Yaba Misen — Restaurant in Nagoya

Locally famous Chinese restaurant, serving popular Taiwan ramen, which, despite it's name, is food comming from Nagoya. Ramen itself was pretty spicy even for me, and trust me, I love spicy food and Mad Dog sauce is like eye drops for me. Me and my wife coughed quite a lot, it seems the chilli inside was bit burned. Gyoza here is pretty small and not that delicious - that does not mean bad or disgusting, but simply not appealing. Kirin beer tasted quite watery for us, although Kirin is normally not bad at all.

The restaurant itself is pretty busy - we arrived around 20:30 and it was crowded, people were waiting in line to pay and newcommers were waiting when their name in the reservation book is being called. The restaurant has two floors and is pretty simple. First floor can be used for "private table", where the second floor offers larger tables where strangers share one table. Not bad, but may turn off someone. However, I do not see an issue with this, since this place is quite cheap.

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Misen is one of my favorite places in Nagoya. It’s always stupidly busy though. Don’t be put off by the crowd of people standing waiting outside, it’s a big place and people are going in and coming out all the time. Put your name on the clipboard by the door and sit tight for a bit, you’ll be seated in 10-20 minutes, even during busy periods. When you do get seated, you’ll have a great time. It’s smoky (food, not cigarettes), noisy and greasy, and the staff are run off their feet, but the atmosphere can’t be beat. It’s cheap (I can get full on around 2000 yen), portions are decently sized and almost everything has enough spice to melt your face off. The Taiwan spicy ramen is a must, and I also like to grab the sweet and sour pork, as well as the hot and sour soup. There’s also a few different types of gyoza, tebasaki and so on that are worth a punt. Throw in a beer or two and you’re set. One...

Good place to get Chinese food in Japan. Nice experience to see how the Japanese gave their take on Japanese cuisine. Prices are affordable too and the place is big with plenty of tables. If you are alone though or a small group, expect to be seated together with strangers at one table.

I loved my chicken wings order, it was delicious and they also have lots of soup with herbs. The staff who served us though, although non-Japanese could not explain properly the food. He spoke English but couldn't go more inti details about the food specifics. Still, we managed to...