First stop: the “Nation’s Kitchen”.. then the slow boat to China
Osaka is known around the country as the “nation’s kitchen” (天下の台所 tenka no daidokoro). We learn why this is every time that we visit. Plentiful options of delicious and cheap eats are on offer all around Osaka. On this occasion, we visited our go-to spots in the Tenma district: a Shanghai style izakaya for nira-manju and xiaolongbao (thanks Aiko !), then to a hole-in-the-wall sushi restaurant called Sushi Masa. (It was imperative that we eat sushi one last time before depart