This all-night Peking duck restaurant is one of the best Chinese-food bargains in Tokyo. Let's start with the Peking duck - they charge under Y5,000 for a whole duck, enough for three or four people - and that price also includes soup (a standard but tasty chicken broth with cabbage), a stir-fry, and the usual pancakes and condiments. Your chef wheels a roast duck out on a cart, then slices it up at your table. The pancakes may not be the most delicate we've encountered, but the duck itself is very good - juicy and tender, with flavorful meat and crispy skin.

Since this is a Chinese restaurant of course they offer a huge menu of dishes to go with your duck. Of particular interest are the more than fifty small-plate dishes priced at just Y200 a plate - items like stir-fried garlic (surprisingly spicy) and pickled lotus roots (surprisingly vinegar-y). At these prices you can try whatever looks interesting. Then there's the amazing sui-gyoza (steamed dumplings) priced at just Y100 for a plate of three. These come in 26 different varieties, but we had a bit of trouble telling the flavors apart - they all incorporate the same basic meaty filling and a dollop of hot broth inside the dumpling skin. Be careful biting into them.

There are more substantial side dishes as well - noodles, clay pot items, sauteed vegetables and so on, most priced well under Y1,000. Lunches (11am-3pm) also start at under Y1,000, and some include free (self-service) refills for rice, dessert and drinks. Various party and banquet menus are available, and there's a two-hour open bar service. Most of the menu is in English, Chinese and Japanese. Chinese Cafe Eight also has a branch in Ontario, Canada, and a few others in Tokyo.