Seeking a familiar flavor of my time years ago in Tokyo, I visited Chinmaya Izumizaki Icchoume-ten in Naha for spicy mapo tofu over rice. The restaurant is the only Okinawa location of the 23-branch Chinmaya chain. Back when I lived in Tokyo until 2009, I was a regular at Chinmaya's original location in Gotanda District. In 2022, Chinmaya Gotanda Higashiguchi Ekimae-ten unfortunately closed but I still have fond memories of this spot and their signature mapo tofu over rice. To this day, I can still taste the burn the dish left on my taste buds.

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