Mintei / Shimokitazawa “This is the restaurant that is associated with Mr. Yutaka Matsushige, who appears on a food program.”

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In Shimokitazawa, where new buildings and old shops and houses are mixed together, there is a Chinese restaurant with a Showa-era atmosphere.
For this reason, we would like to introduce the popular Chinese restaurant “Mintei” in Shimokitazawa.
Please check the official website and Google Maps below for opening hours, holidays, reviews, etc.

This is the restaurant where Mr. Yutaka Matsushige used to work part-time
It had an atmosphere of a “Showa-era town Chinese restaurant”.
About “Mintei”
Access, reviews

This is the restaurant where Mr. Yutaka Matsushige used to work part-time

I often watch the popular gourmet TV show “Kodoku no Gourmet” (Solitary Gourmet) featuring Mr. Yutaka Matsushige, and I learned from a gourmet magazine that he used to work part-time at a Chinese restaurant called “Mintei”.

I was very interested in this, so I went there straight away, but when I first went there it was closed for the day, so I was turned away. I was finally able to go inside on my second visit.

It had an atmosphere of a “Showa-era town Chinese restaurant”.

Because it was expected to be busy, I went to the restaurant just after 1:30pm, but it was still quite busy.
I had checked the menu beforehand, so I ordered the “Rachan” (935 yen), which is half ramen and half fried rice, without hesitation.

Shortly after I sat down, a small dish of pickles, like kimchi, was brought to me.
I wasn’t sure whether this dish was supposed to come with the ramen or the fried rice, but while I was thinking about it, the fried rice was brought to me.

The famous pink fried rice was a little dry, so I tried eating it with the pickles on the side, and they went really well together.
I later found out that they were the shop’s original pickles called “ra-bai-tsai”, which are served with ramen.

I’m sure there are various opinions, but I felt that it was good to put it on fried rice.

It really felt like “Chinese food in a town from the Showa era”, and that’s why it suited me perfectly.

About “Mintei”

Mintei is a long-established Chinese restaurant that was founded in 1964, and it has been featured in many media outlets and is a well-known restaurant in the local area.
Although it retains a strong Showa-era atmosphere, its popularity has not waned even in the Heisei era, and long lines form during lunchtime.
It is also known that Yutaka Matsushige, who is well known for his role in the TV series “Kodoku no Gourmet”, and Hiroto Koumoto of the band “The Blue Hearts” have worked here part-time, and there are many customers who visit the restaurant after hearing about this.
Mintei”, which is also known as a ‘holy place’ for actors and musicians, is a restaurant that you definitely want to visit when you are in Shimokitazawa.

Access, reviews

You can check the access to “Mintei”, opening hours, regular holidays, reviews, etc. using the Google Map (click to enlarge) below.