Kyoto Machiya Home-Style Lunch Staple! “Home Cooking Kokoraya Iseya-cho”

Ouchigohan Kokoraya, a staple for Kyoto machiya-style home-cooked lunch.

This time, the Iseya-cho branch. Located on Goko-machi Street, about a 3-minute walk south from the main store.

That’s pretty close, huh…

I guess that’s how well this business model is working.

About an 8-minute walk from Kyoto City Hall Station, about 10 minutes from Sanjo, and probably about 10 minutes from Kawaramachi too.

The exterior is a traditional machiya townhouse, so even if you’re nearby, you won’t think, “Oh, another Kokoraya.” That’s the key.

It’s nice that it doesn’t disrupt the scenery.

If this were a “7-Eleven,” you’d definitely think, “Another 7-Eleven!”

Now, inside the shop.

Like other kokoraya, as usual, the interior is perfectly townhouse-style.

At the Iseya-cho branch, you first see the counter upon entering.

This definitely looks like it would be fun as a nighttime izakaya too.

Incidentally, the night menu includes draft beer for 490 yen.

Well, that’s about average pricing.

Kyoto-style items like “simmered fu” for 490 yen.

“Taitan” is Kyoto dialect for “cooked item.”

In Kyoto, “tan” means “cooked version of something.”

For example, “grilled fried tofu” would be “fried tofu grilled tan.”

Honestly, when I first saw this on the menu, I was shocked.

It was like, “Huh?! What is this!?”

This is the second floor. These are table seats, right?

Tatami mats are nice, but tables and chairs are definitely easier to eat at.

Window-side seats are counter-style seats overlooking the street.

They seem perfect for solo diners to relax.

Now, lunch. When you think of Korokoya, it’s their obanzai lunch.

They have grilled fish set meals, simmered fish set meals, fried chicken set meals, and such, but this day I chose the one with tomato-simmered pork as the main.

Rice, miso soup, shibazuke pickles, tofu, eggplant and pumpkin tempura, macaroni salad,

and the main: tomato-simmered pork. Plus, dessert comes with sweets.

This feeling of having a little bit of everything is what makes the obanzai lunch so great.

It’s interesting how the sweets that come with it are just like homemade sweets.

Like at the other branches, I still don’t really get that purple sauce they put on top of the tofu.

The main dish is pork simmered in tomato sauce.

Even the main course features plenty of vegetables—that’s the Kyoto style.

Carrots, bell peppers, and Kyoto mizuna greens are served as sides.

The Kyoto mizuna soaks up the tomato broth, offering a satisfying crunch with a rich umami flavor.

Honestly, you might think there’s not much meat, but the variety of dishes somehow fills you up. lol.

The flavor is consistently good. Priced at 980 yen, it’s just under 1000 yen and quite reasonable.

Still, why is it that no one has left a review for “Ouchi Gohan Kokoraya Iseya-cho” on Tabelog?

Only photos are listed.

No reviews means no rating. This is quite unusual.

So, right now, your rating could decide this shop’s score!

Ouchi Gohan Kokoraya Iseya-cho
345 Iseya-cho, Miyukimachi-dori Rokkaku-sagaru, Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto City
075-255-1068
Closed Mondays

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