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About this place
For a chance to try several kinds of offal, the lunch menu’s A: Assorted Offal Platter is an easy place to start. The listed set comes with rice, kimchi, salad and soup for 1,800 yen. One lunchtime diner praised the fragrant charcoal grilling, the pleasant texture and the absence of any off-putting smell. They also remembered the white rice, soup and kimchi, along with the white spring onion condiment and crisp cabbage—a welcome change of pace between bites of grilled meat.
The menu descriptions offer a guide to comparing cuts: shimacho, or large intestine, is thick and chewy; akasen has a rich flavour; and sand-mino is notably crunchy. The assorted offal platter is listed with salt or miso seasoning and in 200g and 400g portions. It could suit a meal shared around the table, or be a starting point before adding a particular cut. Some diners have singled out the salt-seasoned tongue as a memorable first bite, while another ordered premium skirt steak at lunch and found it easier to finish than expected. There are lunch sets featuring thick-cut salt tongue and premium skirt steak, too, each served with rice, kimchi, salad and soup.
Lunch goes beyond grilled offal, with spicy ramen and miso-sauce fried noodles among the choices. In winter, the limited-time hot pot comes in two styles: a spicy, savoury broth or a light soy-sauce broth. Listed ingredients include cabbage, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, tofu and several kinds of offal; ingredients may vary depending on supply. Minabeya is in Mandai, Abeno Ward, Osaka City, and its menu spans lunchtime yakiniku sets and evening offal hot pot.
