The biggest China Town in Japan is in Yokohama. It is close to the bay front Minato-Mirai area, Yamashita Park. Along with these other attractions, Yokohama China Town is one of the most popular leisure spots for Japanese living in Tokyo and the surroundings. From lunch time the main street is filled with tourists and chestnuts(栗, くり) vendors.
Without a guide or any helpful information, it is not easy to decide which restaurant to dine. One of my suggestion is to get out from the main street, where lavish restaurants of big name are lined up. Lunch menu wont be so expensive even at these big houses. If you still feel uncomfortable with dining at such big space with big number of people, let's turn into small streets stretching from the main China Town Avenue. There you will find less expensive, smaller and more calm restaurants.
Aichun(愛群) is one of them, situated along the second largest street, close to Kaiteibyo.
If I look from the rustic outside without any information about its reputation, probably I would not be enough curious to try the small restaurant.
The restaurant presents a sign board informing several TV programs where it had been featured. It is known for homely Cantonese food. The inside atmosphere, yes!, reminds me local restaurants in Hong-Kong.
I selected holiday lunch set including its specialties; beef stew with Chinese cake, a piece of spring roll and almond jelly.
The restaurant hostess suggests that we put beef pieces sandwich between two sides of the cake. Self-making Chinese style beef burger!
The volume of set lunch could be small fully to satisfy your stomach.
However that is favorable exceptionally here China Town, because after lunch, we are able to (or can not leave without doing...) try other attractive tastes at food stands along the street; beef, pork or seafood buns, a few pieces of dim-sum, cakes or sweet tea with tapioka...
Restaurant name: Aichyun 愛群
Address: 138 Yamashita-cho, Naka-ku, Yokohama-city, Kanagawa
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