Sweet Baozi (CLOSED)

Located on the corner of the shopping arcade right outside Jimbocho Station, this long-running establishment first opened in 1936. On the menu are three kinds of gyoza: fried, steamed and tenshin dumplings. The tubular-shaped fried gyoza are left open on the ends so that the juices can come out while the thick skin also soaks them up, thereby increasing the flavour of the pork-ginger-cabbage-onion mixture. One feature of Sweet Baozi’s gyoza is that they don’t use garlic. There's no red chilli oil on the table, instead you'll find chilli pepper for sprinkling on top. Take note: these dumplings occasionally sell out long before closing time.