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About this place
The Tennoji branch’s Osaka-style doteyaki pasta and Osaka-style doteyaki carbonara pair classic Italian dishes with distinctly Osaka-inspired names. The menu also ranges across tomato, cream and oil-based pastas, as well as pizza, doria and risotto, so there are plenty of ways to choose a main dish to suit your mood. Tomato-sauce options include rustic pasta with aubergine and spinach, cacciatore with chicken and vegetables, and seafood pescatore. Creamy choices include carbonara with thick-cut bacon and a dish combining mentaiko with bacon and asparagus.
One diner who visited for lunch chose a set with the pasta of the day, salad and a drink, and said they could pick from that day’s options. The seafood-rich cream sauce pasta, one of the day’s dishes, came with mussels, scallops, clams, squid and prawns. A reviewer remembered the seafood’s savoury flavour and the generous amount of sauce, suggesting a lunch to enjoy one mouthful of ingredients at a time. Another diner mentioned a preference for tomato cream and white cream sauces, so there are options for those who like to choose by sauce.
Beyond pasta, the menu includes doria with prawns and scallops and risotto with Parma ham and Parmesan. One diner also mentioned ordering a beef rice bowl and grilled rice for lunch, making the rice dishes worth a look. For dessert or a break, visitors have enjoyed tiramisu with hot coffee, and Basque cheesecake with café au lait. The cake was served with ice cream or whipped cream and berry sauce, according to one account. It is also possible to follow a meal with something sweet.
Pelcola’s Tennoji Mio branch offers dine-in table service and is described as suitable for solo diners. With choices ranging from lunch and dinner to coffee and dessert, it can suit different appetites and occasions.
