東京の新たな注目スポットとなっている立川。実は、立川は都内有数の餃子の街でもあります。立川駅周辺には昭和4年創業の超老舗店から変わり種餃子を出すお店まで、餃子店数十店が立川駅周辺に集結しています。
今回は、数ある立川の餃子店のなかから特に印象深い餃子店を4店舗ご紹介します。
創業昭和4年の中華料理店「四つ角飯店」
昭和4年に創業した四つ角飯店は、立川でも最も古い中華料理店の一つです。四つ角飯店の餃子は、やや厚めの皮に丁寧に豚肉と野菜のバランスが良い餡が包まれています。
This time, I would like to introduce four impressive jiao-zi restaurants among a bunch of jiao-zi restaurants in Tachikawa.
A Chinese restaurant established in 1929, "Yotsukado Hanten".
Yotsukado Hanten which was established in 1929 is one of the oldest Chinise restaurants in Tachikawa. The jiao-zi of Yotsukado Hanten consists of well balanced filling made from pork meet and vegetables wrapped politely with slightly thick skin.
It is actually the leading town of jiao-zi in Tokyo.
There are dozens of restaurants of jiao-zi such as long-standing shop founded in 1929 and restaurants which serves freak jiao-zi around Tachikawa station.
Let me introduce special impressive four restaurants of Jiao-zi from many in Tachikawa.
"Yotsukadomeshi shop", which is Chinese restaurant founded in 1929.
Yotsukadomeshi shop founded in 1929 is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Tathichikawa. Jiao-zi of the restaurant is stuffing of balanced pork and vegitable enwrapped by a little thicker gyoza sheet.
We will introduce four most impressive stores in Tachikawa among a number of the restaurants featuring gyoza dumplings.
"Yotsukado Hanten Restaurant": a Chinese restaurant since 1929.
Yotsukado Hanten Restaurant is one of the oldest Chinese restaurants in Tachikawa as it opened in 1929. The gyoza dumplings at the restaurant has thicker skins and they wrap the mixture of ground pork and vegetables.
四つ角飯店の餃子は昭和スタイルの懐かしい感じのする味わいです。焼き餃子はカリッと、水餃子はモチッとした食感がそれぞれ楽しめます。
四つ角飯店では毎月5のつく日は焼き餃子が、毎週水曜日は水餃子がそれぞれ半額になります
自由の女神が出迎える「餃子のニューヨーク」
首からぶら下げた自由の女神が目印の「餃子のニューヨーク」。居酒屋風の店内は、いつも地元のお客さんで賑わっていてとても活気があります。モチモチの手打ちの皮でたっぷり包まれた豚肉餡はとってもジューシーです。
The restaurant offers the fried gyoza dumplings at half of the ordinary price on the day with 5; they offer the boiled gyoza dumplings at half of the ordinary price on Wednesdays.
"The Gyoza Dumplings in New York" with the Statute of Liberty.
This store has a unique signboard with the miniature Statute of Liberty hanging on the neck. The restaurant is designed like an izakaya bar, and it is always cheerful and full of the local customers. The pork stuffing wrapped inside the chewy skin is very juicy.
Yotsukado Hanten provides 50% discounts on baked jiao-zi on 5th, 15th and 25th every month, and 50% discounts on boiled jiao-zi every Wednesday.
"Jiao-zi New York" where the Goddess of Liberty welcomes you.
The trade mark of "Jiao-zi New York" is the Goddess of Liberty which is hanging on the neck. The inside of the restaurant is Japanese sake bar style, and is always filled with local customers and fizz with life.
A lot of the pork meet filling wrapped with soft hand-made skin is very juicy.
この餃子は大きさが通常の餃子の倍ぐらいあるので、とても食べ応えがあります。餃子は、焼、水、揚と選べます。パクチー餃子、激辛餃子、手羽餃子など変わり種餃子が色々食べられるのも魅力です。
「餃子天国」の超ジャンボサイズの餃子
横田基地の駐在員にもジャンボサイズの餃子で人気の「餃子天国」。立川駅から少し離れていますが、連日満席になります。餃子のサイズは拳の大きさぐらいあります。薄めの皮にたっぷりの豚肉餡が詰まっています。餃子の具材は牡蠣、いか、かに、ほたてなどの16種類から選べます。
Super Jumbo Size Potstickers by "Gyoza Heaven"
Super Jumbo Size Potstickers by " Gyoza Heaven " that is also popular among resident officers at Yokota Air Base. It is located slightly away from Tachikawa train station, but it is always crowed by customers. The size of the potstickers are about as same as your palm. The filling is full of minced pork in a thin skin. You can choose your own 16 fillings such as oysters, squid, crab and sea scallops.
The Super Big Gyoza Dumplings at "The Gyoza Kingdom"
This restaurant is well-known among the expats stationed in Yokota Base. Though it is slightly remote from Tachikawa Station, it is always crowded with customers. The size of each gyoza dumpling is as large as a fist. Each piece contains a lot of pork stuffing inside the thin skin. You can choose the stuffing among 16 types, including oysters, squids, crabs, and scallops.
Extremely huge size of jiao-ji of "Gyoza Tengoku" (Heaven of Jiao-ji)
"Gyoza Tengoku" is very famous among resident officers in Yokota Base for their extremely huge jiao-ji. The location is a little far from Tachikawa Station, but all of the seats have always been occupied. The size of the jiao-ji is as big as the fist. There are a lot of pork meet filling wrapped with slightly thin skin. You can choose the material of jiao-ji filling among 16 variations, such as oyster, squid, crab, scallop and others.