Kiroku

At lunchtime, start with one of Kiroku’s fish-focused set meals. The mackerel set comes with a choice of salt-grilled or miso-simmered fish, three small side dishes, miso soup and pickles. Choose white rice or the rice of the day; the listed menu shows a supplement of 50 yen for the latter. One diner paired the fatty salt-grilled mackerel with maitake mushroom rice, a reminder that the rice choice can add a little variety to the meal.

For simmered fish, there is also a set meal of karei, or flatfish. It comes with three small sides, miso soup, pickles and rice. One diner who ordered it remembered the glossy rice and generous bowl of miso soup, as well as the meal’s appealing presentation and hearty portions. Daily specials have included salt-grilled salmon belly and a marinated kanpachi rice bowl, offering a change of fish from one day to the next. A diner who tried the salmon belly recalled leaving full after having it with a small dish of taro and miso soup.

The listed rice bowls include kaisen don, a bowl of assorted sashimi over rice, and unamabushi don, topped with grilled eel brushed with a sweet-savoury soy sauce. The kaisen don comes with a small side dish and miso soup, making it a straightforward choice when you would rather have fish and rice together in one bowl than a set meal. Listed prices include 750 yen for the mackerel set, 800 yen for the simmered flatfish set and 850 yen for the kaisen don.

Kiroku works for a set meal at lunchtime or fish and a drink in the evening. Diners who visited at night have mentioned enjoying sashimi and other drinking accompaniments; the restaurant is also listed as serving sake, wine and shochu. This izakaya is in Shinkita, Joto Ward, Osaka City. Lunch is served on weekdays, while Saturday service starts in the evening.