Hoang Ngan Shibuya Bunkamura-dori

Pass through the bustle of Bunkamura-dori and climb up to the sixth floor of an average-looking building to Vietnamese cuisine heaven. Chefs flown in from Hanoi prepare a selection of meals that you’ll have a hard time finding elsewhere in Tokyo – no wonder they’re often hired to do catering for the embassy. Don’t miss the chicken pho, which comes with chewy rice noodles soaked in chicken soup and topped with juicy chicken slices for a real mouthful of bird. One of the dishes recommended by the restaurant is a Vietnamese-style okonomiyaki (bánh xèo)– a rice omelette served with chilli sauce that matches the sweetness of the roast onion and juicy prawns packed into the dough. The rice paper used at Hoang Ngan is steamed one by one in the kitchen, so your spring rolls are sure to taste fresher than anywhere else in Shibuya.