Sunday, June 08, 2025

Yakiniku Horumon Maun in Osaka, Japan

Tsubo-dzuke karubi

Maun is a yakiniku restaurant out in Shin-Fukae that specializes in A5 cows including horumon offal. We went to their other outlet in Tanimachi today, which had countertop grills on a bar as well as a couple of tables in the back (3 Chome-2-6 Tanimachi, 06-6910-8876).

They featured a number of notable items on the menu, including that cute little pot of overnight-marinated karubi; it was sweet but not syrupy, and it came together nicely on the grill. It was also fun trying their Hiroshima kone brisket, which was served in large thin frozen sheets with instructions to only keep it on the grill for five seconds. That meant that it barely got seared without cooking, and one was supposed to wrap that thin slice in marinated raw white onions.

The other cuts and dishes were delicious too, and best of all, everything that we ate was surprisingly affordable. I really should stick to more of these local yakiniku places from now on, even if I end up walking out of there smelling like food.

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