill Meat

At the beginning, the waiter will give the costumers some appetizers, like the cucumbers with spicy sauce, spicy pickled vegetables, and the potato salad. After the appetizers, it is time to eat some grill meat. In Osaka Grill Meat, the ingredients, except for the vegetables, are all about cattle. Therefore, if you are a beef-lover just as me, you must enjoy the time in Osaka Grill Meat. The pictures below are the ingredients in Osaka Grill Meat. In addition to the photos, I will also share the tastes of these food!

The cucumber with spicy sauce

 

Potato Salad

1. Ox tongue

The ox tongue slices will be ticker than the beef slices, so the grilled ox tongues will taste crispier than beef slices. I recommend to eat the ox tongue with chopped green onions.

2. Cattle rib meat

As the in Osaka Grill Meat have abundant greasy on its surface, it becomes very delicious after grilling for couple minutes. You don't need to any seasoning, and you can feel the origin taste of the beef. 

3.Sushi with grilled beef slice

They will grill the beef for couple seconds to let the greasy of the beef comes out, and then use the grilled beef slice and mustard to make a sushi.

4.Beef slice with sea urchin

They put the grilled beef slice and sea urchin on the laver, purple perilla, and the chopped green onion. The tastes with all the ingredients will mix up after you put it in your mouth. 

5.Raw beef with egg yolk

Stir the raw beef with the row egg yolk, and then the egg yolk will make the beef taste tender. Besides, you can also add some lemonade in it to reduce the gamey taste of raw beef.  

Last but not least, the location of Osaka Grill Meat is just around the Chung Xian Fu Xing MRT station, which is quite easy to get. As a result, next time, if you are missing the traditional Japanese grill meat when you have no time to travel in Japan, you can give Osaka Grill Meat a try. The nice services, fresh ingredients, and the Japanese cooking way in there must give you a happy and unforgettable meal time.