Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp

October 2022: Please note Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp has now permanently closed. Please see our Kita and Umeda Area page for more dining options in the district. Or see more vegetarian restaurants in Osaka or see all our recommended restaurants in Osaka.

Located in Ekimae Marche, a shopping complex attached to Osaka Station, Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp is a great choice for both vegetarians and meat-eaters alike. Think delicious curry packed to the max with fresh, sweet vegetables. The meat is optional and there are meat-free sauces too!

Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp - image © Florentyna Leow

Eating out in Japan can feel like a never-ending quest for greens. Most popular and affordable lunches here are dismally short on vegetables. To be specific, there is a distinct lack of variety when it comes to vegetables with your main meal. Those that do come to mind include a sad, tiny side salad (the sort accompanying most lunch sets), julienned cabbage (with tonkatsu sets), a conciliatory heap of grated radish (tempura), a few bamboo shoots (certain ramen), or a tangle of julienned radish that you’ll probably never eat (with sushi). Even offerings at izakayas tend to skew towards meat and fish rather than vegetables. It’s tough to eat your greens out here.

Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp - image © Florentyna Leow

Thank goodness, then, for the existence of Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp. They have outlets across a few cities in Japan, and their Osaka branch is conveniently located right in Osaka Station itself. Written with a small letter c, Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp’s signature curry contains a day’s worth of vegetables - that’s 350g, or just 1/3 of a kilogram of vegetables in one meal. In any of their curries, the vegetables play as much of a starring role as you let them. There are meat-free sauces, and of course, adding meat is optional.

Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp - image © Florentyna Leow

At Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp, each curry is cooked to order by combining various secret curry sauces. They arrive hot and bubbling in cast-iron saucepans. The vegetables are added in the order of length of time taken to cook through, rather than being simmered along with the curry sauce for lengthy periods of time. Swift cooking means that they retain their natural sweetness and texture beautifully. For instance, triangles of sliced onion remain crunchy-tender and remarkably sweet, while yellow cherry tomatoes are hot and juicy, softened by fire and gravy, but not completely cooked through. It is thoroughly representative of Japanese preferences for sweet-savoury curries, redolent with spice sans the mouth-searing heat. Almost as joyful and summery is a small glass of tomato salsa, herbaceous and sharp with onions.

Eating here feels like a reprieve in so many ways. It’s healthy and colourful, but not in a smug, virtuous way. It is a welcome break from the preciously-plated bowls of food at every other restaurant around you, and consequently, it is a relief not to have to marvel at how pretty your food is. Turnover here is reasonably fast, and you’ll feel better after you’ve had your daily intake of veg.

For more Osaka curry rice choices, see our Best Curry Rice In Osaka page.

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Check-in date

Fri 13 Dec 2024

Check-out date

Sat 14 Dec 2024

English name:
Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp

Japanese name:
野菜を食べるカレー キャンプ

English address:
1F Eki Marche Osaka, 3-1-1 Umeda, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, 530-0001

Japanese address:
〒530-0001 大阪市北区梅田3-1-1 エキマルシェ大阪1F

Opening hours:
10am-10:30pm

Price:

Non-smoking section:
Completely Non-Smoking

Reservations:
No Reservations

Nearest Transport:
Train: Directly connected to the Sakurabashi exit of Osaka Station.
Train and Subway: 3-minute walk from Umeda Station.

Telephone:
+81-6-6940-7155

Website:
Official website (Facebook in Japanese)

Customer Reviews:
:: Read customer reviews of Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp on TripAdvisor.

Near To Here:
Yasai wo Taberu Curry camp is located in Osaka's Kita and Umeda district. See our complete list of things to do in Osaka's Kita and Umeda district, including places to eat, nightlife and places to stay.

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