This entry was persuasive, and this particular blogger also seems to share an interest in many of the same types of restaurants as us (and as I have apparently learned, many foreign travellers without spending restrictions, according to the locals on this board!): <a href="http://chubbyhubby.net/travel/osaka-p...I">http://chubbyhubby.net/travel/osaka-p...I</a> wish I could offer more details.