About food in Japan

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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Bakery cafe in Tokyo station - Burdigala Express

Burdigala runs several bakery stores and restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka. It opened a cefe inside of the Tokyo Station last year.

From seven o'clock in the morning, a nice pair of cafe au lait and French pastry or sandwiches are available at the station. The cafe is crowded in the morning by travellers with big suites cases and guide books. How nice it is as a departure point of a journey to have breakfast there while we are waiting for a train or friends.

Today's my breakfast is "croque monsieur", ham and cheese hot sand. All menu can be taken away for having on a train or in office, if you do not have enough time to sit on a seat at the cafe.

Cafe: Burdigala Express
Location: B1 floor JR Tokyo station

STARBUCKS new style shop opened

STARBUCKS Japan opened a new style unit in Tokyo.

Majority of total 27 seats are cozy sofa or arm chairs. The concept image is a relaxing space like a lounge in hotels or airports.
The shop is located next to the taxi hall of Roppongi Hills, a newly developped complex building. Unlike other commercial area of the building, the floor is very quiet and not so many people are walking around. Without asking a staff on the floor, I could not have found the store.

It is a hideaway in Roppongi Hills! (To be honest, I did not want to tell to anybody...)

The uniqueness of the new STARBUCKS is not only the seating.
The shop can offer coffee by a pressing pot.
As per STARBUCKS, the serving way extracts full flavor of coffee beans.
Coffee by a pressing pot is available at  some of other STARBUCKS units.
But time available and beans for the serving way are limited.
Here you can choose one from a wide selection list at any time.

After several minutes from my order at the counter, my coffee was brought to my seat by a pressing pot with a cream pot, sugar pot and a sand clock on a tray.  It requires four minutes to wait after a boild water is poured in the pot.
The sand clock tells us when the coffee is ready.
The smaller cup with the logo mark is another offer from the shop. A sample menu dripped in normal STARBUCKS way. Then I could compare how different these two coffee tasts were.
The longer I had to wait to get a cup of coffee but the better one I could get.

Cafe name: STARBUCKS Roppongi Hills WEST WALK Lounge

Address: 1st floor, 6-10-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo