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Cream bun (くりーむパン) - Hattendo (八天堂) from Hiroshima (広島)

The small stand shop is in the middle of JR Shinagawa station, just a few meters from Yamanote line platform, where thousands of people walking across for their direction. Always seeing people waiting for shop staff taking order for them, I had been curious what is the product here.

That is the shop called Hattendo (八天堂) and it sells only two items, cream bun (くりーむパン) and rolle cake (ロールケーキ).

 

The wrapping package reminds us the long history and tradition of the sweets.

"Established in 8th year Showa(昭和)"(1933)

"in Mihara Mintatomachi, Hiroshima"(広島県みはら港町)

I have never head the name of the small town. Anyway I tried and got two pieces of cream bun.

 

As per the official home page of Hattendo (八天堂), the product, cream bun (くりーむパン) was born after 3 years spent for product development, aspired for better taste, higher quality product. It is soft to be melted in a month and light taste. The mildness makes us take one more piece...

It looks like buns for humberger but it is actually much softer.

Custard cream flavor is the most standrd product.

 

Maccha cream (抹茶くりーむ) caters fine green tea flavor.

The bun is thin and it is filled with cream.

 

Cream buns are made without preservative. Therefore the product life is only two days. And the fresh product has to be kept in fridge. It is very delicate product.

In Tokyo, it is available only at the small stand in JR Shinagawa station.

Don't miss the chance and keep extra time to wait for a while by queuing.

 

Shop name: Hattendo (八天堂) Shinagawa station (品川駅)

Address: 3-26-27 Takanawa, Minatoku, Tokyo

Website: http://www.hattendo.jp

 

 

 

 

 

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All Day Breakfast - Eggs'n Things, Harajuku (原宿)

As the signboard shown, Eggs'n Things was opened in Hawaii in 1974. After 36 years, the unit opened in Harajuku, known for young casual fasion boutiques, central Tokyo.

The restaurant's concept is "All Day Breakfast", where people enjoy "breakfast menu" at any time of a day, regardless lunch or dinner time.

I have never been to Hawaii but I like breakfast menu such as eggs, bread, pan cakes. It is known that a lot of people are making a queue line to eat "breakfast" there. Luckly on one afternoon of a weekday, we could get a table within 10 minutes after our arrival. 

The restaurant offers seats on the large terrace space. That must be a good choice when the climature is fine for outside dining. 

What we enjoyed here are....

 

Bacon n' Eggs (scramble) with potatos

To be honest, that is nothing special as breakfast plate often found at international standard hotels. That could make me feel better when I had it in the morning, not on afternoon...That is breakfast.

 

Pancake strawberry, whipped cream and nuts!!

Everyone is surprised by the big mountain of whipped cream.

The cream is not too sweet nor heavy as much as we thought.

The pieces of pancake are very soft and light taste as well.

We completed the plate including the cream finally !!

That was not what we could imagine before we started eating the plate.

That's it, that is what we should order here.

 

I hope I have a chance to come back here for "real" breakfast in future.

 

Restaurant name: Eggs'n Things

Address: 4-30-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo

Official website: http://www.eggsnthingsjapan.com/

 

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