The Dojima branch of Yoshinoya in Osaka is doing a roaring lunch trade. As one diner vacates their seat at the counter, another takes their place, while staff take just seconds to assemble the next order of the restaurant’s trademark dish: gyūdon.
I joined the rush, ordering a set lunch of seasoned beef and onion on rice, and side dishes of pickled cabbage and miso soup – all for an extremely affordable ¥632