Area: Fushimi Station, Exit 10 (Intercity Building B1) 伏見駅
Restaurant: Cucina Italiana Travel Cafe トラベルカフェ クッチーナ イタリアーナ
Website and Map: http://www.travel-cafe.jp/shop/cucina.html
Hours: 11:30am-11pm (Lunch and salad buffet until 2:30pm)
This cafe seems to be a branch of QuicPay Travel Cafe closeby, but this one has a different atmosphere and concept. For one, as you can guess from the name, this cafe serves Italian dishes (pizza and pasta).
I had the eggplant and basil sauce pasta if the day (880円 for the lunch time special, includes the drink bar). For 280円 more you can also have access to the salad bar. It's worth it if you're like me and like to get in as many veggies as possible in a day. There are options so that you can put together a Japanese style salad with wakame seaweed and daikon topped with sesame dressing, or a more western flavor involving lettuce and carrots topped with Italian dressing for example. The salad bar not only serves veggies though, you can also get your fix of French fries and risotto. Although a bit mushy and atypical of Italian risotto, the creamy cheesy flavor and bacon made it a nice appetizer.
The pasta however was a bit of a letdown. There was eggplant, but not enough to call it eggplant pasta. Lacking in basil flavor and quickly drying up, it needed a drizzle of something like olive oil. If there's a next time, pizza will be the choice.
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