Vege Pancake House: should stick to just pancakes

Area:  a 5 min. walk southeast of Fushimi Station, Exit 4 伏見駅
Restaurant:  Vege  ベジ
Website and Map:  http://www.vege-byvoivoi.com/4-1.html

Hours:  Mon-Fri 11am-10pm (LO 9pm),  Weekends & Holidays 10am-9pm (LO 8pm)

This pancake house is more adult than pancake Days at Passé which looks like it's a good place to take a small child.  Vege's white decor, wooden tables, and well-lit space, along with the instrumental music , makes this cafe a nice place to meet and catch up with your girlfriends.

There are two types of pancakes the regular classic milk pancake and then there's the rye, which is supposedly more chewy in texture.  There are a variety of savory pancakes to choose from such as teriyaki chicken (contrary to the name, they do serve meat), 4 cheese sauce, hamburger patty, chili, but the only one that came with rye was the salmon and avocado plate (1050 yen).

 The salad was nicely dressed with an non-vinegary, bacon flavored oil.  The pancake came warm and smelled buttery.  It was in fact mochi mochi ( the word used to describe a sticky soft and slightly chewy texture).  Just cutting into it with a knife, you can immediately feel this.  It has a nice rye flavour, but the accompanying wasabi mayo masks this. It's actually quite hot, despite being mixed with mayonnaise.  The combo of this sauce with the smoked salmon topped tofu, and buttery pancake is a bit odd, I'd suggest eating it separately.  

The tomatoes were not as fresh as I had hoped, with a gritty, mushy texture, and the avocado was soaked a bit too much in pre-squeezed lemon juice.  I was disappointed with the combo, but the pancake by itself was nice.