Osaka, Japan｜CoCo Ichibanya JR Tennojieki-kitaguchi

Decent chain curry restaurant. Pretty big. It was empty at the time the pictures were taken. They had two bookshelves manga that you can read while waiting and eating. You can request an English menu if you need one. The dish I ordered was pork cutlet with spinach and mushroom in the curry. They will ask you spicy level and how many grams of rice. I upped the spice level x 2 - which was okay, so not numbing for the spicy lovers. Sticked with the base rice because you want to save room for other things while walking around. They give you a pitcher of iced water and a small container of pickled vegetables. The curry was not overly salty. Overall, it was decent and cheap too - 1100 yen!

It was very delicious and the staff were friendly and professional. A short walk from the station and a nice, quiet place for a weekday lunch. I wish they also had full-size naan but a few other CoCo in Osaka also just have the mini one. Still tasty, so no complaints from me.

Do you eat vegetarian or vegan? Go here!! There are many locations across Japan and all offer vegan/vegetarian curry. You have to specifically choose the vegan curry by the way. Don’t be fooled by vegan toppings and accidentally choosing the pork curry (happened to us).