Chinese · $

Shikairo

302-7 Tatenooki, Takatacho, Rikuzentakata, Japan

Chinese restaurant (昇龍厨房 四海楼) in Takatacho, Rikuzentakata, whose owner is a longtime friend of the Sasaki family. Roki Sasaki eats here when he is home; its mapo tantanmen grew out of a hot pot he and his late father loved.

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