Tachinomi izakaya(立ち飲み居酒屋) means “Japanese standing food bar” (more details). Amid a tachinomi izakaya neighborhood surrounding busy Temma Station (天満駅) is the Stripes of Glory (a national flag of Malaysia)-waving, Shintamon Sakakura (Tachinomi-dokoro Shintamon Sakakura / 立呑処 新多聞酒蔵).
The storefront of Shintamon Sakakura.
Shintamon Sakakura’s menus.
Inside Shintamon Sakakura is a 100% Japanese tachinomi izakaya except for the national flag of Malaysia on the wall. Only a counter table facing the kitchen, no chairs (which save space). Today’s specials and recommendations handwritten in native Japanese are on a businesslike whiteboard. Laminated double-sided print menus are on the table.
Hainanese chicken (海南チキン). 500 yen.
Hainanese chicken usually comes with rice and is called “Hainanese chicken rice” or “Singaporean chicken rice (シンガポールチキンライス)” in Japan. I appreciated the keto-friendly outcome here at Shintamon Sakakura.
Butter garlic squid (イカガーリックバター炒め). 600 yen.
It may or may not be even an Asian dish but I wanted it. It tasted good. However, in hindsight, I thought I would have appreciated it if onions had spent more time in a pan. My mouth smelled like onions all evening that day.
Hokkien mee (福建麺 マレーシア黒焼きそば). 800 yen.
Shintamon Sakakura’s Japanese menu says “Japanese Malaysian black yakisoba noodles”. The dish was like Japanese udon-like thick egg noodles stirred-fried in dark soy sauce.
All the food I ate at Shintamon Sakakura was great and genuinely homespun. I assume many Japanese salary-men (businessmen) feel at home there. Some might find it pricey compared to other tachinomi izakayas where a homespun yakisoba noodles costs half the price.
Tachinomi-dokoro Shintamon Sakakura / 立呑処 新多聞酒蔵 | 4-12 Tenjinbashi, Kita Ward, Osaka, 〒530-0041, Japan
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