Matsu-no-ki(Kawasaki, Szechuan cuisine)

Szechuan cuisine, one genre of Chinese food famous for it`s spicy taste. Several times I went to the Szechuan restaurant in China Town in Yokohama, but I was disappointed because they had no difference compare to other Chinese restaurants there. I don`t like to eat at China Town Yokohama because the tastes are too much Japanized for instance, not using zanthoxylum, not using cumin and using Japanese soy-source. This is a restaurant which is always top ranked at Kawasaki`s Chinese restaurant ranking page. It`s 15 minute walk from Kawasaki station. I expected a bit dirty restaurant but inside was quite neat and beautiful despite of my expectation. Perhaps for the first time in my life I ate real Szechuan cuisine. Every dished I ordered were delicious and spicy. For my surprise, the owner and the chef are Japanese however spices used for the foods were authentic Chinese one. I highly recommend Ma-po Dou-fu and soup-less tan-tan-noodle, if you are good at spicy taste. Although I am afraid to say the helping of each dish is bit small.

***restaurant information***

My rate of recommendation : 3.5
Name : Matsu-no-ki
Nearest station : JR kawasaki station(10 min walk)
Address : 9-2 higashida-cho, kawasaki ku, kawasaki city
Tel : 044-221-9939
Price : 3000yen-4000yen
Holiday : New year day
English : No use
Booking : Appreciated
Toilet : Japanese style

KARYUH SANKAN(Yokohama : Daoxiaomian)

At last! I maid it to the enigmatic Chinese restaurant which is quite a popular among the food bloggers who live in and around Yokohama city. I sometimes go to China Town but I don`t like the Chinese food there frankly speaking. Because Most of their tastes are modified to Japanese food. However real Chinese foods are way too different because Chinese use their particular seasonings and herbs.
Daoxiaomian is a sort of Chinese noodle and that means shaved noodle by a knife. Each noodle is about 5cm long and 1cm wide but not symmetric. That shape creates various texture. We can see the Chinese cook shave a dough into the noodles in the kitchen. But I heard making this noodle requires quite high skills.
I ordered Dan Dan Daoxiaomian and it was yummmmy!!! I tried Daoxiaomian couple of times but never met such a delicious one. First I thought the soup was a bit wishy-washy compared to the noodle but I was wrong, because the shape of noodle scooped plenty of soup at one stroke. We can enjoy the soup to the last scoop!
Another food I tried was Ya She Huang which means spicy fried duck`s tongue. It looked grotesque but after the one bite the scary object turned into a yum-yum stick. The duck`s tongue was fried with a lots of ingredients and all their flavour were sucked into the tongue. There are other Chinese dishes I`ve never tasted so I shall return!

***restaurant information***

My rate of recommendation : 4.5
Name : KARYUH SANKAN
Nearlest station1 : Kan-nai station(Keihin tohoku line)
Nearlest station2 : Hinode-cho station(Keihin kyu-ko line)
Address : 5-71-1,choujamachi, naka-ku, yokohama city
Tel : 045-261-6079
Price : 2000yen-2500yen
English : unavailable(Chinese,Japanese)
Toilet : western style