Most fantastic Japanese lunch in town-Roca

Few years ago when I opened my restaurant, a quiet slender woman walked with her friend in my restaurant after quietly studying the menu ordering the choicest dishes which most young people had ignored and devouring two very fine bottles of red, she left.The image was not right most of the youngsters who walk in my tapas bar order the usual tortilla,mushroom al ajillo,paella and a glass of sangria and leave,but here was a woman chewing and tasting every bite as she really enjoys food.

Later on that year I met another client who told me about this amazing woman Midori san and said she runs a cafe very close to my Bar.So as restaurateurs etiquette has it I must go there at least once to eat.Now came the real problem, I had quite a few times tried to have Japanese style lunches and some how they do not fit my list of likes.Sometimes laden with grilled mackerel and Japanese omelet and rice,with a side of miso soup and rice within an hour of eating the fare I am hungry again.But restaurateurs code is the code so obligingly I went for lunch and unwillingly sat myself in a comfortable chair at the bar counter.

What hit me next made me go to that cafe again and again for the past two years.There is only one set per day for 750 yen with an assortment of 3-4 ala carte choices starting from150￥-400￥.In a plate of handpicked Japanese crockery ,you get a salad of potato,home made radish pickles,tofu and seaweed croquettes,gently simmered pork belly with a light ginger sauce.This is accompanied by miso soup with clams,barley rice or brown rice of which you can have refills.

If you have a sweet tooth you can always order the home made dessert of the care of the day.After for those who follow the chef tradition of a beer with lunch guess what the beers only400￥for a bottle of Heineken.

I know that this all sounds normal and a thousand places fit this description but what makes Roca special is Midori sans detail for food.Over the three years Roca has been there, Midori san has researched and put together contacts with farmers living just outside Osaka or on a day off this mother of one takes an excursion with her daughter out of the city where she engages in making Japanese pottery and at the same time purchasing local village produce.All the vegetables and other produce are fresh and every day the menu changes.

The flavour of natural produce is kept unblemished.No other flavour kills the true flavour of the daikon or cabbage,it is gentle seasoned and all the dishes on the plate complement each others flavours.

At 25 ,Midori sa already a mother of one tried to get an apprenticeship with some Japanese chef ,but as the japanese tradition goes professional cuisine is a mans job so with all the doors locked she put herself through one of Japans very expensive and famous school and today Roca is her image proving that in Japan a female can cook professionally and put out exceptional food .
At Roca the food speaks for itself.



Delicate flavours,blend of very fresh vegetables and a calm quiet cafe in a busy neighbourhood makes Roca an perfect island of temporary peace in a busy schedule of the day.a must lunch f you are passing through Osaka or living in it.

Lunches are served everyday except Sundays and national holidays.

11:00 am to 16:00 pm
Bf 5th Nakamura kousan Bldg
1\26\16 shinmachi,nishi ku
Osaka 5500013





Phone:0665321524