I went to a lovely restaurant in Tamatsukuri that serves delicious hot pot, ingredients from the Senshu area, and good sake. 🍲

It's called Nabemuu, which is such a cute name, and it's located just a short walk from Tamatsukuri Station on the JR Osaka Loop Line and also close to Tamatsukuri Station on the Osaka Metro. 🚃

The atmosphere of the restaurant was really nice and calming. ✨ The chopstick rests shaped like origami cranes were adorable. ✨

For drinks, I ordered:

• Orange mikan chuhai 🍊
• Draft beer 🍺
• Nose ginger ale 🫚

I enjoyed the Senshu kaiseki course. ✨

Appetizers:

• Sushi with hirame (Flounder) and onion soy sauce: The hirame was rich and melted in my mouth. 🐟 The onion soy sauce was crunchy and flavorful, making it very tasty. 🧅

Sake before the meal:

• Today's sake: Azakura Ringo-chan 🍎: Even for someone like me who doesn't often drink sake, I enjoyed it very much. 🍎 It had a pleasantly sweet flavor. 🍎

Grilled new onions 🧅:
Served with fresh shichimi spice from Kishiwada. 🔥 I peeled two layers of the onion to eat. 🧅 It was incredibly sweet and delicious. 🧅 The fresh shichimi spice was also tasty and added a nice little kick. 🔥

Senshu Sakana 🍷:

• Grilled Inu Nakibuta (Inu Nakibuta Pork) belly: It was tender, flavorful, and paired perfectly with the sauce. 🐷
• Roast pork from the pork tenderloin: Very soft and juicy, it matched well with the slightly sweet sauce. 🐷
• Pickled water eggplant 🍆: The eggplant was full of moisture and very delicious. 🍆
• Shungiku greens in soy sauce. ✨: Coated well with sesame dressing, it had a good flavor. ✨
• Kimchi with new onions 🧅: The crunchy onions were spicy and delicious. 🧅
• Sun-dried squid dishes 🐙: The squid was tender with a pleasant sourness. 🐙
• Izumi honey with cream cheese 🍯🧀: The combination of honey and cream cheese was rich and delightful. 🍯🧀 Inu Nakibuta and Izumi honey are both brands from the Senshu region. 🐷🍯

Hot Dishes:

• Inu Nakibuta gyoza 🥟: I had them with ponzu sauce; the skin was chewy, and the pork was juicy. It was refreshing and delicious paired with ponzu. 🥟

Sashimi:

• Three seasonal types:
  • Yellowfin tuna 🐟
  • Kanpachi (amberjack) 🐟
  • Red shrimp 🦐
    The wasabi stem was also served 🔥. The yellowfin tuna was rich and tender. 🐟 Kanpachi was fatty and flavorful, and the red shrimp has a sweet, crunchy texture that was incredibly tasty. 🦐 You could even eat the grilled shells, which were crispy and had a nice umami taste from the shrimp miso. 🦐 The wasabi paired perfectly with everything. 🔥

Charcoal Grilled Fish:

• Miso-marinated fish 🐟: The grilled mackerel was fluffy, with a strong miso flavor, deliciously charred. 🐟 The pickled purple cabbage served alongside was also tasty. 🟣

Specialty:

• Senshu onion misozuke nabe 🍲: I froze grated onions, added dashi, and heated it until dissolved. 🧅🍲 The pork from Senshu brand, Inu Nakibuta 🐷, was cut fresh for shabu-shabu. You dip it in ponzu sauce, which was sweet and refreshing, enhancing the meat's flavor. The chef was kind enough to help with the shabu-shabu for the first round. 🐷 The flavor of the ponzu matched well with the meat. For the second round, I did it myself using egg yolk sauce for a richer taste. 🥚 The meat was tender, and the sauce was flavorful, making it incredibly delicious. 🐷

Vegetables for Shabu Shabu and Mushrooms:

• Enoki mushrooms 🍄
• Shiitake mushrooms
• Thick fried tofu
• Mache
• Chrysanthemum greens
• Lettuce 🥬
  All the vegetables were fresh and paired well with ponzu. ✨

Two kinds of seafood and fresh wakame:

• Tiger prawn 🦐
• Conger eel 🐟
• Wakame: The eel was fluffy and refreshing with ponzu. The shrimp had a rich sauce that was delicious. 🥰 The wakame was crunchy, pairing well with the ponzu.

Inu Nakibuta meat miso udon 🐷: Udon topped with tai miso, enhanced by the nabe dashi poured over it. It was delicious combined with the thin udon, sweet miso, and yuzu dashi. ✨ People who enjoy sake usually appreciate this flavor, but those who don’t would also find it tasty. 🥰

I ordered an additional piece of meat. 🐷

Final Rice Dish 🍚: So flavorful, infused with plenty of dashi. The rice absorbed the flavors well, and the egg was fluffy and delicious. 🥚

Tea Dessert 🍨: Handcrafted jam and ice cream from Isaka Sake Brewery. They had fig and apple variations, both of which were delightful. 🍨 Both jam and ice cream were tasty. 🍎

Warm persimmon leaf tea 🍵: I heard persimmon leaves are good for hangovers, so they serve it. The taste was soothing and easy to drink. 🍵

Since there aren’t many opportunities to eat Senshu ingredients, I was happy that the chef served dishes while I watched, allowing me to eat at a good pace. ✨

Although I don't drink much alcohol, it took about two hours, but for those who do drink, the course lasts about two and a half hours. 🍸

You can enjoy eating hot pot in a refreshing way, so I recommend this restaurant, especially for the upcoming season. 🍲