Nonkiya

Situated approx. 10 min walk from JR Nagoya station, Nonkiya is a long-standing izakaya, famous for miso oden. Miso oden is a specialty of Nagoya, in which ingredients are cooked in hatcho miso. This restaurant is built in an unique way. In addition to table seats inside the restaurant, there is a counter outside which looks like a street stand. Therefore, you will always see people drinking at the counter, when the inside is very crowded. Although it is nice to enjoy a meal inside, I recommend you to try to enjoy meals at the counter, as if you are having a meal at street stands in old Japan.

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Secret miso sauce that has been passed on since it was founded

The same secret miso sauce has been used in this restaurant since it was first founded. The sauce is made after being slowly cooked for many hours after adding granulated sugar to hatcho-miso, which is bean miso from Aichi. It has sweet and rich taste. The dishes made of this excellent miso sauce go so well with rice and beer!

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Amazing oden with great taste of miso

The popular dish on the menu is "miso oden" （1 stick 120 yen）. They are cooked in the secret miso sauce. There are in total of 8 types of ingredients, including Japanese radishes, eggs, tofu and hampen （steamed minced fish）. Each ingredient is well-cooked in the sauce. You will taste a rich taste of haccho miso as you have one bite.

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Cooked hormone （gizzards） in miso is a great dish even for women

"Doteyaki" （1 stick 80 yen） is also another popular dish, which is made of pork hormone cooked in miso sauce. The hormone is boiled in order to get rid of extra fat. Therefore, it doesn't have the typical smell and taste of hormone. Even women who don't like hormone, can enjoy it. Since it is well-prepared, meat will melt inside the mouth, spreading the great taste of miso sauce.