Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Cafe Raidojuku, Lake Toya, Hokkaido, Japan

In most countries, there are always some very nice friendly people in small towns. Big cities have fast pace that no one care for some warm true friendly smile. So when we slow down, we get those back and start to smile again. In this cozy cafe, I found it again.
1. a bear sits at the fire place, reading his favourite books.
2. the bar area.
3. the cafe offers curry rice, sandwich and some fried noodles. Not many choices but if they do it right, these 3 choices are good enough. At least this curry rice is very nice. Rice cooked to a perfect texture - separate but not hard to chew. Curry very aromatic with lots of veggie which is good to balance the hot. Curry rice is at about JPY600 (US$8)
4/5. Madam made the coffee in quite some steps. She used some nice roast UCC coffee beans. We had an iced coffee and a Vienna coffee. Pretty good.
6. the entrance.




7 comments:

Anonymous said...

The teddy bear made this coffee shop so cozy.

Thailand Club said...

oh the bear bear is so cute, making this Euro-Jap curry cafe very cute ..

in the sea said...

Yes, the bear bear caught the guests' attention.

pixmation said...

I am so monkey see monkey do, now I want to get Japanese curry for dinner.

Stella said...

I just got Japanese curry for lunch with my client today at Zen Sushi on Garfield and Huntington Drive(border line or San Marino and Alhambra City). It is only $7.99 US for lunch time.

in the sea said...

Japanese curry is very easy to take as it's milder and sweeter, since they use quite a lot of veggie and apple juice, sometimes with plain yoghurt. I know some shops use coffee to make it a bit bitter.

Stella said...

Har, coffee for curry, what a creative dish.
I like J curry because it is milder and sweeter and there is no white pepper which I am allergic to(cause sore throat).