Udon Bo

Our only udon entry in the food list to eat for our entire Japan trip in 2019, but this is a popular and highly rated (3.87 on Tabelog as of writing this post) udon restaurant in Osaka.

April 2023 Update: We also re-visited Udon Bo in April 2023 and tried a new April limited dish.

Do scroll down for the update!

Chiku Tamaya Store - Shrimp Udon Bo — **Chiku Tamaya Store - Shrimp**
Udon Bo

Chiku Tamaya Store - Egg Udon Bo — **Chiku Tamaya Store - Egg**
Udon Bo

Chiku Tamaya Store - Nice golden runny yolk Udon Bo — **Chiku Tamaya Store - Nice golden runny yolk**
Udon Bo

Chiku Tamaya Store (¥1050)

Don’t ask me why regards to the dish name, I just used the google translate of this dish name in Japanese (ちく玉ひや店) on their official site.

But in short, it is a cold dish version of tempura soba with an egg, dashi stock and lime.

The tempura ingredients consist of shrimp, chikuwa, seaweed, and vegetables. Other ingredients are egg, sesame seeds, and spring onions. Finally, there’s dashi stock and lime to mix it together with the udon and ingredients.

Udon: Sanuki Udon style. It is very slurpable, smooth and firm but with a (nice) gummy texture when biting into it.

Tempura: Lightly battered and crisp, deliciously done.

Egg: As you can see in the photos, golden runny yolk.

Overall: When you mix in the dashi stock, lime, egg yolk and eat together with the soba, it creates a harmonious taste. I will say a refreshing zest to a cold dish, which makes it very easy to keep eating and finishing it. I can imagine this is a great choice during summertime.

I just feel in general maybe udon is not that mainstream for us non-locals (compared to ramen and soba), but I do like it and will definitely return for more if I am in Osaka again.

Rating: 3.5/5

Champon (¥900)

A popular dish with the ladies, lots of vegetables and it is soup based!

From what my wife can remember as she is the one having this dish as I tried a couple of spoonful of it only, the ingredients are cabbage, carrot, black fungus, leek, sliced pork, squid, and a ginger paste for you to mix in.

Taste: Sweet and subtle salty taste from the meat, seafood, and vegetables

Texture: The vegetables are cooked till soft, and the seafood and meat are soft and chewy texture

Soup: I believe the soup has added flour/cornstarch or something to make it to a thicker texture.

Overall: Very easy to eat from the combination of smooth and soft texture and sweet taste. Makes it a good choice for most ladies, and also a rather healthy dish at it too (other than the carbs)!

Rating: 3.25/5

**Sanuki Beef Broth Udon - April Limited**
Udon Bo

**Close up on the bowl of Udon**
Udon Bo

**Close up on the bowl of hot broth**
Udon Bo

April 2023 Update

Sanuki Beef Broth Udon - April Limited (¥1300)

An April limited dish when we revisit Udon Bo, so at least one of us have to order it!

When it arrives, looks like a Tsukemen style with separate bowl of cold udon and broth; so you can dip the soba into the broth and eat it.

The bowl of cold udon came with Black Fungus, Chye Sim, and hard boiled egg.

The bowl of hot broth came with thinly sliced Olive Pork, thinly sliced leeks, and Matsuyama Fried Tofu.

Taste: Broth is full of meaty flavour, salty and sweet; but can be a bit salty for some people who likes light taste only. But overall it is ok since it’s for dipping the soba to eat with.

Texture: Udon is medium thickness and chewyness, and medium firm.

Overall: Refreshing cold udon with hot salty and sweet broth really balance it nicely. Overall a balance meal with proteins (pork and egg) and vegetables (leek, chye sim, and black fungus).

Rating: 3.25/5

Counter seats Udon Bo — **Counter seats**
Udon Bo

Table seats Udon Bo — **Table seats**
Udon Bo

Signboard Udon Bo — **Signboard**
Udon Bo

Shop Front Udon Bo — **Shop Front**
Udon Bo

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Address: 大阪府大阪市北区梅田 1-1-3 大阪駅前第3ビル B2F

Opening Hours: 11am-3pm, 5.30pm-10pm Weekday, 11am-3pm Weekend/PH.

Payment Method: Cash

Website: http://www.udonbo.co.jp/

Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/en/osaka/A2701/A270101/27003766/

(Last visited: April 2023)

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