Chinese Cuisine / Tea Spots in Japan

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Category

Gourmet / Alcohol

Chinese Food / Yakiniku BBQ / Asian / Ethnic

Chinese Cuisine / Tea

Toh-Ten-Koh (Ueno Flagship Shop)

4.0

45 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Taitou-ku Ikenohata 1-4-1 Shinobayu Ueno Ikeba

A large-scale Chinese restaurant located near Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, Tokyo. The restaurant was opened in 1961 as a palace dedicated to serving the best Chinese cuisine in the world. Totaling nine floors, the restaurant was remodeled in 2015. In addition to serving Chinese food, the building also hosts a Japanese restaurant, banquet halls, cafe, and wedding chapel. The restaurant's exquisite food, deemed Toh-Ten-Koh cuisine, consists of unique takes on Cantonese and Fujian dishes, styles particularly favored in Japan. Toh-Ten-Koh's stunningly huge menu of authentic Chinese cuisine includes lunch and dinner courses as well as a la carte options. Tokyo Skytree is visible from the restaurant towering beyond Shinobazu Pond, and the cityscape at night as seen from here is beautiful.

上野駅より不忍池を経由し徒歩で15分。豪華な巨大なビル、最上階にレストランがあり、他のフロアーは挙式会場等があります。事前にコースランチを予約。不忍池と東京スカイツリーが一望の半個室に通されました。コース名[健美御膳]前菜の中で一押しはイイダコ紹興酒漬、くせになる美味しさ。薬膳スープはフカヒレベース、湯葉団子にキノコ、やさしい味わい。柔らかい酢豚に大ぶりのエビチリ。デザートは杏仁豆腐に...
Kiyoken Main Shop

4.0

25 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Nishi-ku Takashima 2-13-12

Kiyoken has continued producing the great taste of Yokohama since it was founded in 1908. At Kiyoken Main Shop, you can enjoy very unique dishes including authentic Chinese cuisine while also inheriting the traditional cuisine from various nations. On the first floor, you can select unique products which you can only find at the main shop and standard products such as Yokohama specialty shumai (steamed meat dumpling). It is three minutes’ walk from the East Exit of JR Yokohama Station.

種類も豊富で迷う買いたいサイズが売り切れ多過ぎても困る地下の食堂にも行った並んで待つ事に… 仕方ないから出戻る中サイズを購入し、帰宅冷やして食べる旨い！
Restaurant Toyoken

4.0

144 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Oita Pref. Beppushi Ishigakihigashi 7-8-22

Opened by the Emperor’s chef Shiro Miyagawa in 1926, this Toriten chicken shop emerged in the early days of the Showa period as a place for chicken kamaboko tempura. Nowadays it is famous for its food loved dearly by those of Oita Prefecture. One can enjoy various tastes by adding Oita Prefecture kabosu or vinegar soy sauce and mustard. The standard menu’s “Honke Toriten Teishoku” is satisfyingly voluminous. From Beppu Station take the Kamenoi bus towards APU, alight at Funakouji, and walk five minutes.

とり天発祥の店。土曜の昼頃に着くと待つ人が外まで溢れていて、受付をすると1時間待ちと。店を離れ近くを40分ほど散策し戻ると自分の番まで3組待ち。まもなく呼ばれ、二階席へ。とり天定食を注文。衣にしっかり味があり、たれを付けなくても十分このままでも美味しい。とり天最高！一緒に行った人が麻婆豆腐のセットにしていたので少し味見をしましたが、辛さよりも醤油のしょっぱさが強く、こちらはいまひとつ。接客もとても...
Chinese Taiwanese Cuisine Misen, Yaba Branch

4.0

314 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Naka-ku Osu 3-6-3 Ajisen Building

This Taiwanese restaurant in the Osu district of Naka Ward in Aichi Prefecture's Nagoya City has its honten or main branch in Imaike. The restaurant is the originator of Nagoya's famous Taiwan ramen, a tori-gara (chicken bone) soup base topped full of stir-fried ground meat, garlic chives and chili pepper, and is bustling with tourists as well as regular customers who like spicy food. Coming here with friends or as a couple, gathering around the round tables, and wiping sweat from your brow as you eat is the real charm of this place. Chicken wings covered in secret sauce is one popular menu item.

The spicy ramen are amazing. These ramen are really really hot. So nothing for people who aren’t used to spicy food. You can of course order less spicy food, but I recommend the hot ones. Amazing...
Hakurakuten Imabari Main Store

4.0

108 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Ehime Imabari-shi Tokiwacho 4-1-19

In Imabari, you can have yakibuta tamago meshi, which is rice with Soy souse marinated Pork with its souse and two sunny side. Taste is sweet. Price is 750 (2017) or set with something (chicken fried...
Shikairou

4.0

687 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nagasaki Pref. Nagasakishi Matsugaemachi 4-5

This Chinese restaurant is famous for inventing Nagasaki champon as well as sara udon, two distinct dishes involving noodles with various toppings. The restaurant’s signature creamy and flavorful soup broth is made by boiling two to three whole chickens as well as pork and chicken bones for three to four hours. The restaurant’s building is five stories tall. The fifth floor is the actual restaurant, offering customers a superb view. The second floor is a museum which presents the history of champon. The first floor is a shop.

This place looks more like an office building - five or six stories tall. Part of it is Shikairo (entrance on the lower right side below the stairs - take the elevator), which was already crowded...
Akasaka Szechwan Restaurant

4.5

90 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Tokyo Chiyoda-ku Hirakawachou 2-5-5 National Ryokan Kaikan Building 5/6F

A Chinese restaurant owned and operated by famed television chef Chen Kenichi, Akasaka Szechwan Restaurant is renowned for its authentic Szechwan cuisine and its meticulous service. Akasaka Szechwan Restaurant is also able to provide dining spaces matched to patron needs, including casual table seating, a banquet hall, and private dining rooms which can be reserved for groups.

店名には赤坂とありますが、最寄駅は永田町という立地の有名中華料理店。特に麻婆豆腐が有名ですので一度食べてみようということで訪問。麻婆豆腐は思ったよりもだいぶ辛かったですがライスと良く合い、なかなかの美味。店内は広々としており、高級中華の佇まいです。（お値段も中華としてはお高め）
Jogenro Chinatown Main Shop

4.0

100 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 191

Jogenro is a well-established Shanghai cuisine restaurant founded in 1955, with over 300 menu items, ranging from lou cai, a traditional Shanghai dish, seasonal dishes using seasonal ingredients and xin cai, which is a new modern dish, dim sim to desserts. Inside the restaurant, you can experience a modern Shanghai atmosphere. It is three minutes’ walk from Exit 2 at Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.

Food was average, quite expensive. However the manager was awful, we had a small issue and rather than resolve it in an amicable manner her just threatened the police. Really bad . This restaurant...
Misen Imaike Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Nagoyashi Chikusa-ku Imaike 1-12-10

A Taiwanese restaurant which was founded in 1960. The restaurant is famous as the inventor of Taiwan ramen, a renowned local Nagoya dish. In the restaurant’s spacious interior, you can enjoy authentic Taiwanese cuisine. The restaurant’s full menu includes dim sum dishes and full course meals, ensuring everything from individuals to large groups can enjoy a meal here. The restaurant is also easy to find and is situated just outside the exit of the Imaike subway station.
Yokohama Daihanten Main Shop

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 154

A restaurant which was established in 1962 where you can casually enjoy authentic Chinese cuisine. The flagship Yokohama Daihanten location, here you can dine on carefully and laboriously prepared Chinese food in the restaurant’s comfortable atmosphere. Yokohama Daihanten focuses on the “big four” Chinese cuisines (Guangdong, Shanghai, Sichuan, and Beijing), making it easy to enjoy the tastes of each region in a single visit. The shop on the first floor sells handmade dim sum dishes, Chinese sweets, and Chinese spices. Yokohama Daihanten is located right next to the Yokohama Chinatown Zenrinmon Gate.
Saikoh Shinkan

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 192

Saikoh Shinkan is a Dim Sum specialist creating dishes under the supervision of a Hong Kong master chef using carefully selected dried foods, with a focus on Cantonese delicacies. There are a number of multi-course meals, and the weekday lunch special features seasonal dishes in a bamboo basket. The servings are abundant, and are a perfect pre-tea meal. It’s located three minutes’ walk from Minatomirai Line Motomachi-Chukagai Station.
Shatenki Nigouten

4.5

197 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 189 - 9 Shanghai Roadstock Building 1F

Shatenki Nigouten is a specialty Chinese porridge restaurant founded in 1951, and famous for a Chinese porridge in which raw rice as well as dried oysters, dried scallops and a whole chicken are stewed for four hours. It is five minutes’ walk from Exit 2 at Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.

So authentic and yummy but reasonable. You need to go early in the morning, otherwise you end up waiting outside for a rather long time.
Manchinro Tenshinpo

4.0

134 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 156

Manchinro Tenshinpo introduced the order-style yum cha in the Chinatown for the first time, and offers exclusive dishes based on the cooking techniques of Canton Province, China. The Chef’s recommendation using seasonal ingredients is also popular. It is five minutes’ walk from Exit 2 at Motomachi-Chukagai Station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.

The restaurant is specialized in Dim Sum. The food was very good and the service was excellent. We had a course meal and every single dish was carefully explained, making it more enjoyable. The...
Daichinro

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Yokohama-shi Naka-ku Yamashitacho 143
Jukei Hanten Yokohama Chinatown Honkan

4.0

83 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 164

Venerable Szechuan restaurant Jukei Hanten opened in 1959 and still offers authentic Szechuan cuisine made the old fashioned way. The Honkan location is currently under renovation and plans to reopen in fall of 2018. (Reopened October 10). Its shop that is two buildings down from the Honkan is open. It’s located two minutes’ walk from Minatomirai Line Motomachi-Chukagai Station Exit 2.

美味しい料理なのに配膳のアルバイト女性達が全くなってない。酷すぎほどですねこれでサービス料取られれのは？有名店だからと言ってアグラをかいてると痛い目にあいますね！
Roshoki

4.0

373 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Motomachidori 2-1-14

This is a buta-manju (steamed pork bun) specialist shop established in 1915 in Kobe’s Nankinmachi Chinatown. It is known as the originator of the “buta-manju” and “buta-man,” created when the founders brought the Chinese “tenshin-pozu” to Japan and adapted for Japanese tastes. Fluffy dough overflowing with meat juices, the bun is a Nankinmachi Chinatown favorite with consistent queues to get one. Aside from takeout, there is also an eat-in space available. The nearest station is Motomachi Station.

Soft, flaky pastry around a very salty pork. I wish I could eat these every meal. Or at least every football game drinking beer.
Keitokuchin

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Yokohamashi Naka-ku Yamashitachou 190

Keitokuchin’s claim to fame is their original Mapo Doufu, made with the perfect balance of Szechuan chili Raa and Chinese pepper Ma and their secret recipe black bean sauce. They also have a choice of reasonably prices multi-course meals that are perfect for girls’ nights out or company parties. It’s located five minutes’ walk from Motomachi-Chukagai station on the Tokyu Minatomirai Line.
Koran-tei Shimotori Main Store

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kumamoto Kumamoto-shi Chuo-ku Anseimachi 5-26
Kobe Motomachi Bekkan Botanen

4.0

66 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Hyogo Pref. Koubeshi Chuou-ku Motomachidori 1-11-3

This long-standing Chinese restaurant is across from the Daimaru Kobe, a three-minute walk from Motomachi Station. It offers authentic Chinese cuisine while adapting tastes to suit the locals’ preferences, or as it puts it, “Guangdong cuisine born in Guangdong Province and raised in Kobe.” There are approximately 100 dishes available prepared using a variety of seasonings, including homemade oyster sauce made using persimmon extract from Hiroshima. In addition to staples chow mein and fried rice, there are also dishes such as fried shark fin as well as course meals. The restaurant interior is spacious and has a relaxed atmosphere, and there are private rooms as well.

My first impression upon walking into Kobe Motomachi Bekkan Botanen was, Wow, this place is lovely and the staff are very nice. My second impression (upon sitting down and reading a menu) was...
Pekin Honten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Aichi Pref. Anjoushi Mikawanjouhonmachi 2-4-1

A long-standing Chinese restaurant located not far from JR Mikawa-Anjo Station. The restaurant's renowned Pekin-han, a local Mikawa-Anjo specialty, is made with Mikawa pork. The restaurant also offers gyoza pot stickers, Taiwan ramen, and a variety of other dishes, and this popular establishment can see lines of customers waiting outside the door, especially during lunch.