栄児家庭料理　本郷店 (Ron-a-ru Hongo-ten)

Posted on May 21, 08 by seat

Dinner at a Szechuan restaurant. Check out my friend’s site for Japanese review.
“String” tofu salad. Boiled gyoza.

Mapo tofu. Clear soup with meatballs.

Steamed chicken. Stir-fried vegetables.

Bang bang ji – Szechuan spicy chicken Salad. Fried prawn.

Stir-fried potato. Stir-fried Konjac.

The staff offered to add boiled beansprout to the leftover bang bang ji to make a salad.
Pork cooked in spicy sauce. The sauce is delicious, especially eaten with rice. Though there is not that much pork inside.

Grilled pork.

Tan Tan noodles, with sauce or without sauce. I had the one without soup at the original restaurant before(see tag), so I tried the one with soup. I like the one with soup better. The portion of the noodles is smaller for each person as we shared, so I could finish and enjoy it before getting tired of the taste.

Almond pudding. Black sesame dumplings.

The food is spicy but is actually okay. Other than the non-spicy dishes, every dish is seasoned with Szechuan pepper. I like mapo tofu, steamed chicken, fried prawn and pork in spicy sauce(you can choose beef or chicken too). I think the food is not bad, and the price is reasonable for Tokyo. But I can’t help feeling that Chinese food ought to be more generous with ingredients and cheaper…

Menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

栄児家庭料理　本郷店 (Ron-a-ru)
Add: 3-15-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tel: 03-5800-5111

梅蘭 (Bairan)

Posted on October 9, 07 by seat

梅蘭やきそば、￥８９３。
Bairan yakisoba. Fried noodles with onion, beansprout, chinese chives, pork, perfectly made with a crispy egg crust on top. Slightly spicy and very delicious! I should have taken pics of the noodles underneath…but too lazy! The original shop is in Yokohama. This branch in Shibuya is very conveniently located on Dougenzaka and has very good service(for a shabby chinese restaurant!).
梅蘭(Bairan)
Add: 2-9-1 Dougenzaka, Shibuya-ku
Tel: 03-5489-0866

五十番 (Gojuban)

Posted on December 25, 06 by seat

汁なし極太坦々麺、１０００円。
Very thick tantan noodles without soup. It is so good!! The thick noodles are soft and chewy and go so well with the minced meat and very spicy chilli oil. I had the normal tan tan noodles with soup here before and didn’t like it, but the no-soup and thick noodles version is delicious! This is only available at dinner and weekend.

排骨坦々麺、１３００円。
First lunch visit. The soup is spicy and rich and nice but the noodles are too soggy and the fried pork is too hard and stale….

黒豚の特製肉まん。
Special Nikuman.
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辛味噌肉まん、４２０円。あんまん、３１５円。
Spicy miso nikuman. Anman(sweet red bean).
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肉まん、３１５円。ピリ辛肉まん、４２０円。
Original nikuman. Spicy nikuman. Original is the best!
五十番(Gojuban)

瑠璃家 (Bolijia)

Posted on May 1, 06 by seat

ピータン(皮蛋)豆腐。水餃子。

菜の花と芝海老の唐辛子炒め。東京ポークのトロトロ煮込み。
Dinner visit. Food standard is high. Not cheap, though proper chinese restaurants are expensive in Tokyo anyway. This place doesn’t seem to be that popular, always no customers….We ordered a lot more dishes but I got lazy and didn’t take pictures.

フカヒレやきそば、ふわふわ卵炒飯、担々麺。
(Apr 13, 2006) Lunch visit. Shark fin fried noodles, egg fried rice and Dan Dan noodles.

２３００円のランチコース。
前菜：ナスとかつおの刺身。中華よりイタリアン？
スープ：酸辛湯。
(Sep 23, 2005) My second visit to this place. 2300yen lunch course. Aubergine and katsuo sashimi. Hot and spicy soup(doesn’t look/taste like it though).

メイン：スペアリブ。柔らかくて美味しい。
ご飯もの：野菜の雑炊。
Sparerib. Vegetable soup rice.

別注文のフカヒレ丼。デザートの杏仁豆腐。
Additional order of shark fin rice. Dessert is Almond pudding.

フカヒレ丼、２１００円。
(Sep 16, 2005) My very first visit to this place. Fukahire-don(Shark fin rice). Very good!
瑠璃家

龍圓 (Ryuen)

Posted on April 16, 06 by seat

前菜盛り合わせ：牛肉煮こごり、鴨の燻製、くらげ、メンマ、フルーツトマト。
Appetizer plate, dunno how to translate…beef pate-ish thing was nice, smoked duck had pork paste on top. Very good.

たっぷり野菜の棒々鶏、エスプーマソース。フカヒレ入りカブのポタージュスープ。
Shredded chicken with sesame mousse. Shark fin raddish potage soup.

三浦の春キャベツと刻み豚耳入り、コラーゲン餃子。なまこ、フレッシュ筍、千寿葱の煮込み。
Pork ear dumplings. Sea cucumber, bamboo shoot and onion.

車エビと、ブロッコリーとカリフラワー、X.O.醤炒め。和牛ホホ肉の老酒煮込み。
Prawn, broccoli and cauliflower, X.O. sauce. Beef cheek meat chinese wine stew.

中華パン。牛肉と無農薬フリルレタスの炒飯。
Beef and lettuce fried rice. Love it.

杏仁風味のブリュレ。杏仁豆腐。
Almond brulee, lychee sorbet, with tapioca. Almond tofu.
Additional comments: Five of us to share. The food is not very typical chinese, especially the shredded chicken that comes with so much salad. Taste is very light, little salt, little oil, but the sauce is thick and heavy. About 6000yen per person.. proper chinese food in Japan is not cheap really.
龍圓