3rd floor in the Esaka Heartland building. Quite busy at lunch time (filled up more around 12) even with a limited menu. In addition to the lunch menu there is a daily special. Today was yurinchi (Chinese fried chicken). Reasonable price for the lunch set, around 900 yen (Mapo Dofu) with rice (free refill), salad, soup and desert. The chili fried chicken was really good and I really like the peanuts in there which give it a nice crunch. It tasted great on top of the rice so I had to order another bowl.😅 The harusame salad and egg drop soup were like school lunch but still good as was the annin dofu. The chili chicken might be too hot for some, I found it nicely spicy but my wife had one mouthful and started hiccuping because it was too spicy 😅 the Mapo Dofu has the same 2 chili mark sonit might be too hot for some people. Really good value and lunch, I can see why it is so popular!

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In terms of Chinese food, this is the best you’re gonna get in Esaka. It’s more authentic Chinese (Szechuan) style rather than “Japanese” Chinese style, so you can expect the spicy dishes to be.. actually spicy. I’m happy this restaurant is so close to me so that I can go often. I highly recommend their yurinchi and.. if you can handle spicy.. their mapo dishes.

Tantanmen Lunch ¥990- I'm glad it comes with a salad and dessert. The chili components and minced meat settle at the bottom, so if you don't mix it well while eating, it will stay at the bottom. It was very delicious. It seems that businessmen nearby easily visit during lunchtime on rainy days, making it prone to crowds.

Mapo tofu and yurinchi are really delicious !! I haven't eaten Chinese food in a while, so I'm glad I came here 🥰 Gyozas are also completely delicious :)

Ordered the mapo tofu lunch. Super fast from ordering to being served! The mapo tofu wasn't too spicy. That being said, for someone like me who loves spicy food, it was a bit lacking. Even people who don't like spicy food can slurp it down deliciously, and the portion is fully satisfying. And the annin dofu was delicious...