Xiǎo Lín Shí Táng - 会津美里町

"Tora-san loved Chinese noodles" [With love from Aizu Takada] Three years ago, I visited Aizu Takada Station. There was a Chinese restaurant in front of the unpopular station. At that time, I didn't have time to eat and was disappointed. This time, after three years, I visited with my family. We ordered: - Chinese noodles for 600 yen - Grilled hormone for 780 yen - Sauce cutlet bowl for 850 yen The sauce cutlet bowl has a cutlet dipped in a rich homemade sauce with wine, crunchy cabbage, and rice - it's the best when eaten together. The grilled hormone has a sweet and spicy garlic flavor and was very delicious. The Chinese noodles have a light soy sauce soup, curly thick noodles, and ingredients like chashu, menma, naruto, spinach, and green onions. It is a simple and well-balanced soy sauce ramen that is very delicious and does not get boring. In August of Reiwa first year (2019), I ate the soy sauce ramen that Tora-san ate, skipping from Heisei to Showa 60 (1985). It was a very nostalgic and moving experience.

The grilled hormone dish is delicious with a strong garlic flavor! Some parts were slightly overcooked, but it was still enjoyable to eat. There were too many hormones, and we ran out of rice.

When I had lunch in front of Aizuwakamatsu Takada Station last month, I was curious about another station-front dining room, so I visited it on another day. Attracted by the catchphrase "Taste that has been passed down since the early Showa era," I ordered the horumon (offal) grilled set meal. What came out was a horumon version of the meat and vegetable set meal, with well-cooked horumon and a sweet and savory sauce that went perfectly together. This dish made my rice disappear in no time. I also finished the large serving of rice easily. By the way, the horumon grilled set meal with extra rice cost 930 yen.

店内は正に昭和の食堂。こういうノスタルジックなお店好きです。 ご高齢のお父さん方がやっておられるようです。席に着くとサービスだと思われる「梅漬け」が提供されました。甘酸っぱくてとても美味しい。4個のうち2個を食べ、残りは食後の口直しに。 オーダーしようとメニューを見ると、事前にチェックしていた半チャーハンセットはメニューからなくなっていました。ご主人にお願いすると作ってくれました。 寅さんラーメン¥600-とセットにしました。半チャンセットは¥800-。 寅さんラーメンのスープは醤油で、少し濃いめであっさりしています。麺は中太の手打縮れといった感じです。チャーシューは厚切りで柔らかく甘めの味付けです。 半チャーハンは玉子チャーハンで、カリっと香ばしい。チャーハンも少し味付けが濃いかな。でも年老いたお父さんが頑張っているので、そこはご愛嬌ということで。 年々こういった昭和のお店が姿を消しているので、これからも元気にお店を続けていって欲しいです。