The Lowdown
Restaurant Name: Susumu 肉喰ホルモン すすむ
Cuisine: Yakiniku
Average Price per Person: ¥1,000 to ¥2,000 JPY or $10 to $20 USD
Location: Osaka, Japan (please refer to the map below for details)
Recommendations: Yukke (Beef Tartare), Camembert Cheese, Short Rib, Ox Tongue, Tripe and Lamb ChopRatings (out of 5)
Taste: 4
Creativity/Authenticity: 5
Atmosphere: 3.5
Service: 4
Bang for Buck: 4.5Crayscale !!!
Make sure you get that Japanese barbecue or Yakiniku in Osaka! We walked by numerous fancy joints, but decided to try something a little more OG, a hole in the wall in Tenjinbashisuji that uses charcoal grills known as a shichirin! We stumbled upon this tiny yakiniku joint called Susumu in the back alleys of Tenjinbashisuji, known as Japan’s longest shopping street stretching across 2.6 kilometers. At first glance, Susumu looks more like a bar than a restaurant with a tiled bar wrapped around two Japanese Chefs devoid of seats.
We were a party of five so they set up #2grillz for us on the tiled bar. The menu consisted of all cuts and offal of beef, pork, lamb, and chicken. Everything was made to order as the chefs put in werk prepping dishes in front of us, but we were responsible for the barbecuing! My favorites were the grilled creamy camembert cheese, flavorful beef short ribs, thinly sliced ox tongue, chewy tripe and succulent lamb chops.
Simple yet refreshing cabbage salad to start.
Beef Tartare (¥600 JPY or $6 USD). Love this stuff!
Beef steak (¥650 JPY or $6.50 USD).
Super flavorful and succulent cubes of beef that I couldn’t stop popping into my mouth.
Camembert Cheese (¥450 JPY or $4.50 USD). This was crack! The melted gooey camembert cheese was creamy with just a tinge of salt. YUM!
Tripe (¥300 or $3 USD). The tripe was pretty good too, but not a must order.
Susumu 肉喰ホルモン すすむ
5 Chome-６−２２ Tenjinbashi
OsakaKita Ward, Osaka Prefecture 530-0041, Japan
+81 70-5659-0993