Cherry blossom ice cream in melon bread - 800 JPY

Verdict: Walk

A staple Japanese dessert to try when you’re in Osaka, but available at multiple locations across the city (even at the local 7-11). You get sensations of crunchy, soft, cold, and warm all in one bite.

Type: Bakery

Location: Dotonbori, Osaka, Japan

Address: Shibata.Bld, 1 Chome-5-8 Dotonbori, Chuo Ward, Osaka, 542-0071, Japan

Must Try Items: Melon pan with sakura ice cream (¥800)

Cost: regular melon pan was ¥400. Add a few hundred yen when you add various ice cream flavours (vanilla was +¥100, whereas sakura was +¥400)

Cutting open the bread and placing slab of ice cream

Comments:

Iconic food stall for a must-eat Osaka snack.
Warm bun with a crunchy top and soft insides, contrasted with the cold ice cream sandwiched within. A delicious combination.
It took longer to order the melon pan than to devour it…
Ice cream flavours including vanilla, green tea, strawberry and cherry blossom. We had to choose cherry blossom, a rarer flavour to find outside of Japan.

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