Counter with a hint of “I’m home.

The word “izakaya” is not quite enough.

To be precise, it is “Okan’s home cooking restaurant.

But more to the point – a place like a warm hand memory.

The restaurant has only a counter, which fills up to seven or eight people.
The smallness of the space is just right. The small space is just right, because you can naturally strike up a conversation with someone next to you.

Good evening,” “That looks delicious.

These exchanges loosen the atmosphere of the place.

The first three dishes tell you how the day is going.

We started with a small bowl of three different dishes.

On this day, there were broccoli with kani-kaman, wakame seaweed and bamboo shoots, and fried beans and bacon with mayonnaise.
These seasonal small bowls of food are lined up in a bowl.

Today’s dish is like this.

The plate served with these words is filled with the wind of the season and the mood of the day.

Doteyaki is a standard dish.

The beef tendon is so soft that it easily loosens with chopsticks.
The sweet and spicy miso soaks into the beef and loosens you up.

To finish off the meal, I would like to try the meat miso rice ball.

This meat miso is so popular that some regulars say they want to take a jar of it home.
It is rich but not too heavy, just the right amount of salt.

It all started in the kitchen on my phone.

Okan’s cooking originally started with pictures of homemade dishes she posted on Instagram.

Just looking at them whets your appetite and makes you want to imitate them. Her cooking has such power that her followers have been increasing.

She said, “Why don’t you quit your job and start your own restaurant?

Her daughter and son pushed her to do so.
The daughter is in charge of sake and the son is in charge of whiskey.

By bringing in the family’s specialties, the store’s drawers grew and grew.

The family’s taste became the town’s taste.

My mom is kind of amazing.

Maybe that’s how I felt at first.

But now, the regulars say so.

“These spring rolls are really delicious!
The taste of someone’s family has somehow become the taste of this town.

Beyond the gentle lights of the shopping street

A shopping street in Fuse, Higashi Osaka. A little past the bustling street, there is a solitary light.
The counter can be seen through the glass, and the face of the smiling woman who welcomes you.

That alone is enough to make you feel happy to have come here today.

Cooking is something that makes you cheerful.

I’m full, but I feel relieved.

Such a meal can be found here.

Today, too, Okan is carefully preparing food for someone.
It is as if she is waiting for her distant family to return home.