The birthplace of rice omelet: a restaurant "Hokkyokusei" 　

When I went to Osaka the other day, I had a rice omelet at the "Hokkyokusei".（Hokkyokusei means Polaris in Japanese.)
Although the restaurant seems to have been well known, I didn't know at all that there was a birthplace of rice omelet in the first place.

 

You can read why the rice omelet was born on Hokkyokusei's web site . In short, there was a following conversation between a customer and the owner.
"This is very good. What is the dish called?" "Rice and omelet, so it is a rice omelet!"

 

I went to their Shinsaibashi head restaurant, which is like a retro Japanese-style house with a courtyard. It was nice to have a delicious rice omelet in the spacious retro Japanese room. So I understand the restaurant is popular among foreign tourists.

 

The omelet was fine and thin. I thought that the word "gentle taste" was truly to describe the rice omelet.

 

There was a multilingual plate on each table.

 

This one is for the restaurant staff.

 

The entrance of the Hokkyokusei　

 

I went there around 1 p.m. on a weekend and waited inside about 20 minutes before I was guided to a table. It was good that I didn't have to wait long outside. They have a few branch restaurants in Kyoto as well. (H.S)