Chinese restaurants in Japan
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China Room
Located inside the world-famous Grand Hyatt Tokyo at Roppongi Hills, the China Room offers the most lavish and refined Chinese cuisine in the capital. From perfectly roasted Peking duck and fragrant shark-fin soup to rare oolong teas and handcrafted dumplings, the China Room is a feast for the senses that never fails to disappoint. In addition to widely known culinary classics, the China Room also offers rare Japanese seafood delicacies such as Niigata snow crab and Hokkaidō uni (sea urchin roe).
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Ten-Ten Tsune-Tsune Kaitenbō
There is no shortage of great Chinese restaurants in ‘Little Hong Kong’, though we’ve never seen anything quite like this novelty dim sum spot. Drawing inspiration from kaiten-sushi (conveyor-belt sushi) restaurants, Ten-Ten Tsune-Tsune Kaitenbō (try saying that with your mouth full!) offers conveyor-belt dim sum feasts to hungry shoppers in need of a dumpling-fuelled boost. Although there is a limited English menu available, it is not hard to simply grab what looks good!
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Senmonten
This place serves one thing only: crisp fried gyōza, which come in lots of 10 and are washed down with beer or Chinese raoshu (rice wine). If you can break the record for the most gyōza eaten in one sitting, your meal will be free and you’ll receive – guess what? – more gyōza to take home. The last time we were here, the men’s record was around 150 gyōza. Look for the red-and-white sign and the glass door.
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Ryūmon
The place looks like a total dive, but the food is reliable and authentic, as the crowds of Chinese residents will attest. There's no English menu, but there is a picture menu and some of the waiters can speak English. Decor is strictly Chinese kitsch, with the exception of the deer head over the cash register – we're still trying to figure that one out.
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Seiryūmon
Take a break from Italian-mad Venus Fort and head upstairs to this spot that looks like a night market in Beijing. It serves dozens of small dishes (stir-fried water spinach, Taiwanese soup noodles) and some larger ones too (hotpot of braised seafood). And at what other Chinese restaurant in the world do you get to peer through Corinthian columns as the sun ‘rises’ and ‘sets’ in an artificial sky?
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Ganso Gyōza-en
This is the best spot in Nankinmachi for gyōza dumplings, either fried (yaki gyōza) or steamed (sui gyōza). Use the vinegar, soy sauce and miso on the table to make a dipping sauce. It's next to a small parking lot – look for the red-and-white awning and English sign.
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Misen
Around the corner from Yabaton, Misen has little atmosphere and no English menu, but the Taiwan rāmen (egg noodles; ¥580) induces rapture – it's a spicy concoction of ground meat, chilli, garlic and green onion, served over noodles in a hearty clear broth. Other faves include gomoku yakisoba (stir-fried noodles; ¥630) and mabō-dōfu (tofu in spicy meat sauce; ¥580).
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Kōji
This busy, elegant Chinese eatery on the 7th floor of the Daimaru shopping complex claims a lineage with one of the oldest soba shops in Tokyo's Asakusa. There's a variety of tasty noodle dishes and stir-fries here like gyūniku to gurīn asupara no atamemono (beef and asparagus stir-fry). Large daily lunch specials are ¥1365.
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Hu Tong San la Ju
Walking into this two-storey spot on a corner near Roppongi Hills is like walking across the Sea of Japan. There are whitewashed walls reminiscent of Shanghai, plus Peking duck, Sichuan-style dishes, renowned dumplings and service more typical of Beijing than snooty Edo. Dishes are typically meant for sharing.
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Ramen Kameya
Nothing fancy here, just rāmen served in traditional Chinese style (chūka), with Shinshū miso or even kimchi. It's popular with the late-night after-drinking crowd, with all that entails. Look for the chalkboard on the wall across from the hotel carpark.
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Manchinrō Honten
This elegant Cantonese restaurant is one of Chinatown's oldest (1892) and most respected, with chefs from Hong Kong. Look for the stone lions out the front. The newer annexe around the corner, Manchinrō Tenshinpo, specialises in yum cha (dim sum; dishes/courses from ¥725/3300).
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Kairaku-en
This place has been serving southern Chinese cuisine since 1950, and there's a distinct possibility that some of the wonderful staff dressed in black with white aprons have been here ever since. For a splurge, try the Peking duck with miso (¥5000). It's just inside the Chinatown North gate.
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Shikairō
This huge, freestanding Chinese restaurant (look for the giant red pillars) near Glover Garden is credited as the creator of champon and has been in operation since 1899. There are dead-on harbour views and a small champon museum.
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Ryūsen
You can't miss friendly old Mr Ma sitting outside his small Shanghai-style eatery with a red awning, as he has done for years. The walls outside and inside are literally wallpapered with photos of tasty-looking dishes.
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Kōran-tei
Above a Swiss pastry shop, this two-storey restaurant has an endless menu. Sit upstairs to enjoy the action on the arcade as you tuck into taipien (¥735), daily lunch specials (¥750) or a six-course feast for a mere ¥1575.
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