Taipei Tokyo opens tomorrow

[ron_newman]

Tonight I saw a lot of people inside Taipei Tokyo, where China Sun used to be, across from the Somerville Theatre. It was a private party. The restaurant was not yet open to the public, but will be tomorrow, according to the woman who handed me a take-out menu.

The menu looks like your usual Chinese take-out, plus a sushi and makimono* menu. The Chinese and Japanese parts of the menu seem to be separate, rather than some attempt at fusion. Some folks here earlier speculated the restaurant might be affiliated with other places called 'Taipei Tokyo' in other cities, but I see no evidence of that on the menu.

* (What is makimono? The definitions I find online are all about a scroll of writing, not food.)

Comments

[countlibras.livejournal.com]

makimono is just rolled sushi. sometimes it's just labeled as maki.

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

i really don't care about affiliations or not as long as their lemon chicken is the same as it was when it was china sun. that stuff was like crack. delicious, lemony crack.

[ron_newman]

The menu does include "104. Lemon Chicken ... 8.50". Whether it's going to be the same, I have no idea.

[phoenixy.livejournal.com]

Makimono = maki = sushi in roll form (as opposed to nigri or sashimi)

[mattdm.livejournal.com]

Thanks Ron. You rock.

[tut21.livejournal.com]

The restaurant looks very nice inside. A definite upgrade in decor over China Sun. I hope the food is just as good.

[ron_newman]

Anything at all would be an 'upgrade in decor' from China Sun! But yeah, it looks good.

[noire.livejournal.com]

So we go from having no sushi in the square to having two places. Assuming the one where Contessa was actually opens.

But I hope the wonton soup is the same. I loved the wonton soup at China Sun...*sigh*

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

I hope they have spicy crispy tofu. That was yummy.

[pullmeunder.livejournal.com]

Even if this place isn't affiliated with the one in Northampton (MA), it will still bring me happy feelings of my college days. :)

[enhf94.livejournal.com]

It is; I asked the a new-owner (he was installing his own woodwork a few weeks ago) and then also spoke to the Noho branch when I was out there. It's the same family; these are cousins. There's also a branch somewhere in NH, apparently.

[sekala.livejournal.com]

I thought it sounded familiar(mhc class 06 -- you you from mhc too? or one of the other 5 colleges... your icon is familiar to me from the mhc comm)

I hope they

[princess62921.livejournal.com]

Well I for one hope they have that same hong kong dumplings and pork noodle soup. Yummy

Pretty good!

[houlette.livejournal.com]

My wife and I ate there on opening night. In my opinion, it's the best Chinese food in the vicinity of Davis. We didn't try any of the Japanese or Thai options, but we'll definitely be back.

[ron_newman]

Unlike China Sun, Taipei Tokyo is a sit-down restaurant with waiter service.

[paranoiddork.livejournal.com]

I never went to China Sun - did it not offer a dining area like Taipei Tokyo does?

[ron_newman]

At China Sun, you ordered from the counter and picked up the food there. You could sit down and eat there, but there was no waiter service.