Saikoushinkan — Restaurant in Yokohama

Revisit to Saikoshinkan, a well-renowned Cantonese restaurant in Yokohama, Japan’s Chinatown. Very upscale restaurant with great service and amazing dumplings. The skins were typically very thin with excellent texture and flavor. If there was MsG in the food it was subtle and not really detectable. I especially liked their spin on the thousand year egg -very creamy and no hint of the ammonia flavor I often expect. The Jellyfish was wider and crunchier and quite good. Wonton soup was one of the best I ever had. The broth was delicate but had an intensity from the fish used to make it. Xiao long bao was perfect- the dumpling wrap, the broth, the filling - very squirty but did not disintegrate if you looked at it funny. A couple of unusual dumplings and rice dishes. All in all - comparable in quality to the highest end places in Vancouver , arguably better than LA w a few exceptions. The standout for me was the shrimp wonton soup . Just can’t get it made that well in LA. #Kuishinbo...

Thoroughly enjoyed my meal at the female owned Saikoshinkan, especially the two most popular dishes on their menu, the shrimp cheung fun and fried shrimp roll. The tender fried shrimp roll came with a suggested side of mayonnaise, which I would have never thought of but was a perfect match. The crab chaahan was also delicious. The cheung fun skin melted in my mouth, leaving me to wonder if I should extra and skip dessert. There are several courses to choose from if you’d prefer to leave it up to them as well. (Including a no meat course for pescatarians - however the no meat course includes seafood). The staff were accommodating to my dietary requests, and were able to remove meat from my dishes. The venue is spacious with multiple floors and a gift section next to the entrance. Just a heads up to make a reservation in advance of you may wait up to 40 minutes!

-They don’t offer it on the table but if you ask, there is black vinegar you can add to your meals for that extra bit of...

The food was generally okay, but disappointed a bit with slightly tough and dry meat despite that we went for an early dinner on a crowded national holiday. Char siu was particularly tough and dry, both the crispy type and inside the dim sum. The duck was better, but the skin was a bit too hard instead of crispy. We also missed small vegetable dishes in the menu, since the only stir fried greens were completely overcharged with 2400 JPY per portion (quarter duck was under 2000 for reference). For the general prices, an appetiser would have been nice as well. The staff was very attentive and polite, thanks for that. Their number reservation system is not reliable btw, so I recommend to monitor your phone rather than trusting the called numbers on the screen. We waited over an hour only to find out that we would have been able to go in already despite the number that was shown on the screen.

Overall, we'll likely try other places first before...