94-year-old tea shop specialised in Houjicha. You can smell the tea being roasted from blocks away. First floor sells tea and second floor is a cafe.
桜あんみつ（桜寒天、桜餡、桜みつ）、￥９５０。特上パフェ、￥１０５０。
Sakura Anmitsu(spring menu). The anko(bean paste), kanten, shiratama(rice flour dumplings), even the syrup are all sakura pink! While the taste is just a normal anmitsu(^^;;;), it sure looks pretty.
Tokujo parfait. It has 3 scoops of ice-cream in vanilla, houjicha and matcha flavour. Shiratama are in matcha and houjicha flavours too.
ほうじ茶ソフト、￥３００。特製ほうじ茶カキ氷、￥９５０。
Take-out houjicha softcream from the first floor.
Speical houjicha Kakigori. It is nice but there is not quite enough ice-cream and anko to finish the big bowl of ice so I asked for an extra scoop of ice-cream and the friendly staff didn’t charge me for that!
お好みパフェセット、￥１４００。お好みのパフェ（特上・抹茶・ほうじ茶）、みたらし団子・草団子、特上宇治茶。
Very good value set that includes any parfait of your choice, mitarashi dango and kusa-dango(made with a green herb yomogi) and also green tea. While I was hesitating which parfait to get, the staff suggested the biggest Tokujo parfait with a wink(^^;;). The two skewered dango are very very good.
ほうじ茶あんみつ、￥１０５０。 ほうじ茶パフェ、￥９５０。
Houjicha Anmitsu. Kanten, shiratama, anko, ice-cream are all hojicha flavour.
Hojicha Parfait. Two scoops of ice-cream in vanilla and hojicha flavour.
焼餅入り栗ぜんざい、￥８００。 こはぎセット（手作り五色こはぎ・特上宇治茶）、￥９５０。
Kuri(chestnut) zenzai with grilled mochi. This is pretty normal.
Five-colour Kohagi(small ohagi) is just so-so.
Menu(J): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
森乃園(Morinoen)
Add: 2-4-9, Ningyoucho, Nihonbashi (on Amazake-Yokocho)
Tel: 03-3667-2666
きみしぐれ。うぐいす。
A friend recommended me this rather obscure wagashi shop and wow I was shocked by the high quality! “Kimishigure”(egg-yolk based) practically melts in your mouth and “Uguisu”(left one) has incredibly soft skin and red bean paste that is smooth and not too sweet. Amazing!
東海 (Toukai)
Add: 1-16-12, Nihonbashi Ningyoucho, Chuo-ku
Tel: 03-3666-7063
Bagel shop 5 minutes walk from Akihabara train station. Only opened from 11:00 to 14:00 on weekdays and the 1st and the 3rd Saturdays of the month. Haven’t had a chance to try their bagel sandwiches but the bagels are delicious enough to eat on their own. It is a branch of Garden Berries in Chiba which I have visited before.
清水 (Shimizu)
Add: 1-8-14, Izumicho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Cute little bakery in Kanda run by two sisters. It is only opened from Tue to Friday and the bread gets sold out very soon after the shop opens at 11:30am. Apparently you can phone to reserve and pick it up before the shop closes at 6pm though I have never tried that before. Sometimes even during open hours, the door is shut and there is nobody there but you can just ring the door bell, speak to the intercom and tell them you want to buy bread and they will open the door for you. The bread is baked using natural yeast. Most of them have nuts, dried fruits and cheese.
ゆきのパン屋 (Yuki no Panya)
Add: 2-2, Tacho, Kanda, Chiyoda-ku
Tel: 03-3252-8824
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