Juan Tomas Rodriguez
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I had to come and try by myself this very famous gyoza joint to see what’s all the fuss about. I ended up with mixed feelings, as the overall experience was very interesting, but the core of it, the gyozas, were not that great – or at least to the point I was expecting.
It is located only 5 minutes away from Kameido station, and you can find it easily as there is always people lining up outside. I knew that from the beginning, but fortunately I had read some reviews that the customer turnover was quite fast, so I queued without issue. As expected, in less than 10 minutes I was already inside and that’s were the experience started. There’s only one item in the menu, gyozas, and all they’ll ask you is for a drink. Be careful because I went into an unnecessary struggle while ordering and the woman, insisting for my answer, understood big beer instead of small beer. Suddenly an enormous bottle of beer came to me with my plate of gyozas. Similar to a Brazilian rodizio, all they will ask you is if you want more gyozas, and they’ll bring you a plate of 5 everytime you ask for more. If you think so, it is not expensive, as 15 gyozas turn out to be 900 yen, plus the drink. Also, if you don’t feel like drinking anything, just say you want water and you won’t be obliged to order anything else.