I stayed at this hotel so I decided to try the Breakfast too since it is more convenient.
They had this deal during my stay, where the breakfast has Red Bull together with takeout box. You can choose from three kinds of that drink.
It was not something that I expected in a hotel breakfast but okay.
I checked the breakfast info on the way in. Breakfast starts from 7am to 10am.
My Breakfast at Courtyard by Marriott Osaka
The Japanese part of the buffet started with pickles, salted plums and seaweed. There were also cucumber pickles, dried sardines and pickled takana mustard. Takana is that leafy green vegetable that you pickle a lot in southern Japan, and it has sharp sour taste.
I took a bit of each, but honestly the pickles did not have anything special.
Next up were cage-free boiled eggs and natto with vinegar. Cooked radish with yuzu, cooked winter melon and beef with burdock. The beef with burdock smelled pretty good so I put some on my plate.
Dashi soy sauce and natto were right there too but I never loved natto a lot so I skipped it. Natto is made up of rotten soybeans with that sticky stringy texture that you either love or can't stand.
Chinese congee with many toppings. Green onion, ginger, peanuts, fried dough sticks and stuffed bean curd. Congee is simply rice porridge cooked until it gets extra soft and thick, and it often shows up as breakfast food across Asia.
The fried dough sticks should be dipped in the congee. I tried some, and the congee itself was kind of plain that it needed more toppings to make it work.
Soft tofu with dried bonito flakes, and Japanese rolled omelette slices, loin ham, ponzu sauce and plum dressing. The rolled omelette were soft and a little sweet, as you usually make it in Japan. I finally went back for more of that one.
Milan salami, raw ham, smoked salmon and camembert cheese on the cold meats side. Olives, mixed beans, cucumber slices and peppers for the salad.
They had the normal salad bar with natural vegetables and sauces.
Cereal area with granola, cornflakes and toppings. They even included plant options such as brown rice flakes and oat milk which was nice surprise for hotel in Osaka. Most hotel breakfasts in Japan that I visited do not care about such stuff.
Miso soup area with seaweed and wheat gluten rolls for topping. The miso was on the weak side with not much taste.
Cream puffs, chocolate cake, yogurt and fresh fruit. Melon, pineapple, orange, grapefruit. Also jars of fig jam, strawberry jam, orange jam, avocado paste and cheese cubes.
The cream puffs were small but I took two anyway.
The bread area had croissants, cinnamon rolls, chocolate danishes, butter rolls, milk bread, baguettes, focaccia and gluten free bread together with muffins wrapped in plastic. Belt toaster was for toasting. So many bread choices, much more than I needed.
However the croissants were a bit dry which was kind of upsetting.
Nutella, peanut butter, syrup, strawberry sauce, berry sauce, honey, olive oil and butter. I went straight to the Nutella.
Curry and Croffles were kept in pots. Japanese pickled leeks and vegetables on the side. Croffles are simply croissant waffles, and they are popular in Japan for a while.
I took one, and it was crunchy outside, soft and crumbly inside. That probably was the best thing at this whole breakfast honestly.
The hot food area had grilled mackerel, hash browns, fried eggs, shredded yam, soy meat chicken with Cajun flavor, grilled small tomatoes, eggplant with crunchy miso, steamed fresh vegetables, fried mushrooms and creamy scrambled eggs. The scrambled eggs were thick and soft, not tough. Grilled mackerel had smoky salty taste, and the skin was crunchy.
It reminded me of the time when I ate at Ichiba Kōji Karasuma in Kyoto, where the grilled stuff also stood out most. The eggplant with crunchy miso was something I had not seen at hotel breakfasts before, and it was salty with little crunchy on top which worked.
Steamed dumplings and buns, plus whole udon noodles bar. You heat the udon, add dashi soup and then pick toppings like fried tempura batter, fried tofu, fish cakes and green onion. Having udon area at breakfast felt very Osaka.
The dashi broth was hot and had clean fishy taste.
Coffee, tea, hot water machines.
Drink area had orange juice, mixed juice, soy milk, oat milk, iced coffee and regular milk. I poured myself some iced coffee and orange juice. The orange juice tasted fresh, not from can.
