A note on the words: tantanmen is a spicy Sichuan sesame noodle dish, served in soup, while mazesoba is a brothless ramen tossed with sauce and toppings. Shumai are steamed open dumplings, and xiao long bao are steamed soup dumplings. The half-and-half here pairs a reduced portion of tantanmen with fried rice alongside a pair of lunchtime dim sum.
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Turandot Garyukyo on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. A visit after a long while! Back when they did lunch bento boxes, this was such a great restaurant! It is truly a shame that the bento boxes are gone. After that they did ramen for a spell, but I wonder if that is over now too? It felt like they were constantly trying out one thing after another, but lately things seem to have settled down. Curious about what kind of lunch they serve now, I decided to go in.
Whenever I go by myself, the seat I get ushered to is always in a rather awkward spot, ha. Well, showing up alone without notice, maybe it cannot be helped ^^
Half and half — 2,300 yen
Tantanmen — 1,600 yen
White sesame tantanmen — 1,600 yen
Spicy mazesoba — 1,600 yen
Shark fin in thick sauce over noodles in soup — 2,800 yen
Seafood noodle soup — 1,800 yen
Hmm, looking at the menu, it does not seem to have changed that much.
Shall I have the standard spicy tantanmen for the first time in a while? With that in mind, I chose the half and half.
It seems dim sum is included at lunchtime. That gives a bit of a feeling of value!
The fried rice has each grain of rice thoroughly coated in oil, separating cleanly.
The rice is on the firmer side, and the seasoning is perhaps a little strong. The ingredients are orthodox — just char siu, egg, and a bit of scallion.
Because it is a half-and-half, the portion is kept quite modest, but it is delicious.
Firm-biting noodles in a bright red soup.
It looks quite spicy, but actually it really isn’t. The tingling heat you feel slowly is pleasant.
There are almost no toppings; it feels like something meant simply to enjoy the noodles and soup. The volume here is kept quite restrained as well.
Dim sum. Plump shrimp shumai and xiao long bao.
There are only two pieces, but when these arrive, the overall volume ends up hitting just the right balance!
And so, for lunch, given the price, I suppose it was reasonably good. A group of mothers with kids were eating at the terrace seats, so it might be quite nice for gatherings like that~. When you look at it this way, the tricky part is that there are places cheaper and tastier than this.
Turandot Garyukyo (Chinese / Akasaka Station, Nogizaka Station, Roppongi Itchome Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.0
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
