The best Chinese dumplings in the whole of Japan are made in Kobe, by a Chinese man, George Sou. He makes them with the finest Kobe beef supplied by Mouriya the famous Kobe beef restaurant. He makes, or at least his workers do, 15,000 dumplings everyday. His places can be found in the little square in the China Town.

One is a takeaway and the other is a restaurant in the righthand corner. It closes by 5 pm. The takeaway is the shop diagonally opposite with the longest queue in China Town. They only cost about ¥100 each. George Sou is also the chairman of the China Town Traders Association. He treats his workers a cut above the rest with higher wages, health care and working less hours which is why they close at 5 pm.

Mouriya is the best restaurant for Kobe beef. There are three these days, located near Tokyohands store.

http://www.mouriya.co.jp/en/mopr/index.html

chottom it costs about ¥2500 if you go in the evening but only about ¥1500 during the lunch time. When you walk south from Tokyohands the original restaurant is just on the right. There you can also enjoy many of my sea painting. Mouriya is one of my art clients. Opposite, are 2 new restaurants. I think the latest one does not allow children. Mouriya is probably the finest restaurant in Kobe. The service is outstanding.

From Tokyohands if you walk toward Sannomiya, the 3rd passageway on the right, I think the first two are mainly sex clubs. In the 3rd passageway, 2nd or 1st(?) restaurant on the left is a Tawanese Chinese restaurant which makes the finest "water goza" in Kobe. They are streamed not fried. You can order many kinds, like lamb, pawn. I went recently with a party after we visited the Luminaire. Very low prices.

In both these places you can mention my name but you'll still have to pay same price.

another little gem for you, and Kobe visitors. Since you live in HAT (Happy Active Town) which I think is a very nice area of Kobe, especially for children because there's so much open space for playing.

If you go over to the Prefecture Museum and find the coffee bar facing the harborland, there you can enjoy Akashi beer which is from a microbrewery. They have dark or light in a small bottle. Very tasty and just sit for awhile or talk to the seagulls.

You can also find the Akashi beer in the food hall of Sogo. Find the beer/wine/sake shop, I think there's only one these days and ask for Akashi beer. There they have dark, middle and light at about ¥400/bottle. More expensive than normal beers but worth the taste. I usually buy 2 of each because I like half-&-half. Half light, half dark.