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Oh my oh my. I'll take six

I first encountered gyoza in dives outside the main gate of the US Naval Base in Yokusuka, Japan. After a night of beer drinking, the smarter of us would stumble in to a hole-in-the-wall which was typically very narrow, with a counter and stools running the length of the room. Behind the counter were several cooks using woks to cook the potstickers and others making piles and piles of fried rice. For about 300 Yen (a buck, at the time) you could eat a plateful and eliminate the worst of your inevitable hangover.

In 1973 the Japanese cooks at those places had not yet reached or perhaps even learned of the ultimate goal: Ice Cream Gyoza.