Area: a 5-min walk northeast of Kokusai Center station 国際センター駅, in the historical sightseeing area
Restaurant: Tsuki no Usagi 月のうさぎ
Map and info: http://tabelog.com/aichi/A2301/A230101/23051612/dtlmap/
Hours: 10am-10:30pm (LO 10pm), Closed Tues and 3rd Mon of the month (Morning 10am-11am, Lunch 11:30am-2:30pm, limited to 20 people)
This is a relatively new cafe in the historical district near Kokusai International Center. Just being in this area makes it enjoyable to visit. Its menu, particularly the daily lunch special is definitely geared towards women's tastes. For under 1000円, it comes with the main, plus a variety of obento-like dishes, miso soup and 5-grain rice. Today's main was sesame crusted fried chicken. Although it's called the main, it only came with 2 pieces, which is enough when the meat is hard and dry. The sesame coating is a nice idea though so I give it points for creativity. On this plate were also macaroni salad (with ham, dressed with minimal mayonnaise), korean style sesame oil bean sprouts, umani (Japanese stewed vegetables), eggplant (fried and seasoned with dashi) and tamago-yaki. What stood out most was the curry fried dumpling. Like a samosa, but less spicy, it's filling was enjoyable. The cream filled, baked shiitake mushroom was also a delight. The salad in the glass was also a new, but tasty flavour for me; mizuna with abura-age that tasted like BBQ, swimming in a mild dashi and sprinkled with a nice accent of sesame seeds
The Jazz music and oldies playing in the background, with the yukata wearing waitresses, this cafe tries to recreate an old Japanese cafe. Although I can't comment on the cafes of those times, I felt as if I took a step back in time. It's not usual for me to say this, but take a trip to the restroom if you can; so spacious and nicely decorated, it feels like a royal restroom!
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