Seasonal Chinese Cuisine Matsunoki
Opened in 2014 by an owner-chef trained at the famous Chuka Takerinrin restaurants in Shunan and Hiroshima. Lines form 30 minutes before opening for lunch. The 1,800-yen daily set menu comes with four appetizers, soup, dim sum, and dessert. Signature dishes like stone-pot mapo tofu and chili shrimp keep regulars coming back.
Yahoo! Maps 4.21/47 reviews, TripAdvisor 4.5. Multiple local blogs describe it as 'impossible to enter at lunch without arriving before opening.' Regulars repeatedly praise the stone-pot mapo tofu quality.