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You can eat well for lunch and not break the bank at Time Out Market Osaka, the curated food and culture hub at Grand Green Osaka in bustling Umeda. With the recent introduction of new restaurants including ramen-and-sake joint Tenmei and British comfort food specialist Furai Guys, the market now serves up a wide variety of cuisines to satisfy your midday cravings.
Here’s what you can enjoy for lunch without spending more than ¥1,500 in one of Osaka’s most exciting districts.
If you’re looking for Japanese cuisine
A collaboration between notable noodle specialist Jinrui Mina Menrui and sake sommelier Keita Akaboshi, Tenmei’s ramen lunch is priced from just ¥890. Moreover, with any shoyu ramen order, you’ll get to enjoy side dishes including pork rice bowls and gyoza at a ¥50 discount each. Over at Nikutoieba Matsuda, the hearty ginger beef stir-fry set meal, complete with salad and miso soup, is available at only ¥1,190 (or ¥1,500 for a larger portion).
Udon lovers, head to Passion Udon Sanshu for satisfying bowls of the thick, chewy wheat noodles. From just ¥1,000, you’ll get to choose an udon bowl complete with seasoned rice and green tea. Spend a bit more, from ¥1,100, and your udon will be served with freshly fried tempura. The restaurant’s signature curry udon, made with a 20-spice roux on a rich Kansai-style dashi base, will only set you back ¥1,400, and it even comes with rice and a small serving of chicken tempura.
Meanwhile, Watanabe Curry offers a chicken curry and lamb keema combo plate as well as a spiced tonkatsu curry for just ¥1,500 each. You can choose either a salad or extra turmeric rice and curry sauce for free.
If you prefer international flavours
There are lots to choose from, even if your palate is looking to travel the globe. At the newly opened Furai Guys, a classic fish sandwich is only ¥1,500. You can add chips for ¥150 or a drink for ¥200. This deal is also available for lunch on weekends and holidays.
Separately, Pizza Timewarp∈Lacerba offers two lunch specials: a seasonal pasta at ¥1,280, and a traditional spinach tagliatelle bolognese at ¥1,480, both served with a panino sandwich.
Rounding out the international options, Critters Burger does a 100-percent beef patty burger for ¥1,500 (add ¥570 for a drink set), while Saboten Taqueria serves a quesadilla – with your choice of smoky chicken chili stew or chorizo filling – for the same price.
For sweet endings
Don’t forget to leave some room for dessert. At Seiichiro, Nishizono, you can enjoy a cake and drink set at ¥1,380, or a daily mini parfait with a drink for ¥1,480. At nearby Julian♡Sucre♡Acid, the ice cream shop yoghurt bowl is an indulgent serving of yoghurt, strawberry ice cream, fruits and nuts, and it's only ¥1,500.
Time Out Market Osaka’s lunch specials are available Monday to Friday, 11am to 3pm. You’re welcome to help yourself to the free drinking water at the bar counter.
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