I was surprised by how delicious it was, so I went back for a second time. I usually don't like lamb meat because of the smell, but the meat here hardly has any smell and is very tender and tasty. Even on a weekday night, it was very crowded. The staff are all foreigners, so don't expect Japanese-level customer service (lol). There are hardly any Japanese customers, so it feels like you're in a foreign country. The food is really delicious, so please give it a try.

I ordered the most popular dish in the Uyghur district, which is noodles topped with meat. It cost 1,650 yen, but it was delicious! The noodles were thin, with plenty of vegetables and meat sauce on top. It was a taste I had never experienced before, but it suited the Japanese palate well. The price was a bit high, but the portion size for each dish was amazing. This is not a place to visit alone. I couldn't finish my meal and ended up taking half of it home. It seems like a fun place to share with friends or family.

The spiciness that becomes addictive! Sometimes I feel like going to eat, but it's hard to go alone because it's a large dish. Today, I came with two friends! Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region cuisine is rare! It's not often found elsewhere! It may not be well known in Japan, as all I see are Chinese people (laughs) We may be the only Japanese here. The menu is in Chinese and the language spoken is Chinese... but it feels like being in a foreign country, which is fun in its own way! - Xinjiang-style large plate spicy chicken stew - Xinjiang-style grilled lamb skewers - Dried tofu salad - Stir-fried pea sprouts - Deep-fried swordfish You can't come here without trying the "Xinjiang-style large plate spicy chicken stew"! The bone-in chicken is meaty, and the potatoes are fluffy! Later, flat noodles arrive, which you dip in the spicy sauce. Just this alone is satisfying and fills you up! We had Shaoxing wine and baijiu in bottles as drinks, which go well with spicy dishes. Finally, drinking coconut milk with milk helps to cool down the spiciness. Phew, I'm full!

Located on the 5th floor of a building next to Uniqlo at the right corner of a five-way intersection connecting to Sunshine Street at the west exit of Ikebukuro Station. They were open even on New Year's Eve, which was very helpful. Around 1 pm, the restaurant was about 60-70% full. The interior of the building is spacious and clean, with a refined atmosphere that doesn't quite match the typical impression of a Chinese restaurant. The menu is sophisticated and the ambiance is clean with black as the main color. The Hambao Stir-Fried Noodles (1,480 yen) is a yakisoba dish with plenty of beef, scallions, leeks, garlic, and chili peppers, using oyster sauce. The thick noodles have a nice chewy texture and a satisfying bite. The seasoning is similar to the Biang Biang noodles I had at Shin Sen Gumi Hanten, even though they are not from the same region. The Lamb Sour Soup Dumplings (1,280 yen) turned out to be lamb dumplings in a tomato-based sour soup with cilantro. The soup has a tangy flavor, and biting into the dumplings reveals the rich taste of lamb. It's a complex but delicious dish. Although the prices are a bit high, the flavors are excellent, and I really enjoyed the meal. I would definitely like to come back.

Xinjiang flavor, authentic Northwestern Chinese cuisine at Regulus Ikebukuro Station/Chinese cuisine beef noodle spiciness level 1. Even at spiciness level 1, Chinese spiciness still makes you sweat, but it's delicious. After working out at Regulus Ikebukuro, you'll sweat a lot again. If you eat after exercising, of course, it's zero calories. Recommended #XinjiangFlavorChineseNorthwesternCuisine #IkebukuroGourmet

My friend took me to the Ikebukuro Higashi-guchi store before, but this time we visited the larger main store nearby. The lamb is delicious, the portions are huge, it's not as spicy as Sichuan cuisine, and Xinjiang cuisine is highly recommended. I recommend it! ✨

The name of the restaurant is Xinjiang, which is the official name used by China. It gives off the atmosphere of a Uyghur autonomous region. It seems like there are no Uyghur people working there, just Chinese (Hui?) staff. Uyghur cuisine, originally from nomadic and Islamic people, is a mix of Asian, Russian, and Islamic flavors with medicinal elements. Today, I came to eat Chuchure and Laghman and ended up enjoying various dishes. The majority of customers here seem to be Chinese, so I was able to enjoy my meal without hearing much Japanese. The exotic feel of the place in Ikebukuro was also enjoyable.

Around 1:30 pm on the weekend, without a reservation. There were quite a few empty seats, but we were still told it would be a 1.5 hour wait. Xinjiang Liangpi - a chewy and smooth textured cold skin dish with noodles, gluten, cucumber, and bean sprouts. I think it was written as "○○ Tang Fan" but I can't remember the ○○ part well. It's a tomato-flavored soup with short noodles used in Da Ban Ji, along with diced meat. When you see the dish name, it may seem like it includes rice because of the character "fan," but it doesn't. Special feature: Ya Qian Rou - I was curious about this dish because "Ya Qian" is like toothpick in Chinese, so I wasn't sure what it was when I ordered it (couldn't really tell from the touch panel image). It turned out to be about 50 small skewers of thinly sliced meat marinated, wrapped around toothpicks, coated with flour, and fried... The small meat skewers were stir-fried with raw onions and seasoned with a rough cumin flavor. This was a dish I had never encountered before, never even imagined, and it was incredibly delicious. Highly recommended!

On a weekend afternoon past 1 PM, the restaurant was fully booked. Despite not having a reservation, they did not turn us away and had us wait for about 15 minutes. We were seated with a time limit of 1.5 hours. It's unclear if this time limit applied to everyone or just those without reservations. The samosas had flaky layers of pastry, but some were a bit too greasy. However, they were delicious and generously filled. The lamb skewers had a strong chili powder seasoning, similar to the lamb skewers from a previous visit. The grilled lamb kidney skewers were surprisingly tasty and had a liver-like texture. The lamb tongue salad consisted of thinly sliced boiled tongue and vegetables tossed in a sweet, sour, and spicy sauce. The tongue had a soft texture similar to eating fatty meat. The fried lamb noodles were a basic dish with lamb slices coated in potato starch, fresh paprika, and wood ear mushrooms, served with long, slippery noodles in a thick tomato broth. It's challenging to share due to the length of the noodles.

First, I went to a restaurant registered as "Kaen-zan Xinjiang Aji-dou Ikebukuro Higashi-guchi" on Tabelog, but it turned out to be a noodle-focused restaurant called "Kaen-zan Xinjiang Aji-dou Xinjiang Mifen Senmon-ten" and the menu was much smaller than what was listed on Tabelog, with no Polo that I was looking for. When I asked the staff, they insisted, "But we also serve all Xinjiang cuisine (so it's correct)!" However, since I really wanted to try Polo, I moved to this store, which goes by the name "Kaen-zan Xinjiang Aji-dou Tokyo Honten". The restaurant was almost full of Chinese customers, mostly young people. It seems that reservations are essential, and I was lucky to get a seat without one. The staff always spoke to me in Chinese, and the touch panel operation seemed a bit difficult for those who don't understand Chinese. It seems like they don't intend to attract Japanese customers. They seem to emphasize the use of Halal ingredients, but in reality, I don't think many Muslims come to this restaurant. The quality of the lamb skewers was good, with a nice crispy texture. Since there was a lot of chili powder sprinkled on them, it seems like they are aiming for a Han Chinese taste rather than replicating the local Xinjiang flavor. The Da Ban Ji chicken stew was on every table. It consisted of fried potatoes, chicken, bell peppers, leeks, and whole garlic cloves in a lot of spicy seasoning. The chicken was cut into bone-in chunks, so the thickening agent solidified as it cooled down, but it was still delicious. After a while, they brought freshly boiled wide noodles to the table. The noodles were firm and did not stretch even after some time. The Polo was moist and fluffy, but the filling was lacking. Only carrots and meat... and in such small amounts that it felt overpriced. I've heard that Chinese people are very particular about cost-effectiveness, so I was surprised that everyone seemed to accept this price (I think it was 1280 yen). Nevertheless, the taste was good.