Shukugawa has plenty of “easy-to-miss but delicious” restaurants, and “河童” is one of them.
It’s located a little west of Hankyu Shukugawa Station, but since the restaurant is in the basement, you might walk right past it if you’re not paying attention.
It’s directly below “ラヴェニールチャイナ,” which we recently introduced on Nishitsu, so that should make a good landmark.
The exterior has the feel of an izakaya, but they also serve lunch.
This time, we visited during lunchtime.
和洋酒彩「河童」Food
The lunch menu consists only of “河童のランチ” (1,420 yen), but you can choose your main dish from three options: “fried oysters,” “octopus, shrimp, and scallop stir-fried with Shaoxing wine,” or “yurinchi fried chicken.”
This is the “河童のランチ.”
I chose “yurinchi fried chicken” for the main dish.
The lunch set includes five side dishes in total, including a simmered dish, plus rice, miso soup, pickles, and the main dish.
The simmered dish was eggplant simmered in broth, topped with grated yam.
The four side dishes in front are, from the left, “koya tofu,” “potato salad,” “salmon cutlet,” and “tofu dengaku.”
Just like the simmered dish topped with grated yam, each item had a nice extra touch, such as the potato salad being seasoned with mentaiko, and everything was delicious.
The main “yurinchi fried chicken” had a crispy coating and juicy meat.
It was topped with a special sweet vinegar sauce, and the garnishes included two kinds of green onion: shiraga-negi and chopped green onion.
It was a very tasty “yurinchi fried chicken.”
You can choose your rice size from “large,” “medium,” or “small,” but please note that refills are not available.
For an additional 380 yen, you can add dessert and a drink, so I decided to try it.
This is the dessert, “crispy sweet potato with shiratama ice cream.”
As the name suggests, vanilla ice cream is served with crispy sweet potato and shiratama dumplings.
The sweet potato and shiratama dumplings were warm, and the contrast with the cold ice cream was really enjoyable.
For the drink, I had “hot coffee.”
It was a very satisfying lunch, but this lunch is limited to 30 servings and ends once sold out.
Please keep that in mind if you plan to visit.
和洋酒彩「河童」Menu
This is the only lunch menu item.
As mentioned earlier, it ends once sold out.
Inside 和洋酒彩「河童」
Inside, there are counter seats and table seats, and all of the table seating is in private rooms.
The counter seats look like this.
Behind the counter seats, private rooms are lined up.
Inside the private rooms, the seating looks like this.
Exterior of 和洋酒彩「河童」
The restaurant is on the first basement floor of this building.
By the way, “ラヴェニールチャイナ” is on the first floor.
There’s this small sign outside.
Go down the stairs…
And here is the entrance.
和洋酒彩「河童」Store Information
★Hours
[Weekdays] 12:00～14:30(L.O.13:45)
[Mon～Sat] 18:00～23:00(L.O.22:00)
★Closed Sundays
★Phone 0798-32-3327
★Address Hyogo PrefectureNishinomiya CityHagoromocho10-21 Shukugawa KS Building 3 B1F
★Seats 40 seats
★Smoking Separate smoking areas (completely non-smoking during lunchtime)
★Card payments Accepted (not accepted during lunchtime)
★Related link
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(*Prices, menu items, business hours, etc. are as of the time of our visit. Please check directly with the restaurant for the latest information.)
