From scratch in Namba
Cooking Sun teaches in room 202 of the SUNREGIS building in Namba. You make the noodles and the stock yourself and fold chicken gyoza, and guests mention two teachers, a printed guide and recipes to take home. Vegetarian and pescatarian versions are available on request, a gluten-free one is not. One guest found a masked instructor hard to hear, which is worth knowing if you would rather sit close to the front.
With sake or beer in Bakuromachi
XLSWORLD runs its ramen and gyoza class in room 303 of a residential building in Bakuromachi, in the Semba business district north of Namba. Sake or beer comes with the meal. The listing says two hours, but its own schedule adds up to about three, so do not book a dinner straight afterwards. A vegetarian version has to be requested before the class.
Your choice of broth near Osaka Castle
The Ramen and Chopsticks Making Studio is the only class where you pick the soup: tonkotsu (pork bone), shoyu (soy sauce) or miso. You make the noodles yourself, the bowl comes with chicken chashu, and one drink and a souvenir are part of the booking. Vegetarian and vegan bowls are possible on request. The studio sits near Osaka Castle, in the Tenmangu area, and it starts five minutes after the set time whether or not everyone has arrived.
Gluten-free in Higashiosaka
Ramen noodles are wheat noodles, so the regular classes cannot serve a guest with coeliac disease or gluten intolerance. Yuki Japanese cooking class in Higashiosaka is built around gluten-free noodles and gyoza wrappers. It takes no more than 4 guests, meets in Nukata, about five minutes on foot from Nukata Station, and offers an optional sake pairing. Allow for the train ride east of the centre. The listing also mentions transport to the venue, which does not match the fixed address; plan to travel there yourself.
The diet guide puts every tour and class against the four common diets.
Which kitchen for which evening
Staying in Namba or Dotonbori and want to cook everything yourself: Cooking Sun is a short walk away. Want a drink with the bowl: XLSWORLD. Want to choose the broth or combine the class with a visit to Osaka Castle: the studio near the castle. Cannot eat wheat: the class in Higashiosaka is the only option.
Cooking Sun also lists a wagyu oshizushi menu as an alternative to ramen; the sushi class page explains how that pressed sushi differs from nigiri.
For takoyaki, okonomiyaki and the home-style menu, see all Osaka cooking classes.
