Strawberry Mania (Osaka, JAPAN) ★★☆☆☆

Little nugget finally got his wish of checking out his beloved Pokémon shop at Daimaru tonight. He also kicked off his journey with the Pokémon arcade game. I thought we were going to just stand there and watch him play for hours but luckily, the shop closes at 8pm so at least he got kicked out at the right time when there were still things to do in Shinsaibashi.

We started taking a slow walk down to Dotonbori (道頓堀) but ran into a number of dessert cafés including Strawberry Mania which actually has a take-out counter on ground floor (and cafe on the first floor). Anyone interested in some strawberry desserts? Everyone nodded without hesitation!

This guy is a huge fan of Japanese strawberries and he's so happy to have a strawberry milk twist cone in his hand right now! 

Strawberry and milk soft serve with a fresh strawberry top.

I asked little one if it's a little cold for ice-cream tonight (it was around 2 degrees). He nodded in agreement without taking his eyes off his ice-cream cone.

This looks pretty frosty to me. 



Jelloman's version looked a bit better for the social media! The soft serve was pretty disappointing though. I thought it was too icy and not creamy enough, but I'm happy as long as everyone enjoys it... 

Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: ￥￥￥

Address: 2-7-26 Shinsaibashisuji, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 542-0085 Japan

Closest Metro Station: Shinsaibashi 

Tel: +81 (0)6 6226-7975

Website: www.tabelog.com/osaka/A2701/A270202/27105578/

Opening Hours: 11:00am - 9:00pm daily