In Osaka Eating A Giant Egg Sandwich

After watching a video on Instagram of an American visiting Japan and eating a giant egg salad sandwich at the Dekasan restaurant in Osaka, I knew I had to go on my next visit to Japan!

Fortunately, I was able to fit it into my schedule this summer, and my wife joined me.

We were able to map it and find our way there pretty easily. The shop is very small, without even a large sign in front. You know it’s the right place because of the flag with photos of yummy-looking sandwiches on it, and a long line of non-Japanese people waiting to get in or get takeout.

I was thrown off because there were literally no Japanese people in line. Hey, I know this place has gone viral on social media, so I expected plenty of foreigners, but it makes me nervous when there are no Japanese people present, except for the people working at the restaurant. Maybe the food isn’t good?

There were two lines. One for takeout orders, and the other for eating inside. It was a very small place (enough for maybe 10 people), so the host told us it would be about an hour's wait.

What?! For sandwiches?

I was determined to eat inside, and my wife was kind enough to stand outside in the summer heat and humidity to try this place out. Later, I read that some people order their sandwiches to go, then walk up the street to a park near a temple and eat outside.

That probably would have been nice—and a lot easier!

The prices were pretty high for eating just sandwiches. If you get an egg salad sandwich at a convenience store, you're looking at paying around 250 yen. At Dekasan, where the sandwiches are a lot bigger, you’re paying 500 to over 1000 yen. That’s like a ten-dollar sandwich. Not so bad in America, but pricey in Japan.

I thought it was only a place for egg sandwiches, but they had so much more! Our plan was to only order two, but their menu made me want to try them all.

They took our order before we got inside, so we didn’t have to wait very long after being seated. When they brought out the tamago (egg) salad sandwich, it was huge!

I guess the Deka in Dekasan really does mean dekai (big) in Japanese.

And we only ordered a half.

Several moments were spent figuring out how to bite into the lightly toasted, fluffy goodness without spilling the egg salad all over the place.

The sandwich was a mouthful, and the most important part…it tasted delicious!

We shared the half, and then they brought out the roast beef sandwich next.

Smaller, but still large, cut in half and full of flavor!

This cartoon journal entry was a fun way to remember how the experience came together. A long wait, delicious food, in a small restaurant, with a bunch of people trying out something in Japan that they saw online. It was fun!

I’m not getting any money for this free advertising for Dekasan; I just thought it was a cool experience, surprisingly yummy, and wanted to share it with you. If you decide to visit, I’d advise ordering to go and eating at a park.

It was fun to video the experience, and my daughter helped me edit it together.

You can watch the quick 30-second video right here: