A note on the words: Tenshin Komen is the name used in the headings (the menu lists it as kanitama soba): noodles in a soy-based broth, topped with a crab omelet. Nira soba is a noodle soup with garlic chives. The spring rolls here are filled with shark fin in a thickened sauce, and the gyoza with shark fin. The nuts and chili brought out at the beginning are complimentary snacks, not a paid cover charge (otoshi).
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Tohryu Azabu ten on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Hello, this is Hangover Meshi. It has been a while! “Tohryu Azabu ten” is an upscale Chinese restaurant in Azabu-juban. I tend to use it for celebratory lunches and the like; everything is quite pricey, but every dish is surprisingly delicious. For lunch, reservations are only accepted for arrivals before 12:00, so I booked right for the 11:30 opening time.
Lunch menu — 3,200 yen
Nira soba — 2,200 yen
Crab-omelet noodles — 5,000 yen
I thought about ordering something from the lunch menu that I had not tried yet, but since I was here, I decided to pick something from the a la carte menu that I wouldn’t normally order. There, under the special noodles section, was a crab-omelet noodle soup for 5,000 yen, which is extraordinarily expensive, ha. Feeling curious, I worked up my resolve and went for the 5,000-yen crab-omelet noodles.
To start, while not an otoshi cover dish, here are the complimentary nuts and chili provided on the house.
Spring rolls! At 2,400 yen for five pieces, that comes to 480 yen apiece! Well, for spring rolls of this caliber, that price level might be plausible.
Inside the thin, crisp pastry is a shark fin filling in a thickened sauce (an) that has thoroughly soaked up the savory broth, and it is delicious.
And here are Tohryu’s familiar 2,300-yen gyoza, ha.
Plump and large, packed generously with shark fin inside. These too are delicious.
Meanwhile, at long last, the crab-omelet noodles make their appearance!
Baaam!
Oh, so this is 5,000 yen. There was a bit of an initial shock, but one mouthful in, it was remarkably delicious, ha.
The soy-sauce-based broth is the same style as nira soba and the like, but it is packed with savory depth and very good. And the crab omelet is unbelievably tasty! The pronounced crab flavor and the egg come together in perfect harmony, pairing wonderfully with the noodles, and the soup and crab omelet together are fantastic on their own. The crab flavor comes through quite strongly, so it must be proper, high-quality crab. With generous, chunky pieces folded in, honestly the crab omelet alone leaves you full, ha.
Finally, dessert to finish up the meal!
Well, a 5,000-yen bowl of ramen is hardly an everyday meal. Seizing the opportunity when it presents itself is what counts, I suppose. Even so, that crab omelet was wonderful. The price is shocking, but I feel the deliciousness genuinely lives up to the cost. I expect I will drop by Tohryu from time to time, so next time I think I will try a different dish.
Tohryu Azabu ten (Sichuan / Azabu-juban Station, Roppongi Station, Akabanebashi Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.7
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
