Walking around Sakai-Higashi, there is a shop that catches your eye whether you like it or not. "Ninnin". A few minutes walk from Sakai-Higashi Station on the Nankai Koya Line, pass through the shopping district in front of the station and go a little further, and it appears right in front of you. Moreover, a giant signboard as if to say "won't run or hide". Even the face of the head chef is proudly displayed. Lately, it's an era where shops strangely want to hide stylishly, so seeing a storefront head-on like that makes you want to trust it instead. I learned later after checking, that Head Chef Toshihiro Nakatuji used to appear in the cooking corner of MBS's "Chichin Puipui". I see, I understand a little why they put up that signboard. It is the pride of a chef who has been doing business for a long time in the lunch battleground of Sakai-Higashi. Past 12 o'clock. Just lunchtime. It was a little busy, but it wasn't an atmosphere aimed solely at table turnover. Neighborhood office workers and elderly customers walk in with accustomed faces. It is the unique air of a shop that has long rooted locally. What I ordered was the "Straw-roasted Bonito Set Meal", 1100 yen. This was really good. They properly understand the meaning of roasting with straw and roast it. Lately there are many "straw-roasted style" shops, but Ninnin is careful with the heat application. They smoke only the surface all at once and do not raise the temperature inside too much. Therefore, the cross section stops at a beautiful red. The aroma of straw rises a beat later in the mouth. Moreover, the bonito itself is fresh. Bonito with poor freshness has the smell of blood come first. However, this one's aroma comes before the fat. It's the feeling that the straw smoke does not cover up the fishy smell, but rather "pulls out the umami". The accompanying garnishes are also good. Green onion, ginger, garlic chips. Each brings out the umami of bonito from a different angle. Good to eat with salt, good to eat with Tosa soy sauce. What was even more surprising was that this straw-roasted bonito set meal came with 2 pieces of fried chicken, daikon radish salad, miso soup, and pickles for 1100 yen. The fried chicken is not small either. The daikon salad is also not just for show, it is properly one dish. The dashi of the miso soup is properly made. Lately, even around Sakai-Higashi, restaurants that casually charge close to 2000 yen for lunch have increased. Among them, this content, this amount of work, this sense of satisfaction. It is not something easily done. In Sakai, the scent of the "city of chefs" still remains. Seeing a shop like Ninnin makes you want to believe in it. If you are lost for lunch in Sakai-Higashi, you should come here. Straw-roasted bonito set meal, 1100 yen. It's not a loss to remember, this is one of Sakai-Higashi's shops.

Weekday evening usage. I felt there were fewer customers compared to the past. There are caricature faces on the glasses and in various places... I felt like, isn't this going too far? Even though the seats are empty, for some reason two groups enter into one room... Well, it's lively like a drinking party... The food has individuality, and it's delicious after all. The course is recommended.

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Recommended a la carte dishes, straw-roasted bonito Straw-roasted Kuroge Wagyu beef, fresh abalone butter grill We had suppon rice porridge and everything was superb. From the very first appetizer it went very well with alcohol Also the head chef has a good personality, he came to greet us and talked about various things, It's a restaurant I want to go to again.

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Visited for lunch. When I called right at the last order asking if it was okay from now, they told me if I come right away, and I was able to have the delicious straw-roasted bonito set meal. It is a high-class restaurant and the staff's service was very good. Want to go again.

先日、友人と４人で食事に行きましたが、雰囲気、食事、サービス全てに満足でした！料理もとっても美味しくて、大切な人や友人、家族の記念日などにぜひ行ってほしいお店です(*^^*)

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