Osaka (part 1 of 2)

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A dish I was a tad squeamish about was Mori-san’s shirako soup. I’ve never been a huge fan of shirako, which to the uninitiated is also known as “cod’s milk” or “cod’s sperm”, but this soup was outstanding. After this was the highlight of the meal and the dish that has made Kahala a must-visit for many of my friends. Mori-san’s “millefeuille of beef” is a gorgeous dish composed of 5 thin slices of Iga beef from the Mie prefecture. Each portion is sauteed quickly on both sides; the top and bottom layers are cooked but the middle layers are served raw. This is served with “Nozawa” turnip, yellow Inca potato and “ebi-imo” (Japanese yam). The only downside to this dish is that each person is only given 4 portions; I could easily have eaten another 4 or 5 more. After this, we were offered a delicious bowl of fugu (blowfish) rice. To round off the meal, we were given two dessert...

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