Kirasse: Compare the tastes of Utsunomiya gyoza. Gyoza entertainment facility

Kirasse main store(来らっせ 本店)

“Kirasse” in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture is a commercial facility where you can enjoy shopping and gourmet food centered around Utsunomiya Gyoza.

Gyoza is a specialty of Utsunomiya. “Kirasse” has everything from long-established stores with over 50 years of history to up-and-coming trendy stores. This is a gyoza entertainment facility where you can taste and compare gyoza from various gyoza specialty stores.

This is a joint sales project for Utsunomiya Gyoza sponsored by the Utsunomiya Gyoza Association, and if you come here, you can enjoy gyoza from Utsunomiya Gyoza Association member stores, including popular ones, all at once.

Business hours

Monday - Friday 11:00am - 8:30pm

Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Regular holidays

Open all year round

Telephone number

+081-28-614-5388

Official website

https://www.gyozakai.com/kirasse

Parking lot

Coin parking available nearby

Access

Walk: 25 minutes walk from JR Utsunomiya Station

Bus: From the “Utsunomiya Station West Exit” bus stop, take the Kanto Express Bus and get off at the “Kirasse Honten” bus stop. Time required: 6 minutes

Location

MEGA Don Quijote LaPark Utsunomiya Store B1F, 2-3-12 Babadori, Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture 320-0026

Kirasse has two stores, the “main store” and the “Paseo store.” The main store is where you can eat, and the “Paseo store” only sells souvenirs (the Paseo store is located at his JR Utsunomiya station).

Go to the gyoza festival. Get off the escalator right at the entrance.

Kirasse is located on the basement floor of MEGA Don Quijote Utsunomiya store.

When you get off the escalator, you will be greeted by a large panel.

Permanent stores and daily stores

Kirasse has two types: “permanent stores” and “daily stores”.

If you want to eat gyoza from a long-established or famous restaurant, go to the permanent store.

If you want to try gyoza from different stores one by one, go to a store that changes daily.

Permanent store area: A collaboration of carefully selected long-established and famous stores

The permanent stores include the following five long-established and famous stores that represent Utsunomiya gyoza, and you can eat gyoza from each store.

• Koran
• Gyoza Utsunomiya Minmin
• Utsunomiya Gyoza Menmen
• Utsunomiya Gyoza Satsuki
• Gyoza no Ryumon Utsunomiya gyoza specialty store

Entrance to permanent store area

The style is to buy gyoza from the store you want to eat and eat them in the eat-in space.

Minmin Utsunomiya

Utsunomiya Minmin is a gyoza specialty store headquartered in Utsunomiya City, Tochigi Prefecture. Founded in 1963, he currently has five stores in Utsunomiya City.

Utsunomiya Minmin’s gyoza is characterized by its thin skin and generous amount of toppings. It uses pork, cabbage, chives, garlic, ginger, ginger, sesame seeds, etc., and is juicy and filling.

There are 6 gyoza on a plate, but each one is small, so even people with small appetites can finish it without any problem.

Utsunomiya gyoza specialty store Gyoza no Ryumon(龍門)

Gyoza no Ryumon is a long-established gyoza specialty store located in downtown Utsunomiya. Founded in 1972, it has been a local favorite for over 50 years.

Our carefully handmade gyoza dumplings are made with carefully selected ingredients and do not contain garlic, so even women and children can eat them with confidence.

Utsunomiya Gyoza Menmen

Menmen is a Chinese restaurant located in downtown Utsunomiya. Founded in 1974.

Menmen’s gyoza is characterized by golden, crispy winged gyoza. These gyoza are popular for their juicy meat. Garlic is sparing.

Koran(香蘭)

Koran is a long-established gyoza specialty store located in downtown Utsunomiya. It was founded in 1959, making it the oldest of the five stores.

Utsunomiya Gyoza Satsuki

Utsunomiya Gyoza Satsuki, located in downtown Utsunomiya, is a long-established gyoza specialty store founded in 1972. We serve traditional Utsunomiya gyoza that has been loved by the locals for a long time and is certified by the Utsunomiya Gyoza Association.

Gyoza with a thin skin and plenty of bean paste is characterized by its juicy and deep flavor. Garlic is used sparingly, so even women and children can enjoy it with confidence.

Daily store area: 6 stores in one plate! If you want to taste and compare, click here

In the daily special store area, we carry gyoza from various shops that are members of the Utsunomiya Gyoza Association, so you can enjoy gyoza from a variety of shops little by little.

The gyoza menu changes daily from Monday to Sunday, so you can try different combinations of gyoza for each day of the week.

There are 6 gyoza on a plate, but they are all from different stores.

Happiness that you can’t choose!! Utsunomiya gyoza tasting plate

Below is an assortment of 5 types of gyoza (A to E).

Stores in bold are stores with permanent stores.

If you can’t decide, we recommend a platter with gyoza from a famous restaurant

If you’re not sure which plate to compare, we recommend choosing a platter with gyoza from the shops in the permanent store area.

All of the stores in the permanent store area are well-established, well-established stores. In other words, these are the de facto standards for Utsunomiya gyoza, so they are a recommended dish for enjoying Utsunomiya gyoza.

For example, next we will introduce D-mori, which includes gyoza, from his two permanent stores.

D platter (390 yen)

Chuka Hanten(中華飯店)

The dumplings at Chuka Hanten have large fillings and a fun texture.

Koran(香蘭)

Koran’s gyoza, which also has a branch in the permanent store area, has a delicious chive aroma that fills your mouth.

Menmen Ichiba(麺々市場)

The gyoza at Menmen Ichiba are green because chives are kneaded into the skin. Every time you bite into it, you can smell the chives. But the overall taste is refreshing.

Menya Shimizu(麺や しみず)

Shimizu’s gyoza has large vegetables and a pleasant crunchy texture. Since there are a lot of vegetables, the filling is juicy and delicious.

Mantenya(満天家)

Mantenya’s gyoza has a gentle taste with the sweetness of the meat and vegetables. The sweet dumplings are delicious. You can eat endlessly.

Menmen(めんめん)

Menmen Gyoza, which also has a branch in the permanent store area, is a long-established store! This is the taste of the classic gyoza.

History of Utsunomiya Gyoza

Why Utsunomiya became a gyoza town: The ancestors of Utsunomiya gyoza are from former Manchuria

The Imperial Army’s 14th Division had been located in Utsunomiya since September 1909.

The division, which has been dispatched to mainland China many times since ancient times, was stationed in Manchuria in northeastern China during the Sino-Japanese War from 1945, and gyoza became popular among the soldiers at that time. is.

From the Sino-Japanese War to World War II, a total of 8 divisions in addition to the 14th Division from Utsunomiya, with approximately 160,000 soldiers, were stationed on the continent. Many civilians also crossed to China from Utsunomiya.

There, the Japanese people from Utsunomiya were baptized as gyoza.

Afterwards, the repatriates who learned how to make gyoza recreated the taste in Utsunomiya and popularized gyoza.

Cheap and nutritious, gyoza were greatly welcomed as a source of stamina in Utsunomiya, where summers are hot and winters are cold.

Of course, most of the customers are familiar with the taste of authentic gyoza, so their expectations are naturally high, and as a result, they can now enjoy delicious gyoza in Utsunomiya.

Why Japanese Gyoza Contains Garlic

Immediately after the end of the war, dumplings were popularized in Japan by people repatriated from China, and ingredients such as readily available mutton were also used as fillings. At that time, pork was still very valuable.

The reason why Japanese gyoza contains many flavorful vegetables such as chives and green onions, including garlic, is to eliminate the characteristic odor of mutton.

This seems to be the reason why Japanese dumplings use garlic, which is not found in Chinese dumplings.

Although sheep meat is no longer used today, garlic is still widely loved as an ingredient in savory dumplings.

A sacred place for Utsunomiya gyoza that you’ll want to visit again and again.

In the permanent store area, you can enjoy gyoza from well-established, well-established stores, and in the daily store area, you can sample and compare gyoza from many stores. You can enjoy gyoza from 6 stores for 390 yen, which is a great deal.

Kirasse is recommended for the following people.

• I want to try Utsunomiya gyoza, but I don’t know which restaurant should I try it from.
• I’m used to eating Utsunomiya gyoza, but I want to try a new restaurant.
• Compare Utsunomiya gyoza and find your favorite

If you only come once, you won’t be able to compare the food at all, so you’ll want to come back again and again.

It would be a good idea to gradually find gyoza from a restaurant you like, and then go directly to that restaurant.

Utsunomiya City, the land of gyoza.

Kirasse, a commercial facility specializing in gyoza, is home to Utsunomiya gyoza specialty stores, from long-established and well-known stores to new stores. If you want to try Utsunomiya gyoza, please come and visit us.