We were a couple of hours late arriving at Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Kadoma with the kids wanting to sleep in a little bit. That's totally understandable considering it's already the last full day of our week-long stay in Osaka. In fact, I was telling Jelloman last night that I was all prepared to go back to Hong Kong for some much needed rest.
It's our second visit to this spacious outlet in Kadoma and not surprisingly, it wasn't crowded at all on a Friday.
Everybody wanted to do some shopping first so it wasn't until almost 2:30pm that we finally went looking for our lunch spot.
Hailed from Nara, Ramen-ya Mitsuba (ラーメン家 みつ葉 かどま出張所) is a popular ramen shop known for their classic foam ramen. The base of the foamy broth was made with a combination of pork and chicken, and finished with a touch of soy sauce or salt.
I have never a fan of shio ramen (salt based) so decided to go with their shoyu (soy sauce based) version.
Shoyu ramen with barbecued pork (1,100 yen) – I could smell the aroma from the super tangy broth from a distance away.
This came with a soft-boiled egg, two thin slices of barbecued pork and some subpar bamboo shoots.
The soft-boiled egg was nice.
The thin slice of char siu was a little disappointing. Same for the bamboo shoot.
The medium-thick noodles were gently tangled in the creamy, foam-topped soup, soaking up its rich flavors. That was the bright spot.
Almost time to get back to my shopping soon. Still a lot of shops to cover before mom and I take off for our early dinner.
Food Rating: 6/10
Price: ￥￥￥
Address: 3/F Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport,1-11 Matsuocho, Kadoma, Osaka, 571-8620 Japan
Closest Metro Station: Kadoma
Tel: +81 (0)6 6780-9230
Opening Hours: 10:00am - 8:30pm daily
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