Dining out in Izumi

Remembering my first few months, I have to say I didn't really cook a lot. And to be honest, it is not recommended to always eat ramen from the conbini... So this post is for all the restaurants and cafés in Izumi, that I tried out and would recommend or got recommended from friends!

Yoshinoya

If you've ever been to Japan, you probably know Gyuudon. There are three famous stores. Yoshinoya, Sukiya and Matsuya. In Tokyo it seems that Sukiya is pretty strong, but in the Kansai area it's Yoshinoya you can see everywhere. If you want to eat cheap, you go there. They are delicious, fast and fill you better than any regular McDonalds bruger. And aside from Gyuudon, they also have other delicious food. To make it more healthy, you can add a salad+miso soup set and it won't cost you more than 400 yen! (regular bowl of Gyuudon)

You can find Yoshinoya at the station, if you go to where the main shopping mall is and take the escalator in front of it. There are other restaurants there, too!

Saizeriya

They call shops like this "family restaurant". Because many families go there, since it's cheap and probably because it's acceptable for children to be loud there. But fear not, if you go during the evening, it's really lovely! They have something that gets close to what we westerners call "Pizza". It might be a mini-version of it, but it actually is delicious! And cheap! 399 yen for the mini pizza. And if you don't like pizza, they also have loads of other declicious food. My personal favourite was the italian hamburger - a hamburger patty with tomato sauce, cheese, some corn, egg on it, sauce and three potato wedgies. Adding small rice to it, it is a very filling and delicious meal. The burger alone is 499 yen, the small rice is ~160 yen. Don't remember clearly, but it's not bad. If you want to go to drink, it also only costs 180 yen for however much you want to drink during your stay there.

Basically, this "italian" restuarant is good if you want to get full! The only bad thing is the mexican (?) music that they play in the store... Not that I would care, when I am there with my lovely friends. ;)

You can find this lovely restaurant at the main station, as well! It is across the main shopping hall, in the same building as Seria, Nitori etc. You only have to pass JUPITER and there it is. I think it is open until 23:00.

あったか亭 Bentou store

If you don't feel like eating out, I can only recommend you the lovely Bentou store that's close to Eleve! The people there are very nice and the food is so good! Just thinking about it makes me want to eat it... They have a variety of bentous, basically everything you can ask for. If you want it cheap, you can eat oyakodon (chicken meat and egg with onions on rice) for ~350 yen or if you want a proper bentou, they have it with all kinds of meats, vegetables, fish etc, starting from 450 yen to ~900 yen. My bentous with fried shirmps normally cost around 500 yen, so check the store out!

It is located along the road to Momoyama on the right side before the big intersection. So you have to walk a bit, but it's worth it. And the bentous are all there to see, so you don't have to be able to read japanese to go there! (If you write this into google maps, you can find it, too: Ōsaka-fu, Izumi-shi, Karakunichō, 1 Chome−9 手作り弁当あったか亭Ａ)

KO:HI:KAN

There are two KO:HI:KANs at Izumi. One of them is hard to miss, since it's directly at our university. You can find it at St. Johns hall. The other one is a bit different. If you go to Book Off in Izumi, you have to leave it from directly downstairs and walk a bit around it to find the second Kohikan. If you type this into google maps, you can find it, too: 5 chome-7-5 Ibukino. It is across the Konami Fitness Center!
The good thing about this café is, that they have delicious food and drinks. Even for those who do not like coffee (like me), there are a few things you can drink. The only downside is, that it's a bit expensive. Like every coffee shop. My cocoa float or other drinks are ~550 yen. Since I only at there once, I can't tell you the prices for the snacks, but the toast was very delicious and what I saw on other peoples plates didn't look bad either. I enjoyed my date with my boyfriend there a lot. It's very comfortable and nice. And if you want to study there, nothing stops you from that either! How aout buying a nice book at book off and then going there to eat something nice? ^^


 Might be continued as soon as I can think of more very delicious places & their names! =D