value for money
- Japan
- (cheap eats • COK • drinking • futon • izakaya • Osaka • SNOJ • value for money)
Dine at Akihabara’s Dorami and get all-you-can-eat mapo tofu, plus delicious dumplings and more
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Katy Kelly
Oct 22, 2019
Our Japanese-language reporter follows a hot tip to a mouth-searing offer he can’t refuse.
- Japan
- (Akihabara • cheap eats • COK • mapo doufu • Seiji Nakazawa • SNOJ • value for money)
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