I heard there was a Chinese restaurant in Asakusa that uses no MSG and only organic, additive-free ingredients, so I went over on the weekend.
The sign
It is on the pricey side, but I was told it is delicious.
Stir-fried wild shrimp and asparagus
The shrimp were fresh to a degree you rarely see, but it is the vivid, crisp bite of the Tochigi asparagus that I still remember. When only carefully selected ingredients go in, it cannot help but taste good.
Shangtang fried rice (fried rice with superior soup)
It is fried rice, but you pour the soup over it and eat it like ochazuke. It looked unusual, so I ordered it.
The soup
This is the soup that comes with it.
Ochazuke style
A refined taste. I had no idea there was such a high-end Chinese restaurant tucked away in a corner of Asakusa.
Sweet and sour pork made with two kinds of tomato
The topping on top is spring roll wrapper, they said. Maybe because of all the tomato, it somehow has an Italian feel to it. The sweet and sour pork is deep-fried pork, and it went really well with the sauce. Above all, the pasta-like texture of the spring roll wrapper was fun.
Cooked with care from good ingredients, it is not exactly cheap, but this place guarantees satisfaction to match. Asakusa seems to have more interesting restaurants than I expected. Just wandering around Asakusa will keep me busy for a while.