Rapa Tsai (Chinese cabbage) kimchi appetizer
Menma (fermented bamboo shoots)
Sake
Zāsai (pickled zha cai)
Gyoza
Fried rice
Edokko rāmen
‘Rā-chan’ set
Tantanmen
Perhaps the most famous of Shimo-Kita’s Chinese eateries, Mintei is a venerable ‘machi-chūka’ frequented, and occasionally staffed, by aspiring performers and bona fide celebrities (Yutaka Matsuhige of Solitary Gourmet fame worked the kitchen in the 1980s).
Established in 1964, the place is steeped in a disheveled Shōwa era charm, with shoulder-to-shoulder counter seating on the ground floor and more spacious zashiki dining on the tatami clad upper floor.
The menu encompasses a wide variety of generously proportioned (the rāmen bowls are immense) chūka classics and some Mintei specialties such as pink fried rice (due to the red chāshū pork cooked into it) and chicken broth Edokko Rāmen; both of which can be enjoyed as part of a half-and-half ‘Rā-chan’ combo.
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