Hey, my name is Scott, I'm the Australian teacher at Imarge.
I thought I'd blog about some of the places I like to go out to eat at around Umeda.
If you have a sweet tooth like me there are a bunch of nice cake shops around Umeda.
First off Gokan in Kitahama is nice. It's really cheap for what you get costing about 1000 yen per person for a cake and coffee. The cakes are really nice both flavor and quality wise. The coffee (I recommend the iced coffee) is very nice too with a nice strong taste. The cake comes on a large rectangular plate that also has a small sampling of another cake on it as well as a palate refreshin g sorbet in a small glass. All in all a great deal for 1000 yen.
Not far from Gokan over near Utsubo Park is a cake shop called Piano Piano.
One of the great things about Piano Piano is that it's quite small, cosy and in a pretty out of the way area so it never gets too crowded (unlike Gokan which gets so packed that you can find yourself waiting for 30 minutes to an hour). The cake and coffee at Piano Piano is great and cheap too, a cappucino and cake will set you back about 800 yen. It all has a nice authentic taste too, it definitely reminds me more of the type of stuff I would have in Australia as opposed to the typical type of stuff you get in Japan.
Finally I'd like to mention a restaurant in Higobashi, it's called Organic Tomato. Part of the restaurant's appeal is the atmosphere, it's very cosy inside and the staff are really friendly. The food is also top notch and good for you too seeing as most (if not all) of it is organic. They have stuff like tofu nuggets and ratatouille. A main will set you back about 850 yen or so and will fill you up too as they come with an assortment of salads and a soup.
Well that's it for my first blog post, hope you got something useful out of it :)
