"Tako no Tetsu" is self cooking Takoyaki restaurant! Enjoy cooking your own Takoyaki in Osaka Umeda!

"Takoyaki" is the popular food of Osaka, and now there are many famous Takoyaki restaurants there.

Among these restaurants, there is a hot Takoyaki restaurant which has different concept from others in Umeda in Osaka. The name of the restaurant is "Tako no Tetsu".

There are two restaurants at Umeda in Osaka, and both of them are popular.
The feature of this restaurant is "Cooking your own Takoyaki"!

Commonly at Takoyaki restaurant, staff makes the Takoyai and we just buy it.
But at Tako no Tetsu, "The customer cooks the Takoyaki yourself and eat it as you like".

This style has got popular and now many people come and enjoy cooking Takoyaki.

In addition, Tako no Tetsu has many different kinds of Takoyaki and 6 different Takoyaki sauce. So it is exactly you can enjoy your own Takoyaki.

It is good to eat it without sauce and it is also good to eat it with the sauce such as Original sauce, Hot sauce, Sesame Soy sauce, Vinegar and Soy sauce, Tako soup, Vinegar sauce to change the flavor.

Like this, cooking the Takoyaki your self and choosing the sauce to make your original Takoyaki is the great point of Tako no Tetsu. We highly recommend here for not only Osaka people but also who doesn't eat Takoyaki frequently.

Today, we would like to introduce the special Takoyaki restaurant "Tako no Tetsu".

Table of contents for this article

１，Basic and Useful information
２，Very popular, self cooking Takoyaki
３，Tako no Tetsu's Menu
４，Access information
５，Recommended information around "Tako no Tetsu"

１，Basic and Useful information

Basic information

Name： Takoyaki & Teppanyaki Tako no Tetsu
Neme in English： TAKOYAKI & TEPPANYAKI TAKONOTETSU
Prefecture： Osaka
Area： Osaka city (Umeda)

【Umeda Marubiru shop】

Address： 1-9-20 marubiru B2F, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Tel： 06-6345-0301
Closed day： No scheduled holidays ※Close on marubiru's holiday
Open：

・Mon ～ Sat／11:00 ～ 23:00 ※L.O at 22:15
・Sun ・ Holiday／11:00 ～ 22:30 ※L.O at 21:50

【Umeda Kakuta shop】

Address： 1-10 Kurofune building 1F, Kakuta-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Tel： 06-6314-0847
Closed day： No scheduled holidays
Open： 11:30～23:00 ※L.O at 22:30

Official web site：http://takonotetsu.com/
tabelog web site：http://tabelog.com/osaka/A2701/A270101/27003686/

Useful information

EnjoyJapan! recommendation level：

Speaking of Osaka food is Takoyaki, and there are many Takoyaki restaurants but only at "Tako no tetsu" you can cook Takoyaki yourself. Enjoy cooking Takoyaki with your friends, boy friend or girl friend or family!

Average price： ¥2,000～／person
Less than 10 min walk from a station： ◯
Free Wi-Fi： Unknown
Credit Card： Unknown
Seat type：

Umeda Marubiru restaurant／ table seat
Umeda Kakuta restaurant／table seat, private room

When should we go： Lunch／Dinner
Accompanied with： friend／date／family／alone
Staff who can speak foreign language： Unknown
Smoking： 〇
Parking： ☓ ※There is a meter parking nearby
To go： Unknown
Other useful information：

It is better to make a reservation for lunch time and dinner time to avoid waiting. Inside the restaurant it smells full of Takoyaki and Teppanyaki, so please wear the clothes which you don't mind they get smelling.

２，Very popular! Self cooking "Takoyaki"

The most attractive point of Tako no Tetsu is self cooking Takoyaki!
We show you the process of "How to cook?" by photos.

First, choose and order the Takoyaki, Tako no Tetsu has more than 10 different Takoyaki, for example, "basic Takoyai", "Tako shisoyaki" Takoyaki with Shiso(beefsteak plant), "Curry Takoyaki", "Healthy yaki" Takoyaki with Konnyaku and others.

The staffs explain how to cook Takoyaki, but if you are not good at cooking the staffs make the Takoyaki for you.



There is a Takoyaki iron plate in the central.



Put the octopus into the iron one by one.



Put the Shiso on the Takoyaki.



Pour the dough quickly and wait until it's gets a little be solid.

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It is fun to do all yourself from the beginning to the end! You can have this experience only in Tato no Tetsu.

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Keep turning the Takoyaki dough on the iron plate, they become round.

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After they are cooked, taste them as you like. We recommend to eat with basic Takoyaki sauce for the first bite or without sauce it depends on what is inside.

You can enjoy all the steps to make Takoyaki, put the octopus, pour the dough and keep turning until it's cooked.

Families in Osaka often hold Takoyaki party at their home. But for other people, cooking Takoyaki is valuable experience so please come and try at Tako no tetsu.

３，Tako no Tetsu's Menu

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At "Tako no Tetsu", there is also Teppanyaki dish. Especially Okonomi yaki and Yaki soba is excellent and very popular. Please try them too.

Then we show you their Takoyaki menu more than 10 different flavors and Teppanyaki dish and others.

Takoyaki menu

●Basic "Takoyaki"
●With Shiso "Tako shiso yaki"
●With Shiso and Cheese "Tako shiso cheese yaki"
●With Konnyaku "Healthy yaki"
●With Meat "Sanzoku yaki"
●With shrimp "Kaizoku yaki"
●Curry flavored "Curry tako yaki"
●With Shiso, garlic shoots, leek "Yakumi yaki"
●Shrimp flavored dough "Ebi fumi takoyaki"
●Spinach in dough "Horenso takoyaki"
●With corn, cheese, pineapple "Tropical yaki"
●With octopus, shrimp, meat "Tako no tetsu yaki"
●With changa(spicy cod innards),cheese "Taiyo yaki"

※Price is 12 pieces／¥600 ～

Teppan yaki menu

【Okonomi yaki】

●Buta tama (with pork)
●Ika tama (with squid)
●Ika Buta tama (with squid and pork)
●Tako tama (with octopus)
●Ebi tama (with shrimp)
●Gyunniku tama (with beef)
●Sujikon (with beef tendon and konnyaku)
●Modan ※Okonomi yaki with soba or udon noodles
●Rice modan ※Okonomiyaki with fried rice
●Mix (with pork, squid, shrimp, beef, octopus and others) ¥980
●Kai bashira tama (with scallops)
●Seasonal menu Kaki tama (with oyster) ※Oct ～ Mar
●Pizza fumi yaki (Pizza flavored)
●Special ※Big size Mix for 3 or 4 people

Maze yaki
●Tokusen Buta tama (Special Okonomi yaki with pork)
●Yakumi yaki ※Okonomi yaki with 6 different spices

※Price for 1 person／¥730～

【Yaki soba・Yaki udon】

●Buta yaki soba (pork)
●Buta yaki udon (pork)
●Ika buta yaki soba (squid, pork)
●Ika buta yaki udon (squid, pork)
●Omu soba (egg rolled yaki soba)
●Mix ※(pork, squid, shrimp, beef, octopus)
●Ponzu yaki udon (vinegar flavored yaki udon)
●Soba meshi ※yaki soba mixed fried rice
●Toromi yaki curry udon (curry flavored thicken udon) ¥800

※Price is for 1 person／¥690 ～

【Other menu】

●Tonpei yaki ※ pork with egg
●Dote yaki
●Octopus and shrimp salad
●Crispy pork vegetable salad
●Ika shio yaki (baked squid with salt)
●Tako shio yaki (baked octopus with salt)

※Price is for 1 person／¥390 ～

４，Access information

To "Tako no Tetsu" Marubiru shop

Address： 1-9-20 marubiru B2F, Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
Tel： 06-6345-0301
Transportation (by Train)：

5 min walk from JR "Osaka" station
5 min walk from JR "Kitashinchi" station
10 min walk from Osaka Subway Midosuji line "Umeda" station
15 min walk from Osaka Subway Tanimachi line "Higashi Umeda" station
5 min walk from Hanshin "Umeda" station
15 min walk from Hankyu "Umeda" station

To the "Tako no Tetsu" Kakuta shop

Address： Osaka-fu Osaka-shi Kita-ku Kakuta-cho 1-10 Kurofune building 1F
Tel： 06-6314-0847
Transportation (by Train)：

10 min walk from JR "Osaka" station
10 min walk from Osaka Subway Midosuji line "Umeda" station
10 min walk from Osaka Subway Tanimachi line "Higashi Umeda" station
10 min walk from Hankyu "Umeda" station

５，Recommended information around "Tako no Tetsu"

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