上海家庭料理 七福家 — Restaurant in Kyoto

麻辣味の唐揚げ定食を頼みましたが、目の前のカウンター向こうで、唐揚げに市販の麻辣ケチャップをかけているのには、ちょっとびっくりしました。ランチ料理の値段はリーズナブルなので、コスト削減のために仕方ないのかもですが、麻辣ソースくらいは手作りの家庭の味を期待していたので、少しがっかりしました。

また、市販のソースを使っているのに、この料理が出てくるのに結構待たされ、後から来た客の料理が先に来て、その人が食べ終わって去った後にも私の料理が来ないのには、閉口しました。飲食店では、注文を受けた料理から作って出すのが常識だと思うので、今後は改善されることを期待します。

一方、上海家庭料理と謳っていますが、全くそうは思いませんでした。上海料理は基本甘い、あるいは、あっさりの味付けの料理が多いです。しかし、この店には、四川風のスパイシーな料理もあり、日本人が好きな唐揚げやショーロンポーもあり、日本にしかない中華の天津飯まであり、いわゆる上海料理とはほど遠いです。日本人が勝手に代表的な中華と思い込んでいる料理を集めてみた、という感じのメニューでしょうか。ちなみに、私は中国滞在経験が長く、本場の中華を数えきれないほど食べてきた者なので、上海料理が何かは分かっています。

ただ、値段はランチはリーズナブルで、味もそこそこ美味しく、接客もいい方なので、今後に期待したいです。

追記: 先日、夫婦でまた訪問しましたが、さらに幻滅しました。私が頼んだ豚肉の細切りと高菜のラーメンは、運ばれてきた時、よくかき混ぜられてなかったので、麺の上部にラーメンスープの素の粉が浮いてました。つまり、インスタントラーメンだったのですが、それに安物の缶詰高菜とザーサイを加えただけで、とても原価を抑えた料理だということが伝わってきました。

また、妻が頼んだフワフワ天津飯は、ご飯に卵焼きが乗っているだけの料理で、野菜などは一切入ってなかったです。料理の値段は980円でしたが、原価は150円くらいでしょうか。

このご時世、飲食店経営が大変なのは分かりますが、あからさまにインスタント食品や市販の安い総菜を使ったと分かる料理を出すのには、ちょっとがっかりでした。それなら、自分でラーメンを作れば良いわけで、食べに行って計2000円以上をインスタント食品には払いたくありません。さらに驚いたのは、お昼時はそれでも客がいっぱい入っていた、ということです。中華料理を良く知らず、あんな物だと思っているのかもしれません。

I ordered the spicy mala fried chicken set meal, and I was quite surprised to see, right in front of me across the counter, that the fried chicken was being topped with store-bought mala ketchup. While the lunch prices are reasonable and I understand the need to cut costs, I was hoping for a homemade, more authentic taste when it came to the mala sauce, so I was a bit disappointed.

Additionally, despite the use of a store-bought sauce, the meal took a long time to arrive. Customers who came in after me were served first, finished their meals, and left, all while my meal still hadn't arrived. I found this frustrating, as I believe the standard practice in restaurants is to prepare and serve orders in the sequence they were received. I hope this will be improved in the future.

As for the claim of offering "Shanghai home-style cooking," I didn't feel that way at all. Traditional Shanghai cuisine is typically characterized by sweet or light flavors. However, this restaurant offers Sichuan-style spicy dishes, Japanese favorites like fried chicken and xiaolongbao, and even Japanese-invented Chinese dishes like Tianjin rice. The menu feels like a collection of dishes that Japanese people mistakenly think are representative of Chinese cuisine. For the record, I have lived in China for many years and have eaten countless authentic Chinese dishes, so I do know what Shanghai cuisine is.

That said, the lunch prices are reasonable, the food is fairly tasty, and the service is decent, so I still have some hope for this restaurant's future.

Postscript: I visited the restaurant again recently with my spouse, and I left even more disappointed. The shredded pork and pickled mustard green ramen I ordered arrived with the soup base powder visibly floating on top, as it had not been properly mixed. It turned out to be instant ramen, with cheap canned pickled mustard greens and Sichuan pickles added to it. It was clear that the dish was made to keep costs extremely low.

My spouse ordered the fluffy Tianjin rice, which turned out to be nothing more than a plain omelet on top of rice, with no vegetables or other ingredients. The dish cost 980 yen, but its actual cost seemed to be around 150 yen.

I understand that times are tough for restaurants, but it was disappointing to see meals made so blatantly with instant food and cheap pre-made ingredients. If that’s the case, I’d rather make ramen myself than pay over 2,000 yen for instant food. What surprised me even more was that the restaurant was packed with customers during lunchtime. Perhaps many of them are unfamiliar with authentic Chinese cuisine and think this is how it’s...

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