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Peking Noodles

Affordable, hearty Chinese food in Mishima

On a day trip to Mishima one time, I headed away from the station to visit Kakita River Park and Sun to Moon shopping mall, arriving in the area around lunchtime. Lunch options were a bit thin on the ground, but a couple of brightly coloured banners caught my eye and drew me to Peking Noodles, a small Chinese restaurant immediately next to Sun to Moon.

Right by the door is a ticket machine, with pictures above it showing the lunch set choices: I fed my money in, took my ticket, handed it over and sat down, then thanked the proprietress when she brought over the change I'd left in the machine. (I noticed she was wearing a T-shirt that said "Peking Noodles Yokohama", so I guess there's a restaurant there too.)

The interior's a touch nondescript, really, with a few tables on one side, and a counter by the long window, which made it kind of difficult to easily take pictures inside. The colour scheme is woodtones and deep red, there are screens to separate off the tables, and the walls are decorated with pictures of the food and the odd little print.

There are three different lunch sets available for ¥790 each, all of them consisting of a bowl of ramen and a side dish. My choice of side was a rice-bowl topped with a mix of vegetables in a mild, slightly gloopy sauce, something I eat often enough to feel I should know the name of.

The ramen had Chinese-style curly noodles (not a surprise, given the name of the restaurant), which were tasty and pleasantly chewy, if difficult to grip with the plastic chopsticks. On top were plenty of beansprouts and cress, along with slices of succulent thinly-sliced roast pork, and just a small dab of the chili sauce on the table added a good spicy kick.

The menu is all only in Japanese, and offers variations on ramen and fried rice, all priced around the same. Standard ramen is ¥690, "Beijing ramen", standard fried rice and tofu friend rice ¥790 each, and there are a handful of seafood noodle dishes at ¥890. There wasn't a drinks menu, but I did see a fridge full of Asahi and Tsingtao beers, which I assume are for sale at commensurate prices.

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Anonymous 8 years ago
Looks delicious!

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