“Ganso Gyozaen” in Kobe Motomachi

For today’s lunch, I went to “Gyozaen”, a gyoza (potsticker) specialty restaurant in Motomachi, Kobe’s Chinatown.
Kobe has a lot of gyoza specialty shops, and it is also famous for its abundance of restaurants that use “misodare” (miso sauce) for dipping sauce.
This particular restaurant is the birthplace of this currently popular “misodare.”
Pan-Fried Gyoza (One serving is 6 pieces for 430 yen; the photo shows three servings)
From the looks of it, these fairly large pan-fried gyoza are fried to a crisp!

These are the “misodare” gyoza!

Let’s dip them in the misodare…

(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!

They taste amazing!!
The soy sauce and vinegar mixes exquisitely with the savory flavor of the thick miso, supporting the light taste of the gyoza!
Since there is no garlic in these gyoza, it is characterized by a very light taste.
Incidentally, if you do want garlic, you can have it added to the misodare!

Draft beer!

(ﾟДﾟ)Puha-!

Beer is indeed a perfect compliment to gyoza! (^ ^)

Boiled Gyoza (One serving is 6 pieces for 430 yen; the photo shows two servings)

Let’s dip them in the misodare…

(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!

Also delicious!!
The thick skin is chewy and extremely tasty!

Soup Gyoza (5 pieces for 650 yen)

You can use a china spoon and eat it together with the soup…

(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!(ﾟДﾟ)Yummy!

Soooo good!!
The elegant and flavorful egg drop soup goes perfectly with the gyoza!

The menu consists solely of items using gyoza and “jaja miso” (spicy meat miso)!
There are also various take-out options!

I got to the restaurant just after 1:00 p.m., and there was a line of twenty people out front, so I had to wait about half an hour before I could go in!
Even after that, the line didn’t quit… this is a really popular restaurant!
You should definitely taste these gyoza dipped in a secret misodare sauce at the birthplace of misodare!