Area: Kokusai International Center 国際センター 25th Floor
Restaurant: Totenko 東天紅
Website and info: http://www.totenko.co.jp/restaurant/nagoya/info_ngy
Hours: 11:30am-10pm
This is the cheapest of the lunch sets (1050円) available only on weekdays. You can choose between mains such as mapo-tofu, beef and bamboo stir-fry, ebi chilli (shrimp), sweet and sour pork, but I chose the happosai. If you haven't already guessed, this is a Chinese restaurant serving typical dishes that the Japanese like to associate with Chinese food. Happosai is basically a stir-fry of different proteins (in this case, shrimp, chicken, quail egg and squid) with vegetables (broccoli, mini corn, and mushrooms). Its base sauce is like a thick chicken broth. This restaurant's version was tasty, but no different than any other Chinese restaurant.
The accompanying egg-drop soup was nice, with lots of ingredients added to it. The set also came with steamed rice, Chinese pickled veggies and of course, annin-doufu (almond flavoured, tofu-like dessert). Why is it that all Chinese restaurants in Japan have serve this dessert? There are a wide variety of Chinese desserts that are delicious and that would suit Japanese tastes out there.
Looking out from the 25th floor of Kokusai Center while munching provides a nice atmosphere, so in terms of the price, I guess that's what you're paying for.
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