Area: B1 of Spiral Tower (across the street from Meitetsu department store at Nagoya station), but there's also one at Sakae and Yabacho
Restaurant Hoshino Coffee 星乃珈琲店
Website and info: http://www.hoshinocoffee.com
This chain cafe took the place of another chain cafe, Excelsior cafe. It has a lot more character to it than the previous one. It looks more like an old, perhaps 1920's cafe, with bistro-like dark wooden seats and furniture. Listening to the jazz music playing over the speakers while waiting for my lunch to be served, I quite enjoyed this atmosphere.
I did have to wait about 20min for my soufflé doria (930円) to come to the table. I suppose because it's a soufflé, it must be baked slowly over low heat. When it came, I could immediately smell the butter. Breaking into the poofy cloud of egg, it was an unexpectedly light like whipped cream but retained its egg flavor. The creamy juices ran out from the airy soufflé pockets and onto the al dente ketchup rice topped with meat sauce. Bits of ham, shimeji mushrooms, canned button mushrooms, onion and wonderfully chewy parmesan cheese also were hiding underneath that cloud. The woodsy mushroom flavor of shimeji infused the creamy sauce to produce a nice combo.
Until 3pm, a drink of choice can be added for 200円 to your meal. I chose to try their coffee since they pride themselves on the hand drip coffee (it's even written on the cup's saucer). It is in fact a nice blend at first, with the right amount of sweetness and tang. But it quickly becomes sour when it cools down a bit. I would recommend ordering the coffee when you can drink it all while it's still hot and fresh. Next time, I'll have to come for a snack and try their signature soufflé pancake.
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