Honke Shibato
Unagi restaurant · Osaka-shi
2 Chome-5-2 Koraibashi, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 541-0043, Japan
Highlights
Casual, long-standing eatery offering a range of grilled, freshwater eel dishes for over 300 years.
Casual, long-standing eatery offering a range of grilled, freshwater eel dishes for over 300 years.
"While kids in Japan look forward to summer for school break, adults look forward to eating bowls of unagi (freshwater eel). Dubious health benefits aside, eel is a treat for the warmer months, and few places do it better than Honke Shibato. Known as the restaurant that invented the local eel preparation, 300-year-old Shibato doesn’t steam its eels (which is traditionally the first step elsewhere) before brushing them with brown sauce and flame-broiling them. Combined with a head-to-tail cutting style, the resulting strong flavor and crisp texture make Osakan unagi a summertime dream compared to eel in the capital." - La Carmina, Michael Sosnick
