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Unagi no Kani’s hitsu mamushi earns raves for its smoky, tender eel over fragrant rice. Reviewers describe the food as deeply comforting and elegantly simple.
“This comes in a rounded lacquer box and is eaten in three ways: first as is, then with wasabi, leek, and seaweed, and finally with dashi stock poured over to make it like an eel and rice porridge. The dashi is very light and umami-filled. The eel is grilled crispy on the edges, caramelized, and gooey melt-in-your-mouth inside — the sauce is spectacular, not too sweet, with an incredible glaze factor.”
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1 creator has covered Unagi no Kani. Most active: Mark Wiens
- Mark WiensLoved
Best Japanese Food in Osaka!! 🇯🇵 300 Year Old Eel Restaurant! | Osaka, Japan · @ 19:12
A 300-year-old, 15-generation family-run eel restaurant with phenomenal Kansai-style grilled eel — one of the best unagi meals I've had in Japan, with incredible service and quality.
Dishes mentioned
Osaka Mamushi
This is served in a classic rectangular lacquer box — the eel is grilled Kansai-style, meaning no steaming, just straight grilling, so the outside is crispy and caramelized while the inside melts in your mouth. The glaze has penetrated into the rice, and there's tons of eel layered at the bottom too. That first bite makes you gasp in deliciousness — the fattiness, the crispy glazy crust, the soft rice with eel oil seeping in — it's sensational.
Hitsu Mamushi
This comes in a rounded lacquer box and is eaten in three ways: first as is, then with wasabi, leek, and seaweed, and finally with dashi stock poured over to make it like an eel and rice porridge. The dashi is very light and umami-filled. The eel is grilled crispy on the edges, caramelized, and gooey melt-in-your-mouth inside — the sauce is spectacular, not too sweet, with an incredible glaze factor.
Eel Liver Soup
A light, clean soup with eel liver, featuring a smoky aroma and yuzu citrus. Mark noted the liver melts in your mouth with a slight fishy taste, which he found excellent.
