Area: B1 level of Spiral Tower (just south of Nagoya station) スパイラルタワー
Restaurant: Dragon Bamboo ドラゴンバンブー
Map and website: http://www.dragonbamboo.jp/shop/index.html
Hours: not listed on website
I never felt inclined to try this restaurant before because Chinese food in Japan seems to be all the same. However upon leafing through a Nagoya food magazine, I came across this shop. It's a shark fin ramen and tan tan men (spicy taiwanese style ramen) shop.
I ordered the 25g ramen shark fin soup (¥1100). And a salad (¥230) on the side. The salad used vegetables from the local farm that this restaurant uses. It had a good variety of vegetables and an Asian style dressing (but thankfully different from the usual). It also had a nice crunch due to the fried wonton bits and fried noodles.
The soup's flavor was similar to a soy sauce based ramen, but it was not at all as oily as a pork ramen. The interesting part is that it's full of collagen which makes the soup a bit thicker. I must admit that the fin itself has not much flavour, but the texture is unique, almost like a stringy mushroom. The noodles were thin and actually seemed more like the Chinese noodle soup's I've had back home.
The dessert included, was of course, an-nin dofu, an almond flavored tofu-like pudding. This one was very milky and had a slightly sweetened liquid floating on top. It was a refreshing taste after drinking the salty soup.
The jazz music in the background and dim lighting gave this Chinese restaurant a more upscale atmosphere. Although the shark fin was different than what is offered at the common chinese restaurant, the rest of the menu seems standard with cha-han (fried rice), and tan-tan men.
The jazz music in the background and dim lighting gave this Chinese restaurant a more upscale atmosphere. Although the shark fin was different than what is offered at the common chinese restaurant, the rest of the menu seems standard with cha-han (fried rice), and tan-tan men.
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