The tackle and inside design say host/hostess lounge, however the menu says elegant individual-size desserts.
Shinjuku Ward’s Kabukicho has a well-deserved repute as part of Tokyo the place you may fulfill a variety of wishes as soon as the solar goes down. Along with a big collection of bars and pubs, Kabukicho has Tokyo’s densest focus of hostess and host golf equipment, in addition to varied sensual therapeutic massage parlors and different comparable enterprises.
And hey, we’re not right here right this moment to guage anybody who heads to Kabukicho after darkish to scratch their explicit figurative itch. As a matter of reality, we too had been unable to withstand the neighborhood’s attract on a current night, which is how we discovered ourselves climbing this set of stairs as much as the third flooring of a Kabukicho constructing.
As soon as we accomplished the climb, we opened the door and stepped by means of the brink right into a promised world of stylish ambiance and decadent pleasures.
The trendy inside had each sofa-surrounded tables for many who’d include a number of companions, but in addition smaller tables and counter seats for many who’d come alone, both as a result of that they had no acquaintances who shared the identical want that day, or maybe for many who had been anticipating such intense enjoyment that it will finest be skilled alone, with none potential for distracting self-consciousness purchased on by being within the presence of associates or work colleagues.
After scanning a QR code with our cellphone, we regarded over the myriad choices the institution provides, every one mounting a ferocious assault on our willpower. Then we gave in, and ordered the strawberry shortcake.
Sure, whereas the inside aesthetic and Kabukicho location may lead one to imagine that it’s a premium host/hostess lounge, it’s really a cake cafe, referred to as Brief Cake Firm.
Consistent with the neighborhood’s nightlife picture, Brief Cake Firm is solely open at night time, serving desserts from 5 p.m. to midnight (final entry at 10:30), and it checks the decadence field by providing individual-size complete desserts, not slices.
Our Rose and Strawberry Shortcake (1,300 yen [US$8.50]) was a factor of magnificence, arriving atop an aesthetic glass compote. The berry was place within the middle of twin rings of flower petal-shaped dollops of cream, and precise rose petals and silver dragees had been sprinkled on high.
Ordinarily, when introduced with an entire cake step one could be to delicately work out the best way to divvy up the slice between the opposite members of your group, however there was no want for such false restraint right here. This cake was all ours, and so we sliced in with the facet of our fork, as if we had been taking a step into an excellent and unbroken discipline of snow.
The flavour was scrumptious with out being cloyingly candy. There was a classy contact of liqueur flavoring to the cake’s sponge, and a layer of strawberry and rose petal jam inside.
The silver dragees did extra than simply look fairly too, as they supplied a stimulating crunch as we chewed them.
The Rose and Strawberry Shortcake additionally comes with a facet of fruit compote.
You may add as a lot or as little to the cake, everytime you like. Just like the shortcake, the strawberry compote tasted great.
It wasn’t simply the flavors that had been excellent both, but in addition the portion dimension. Our Rose and Strawberry Shortcake was undeniably larger that an ordinary cake slice in Japan, making it luxuriously satisfying, however not so huge that we had hassle ending it or felt uncomfortably stuffed afterwards.
Brief Cake Firm requires every buyer to order one meals merchandise and one beverage, so we determined to stay to a theme and chosen the Melty Strawberry Milk (800 yen).
Slightly than being pre-mixed, the Melty Strawberry Milk involves your desk in its element elements, with a glass of milk and a glass container of strawberry sauce that you simply pour in your self, stirring the 2 substances collectively to provide the ratio you need. Even utilizing your complete quantity, the outcome remains to be extra on the creamy than fruity facet, with a mild, soothing sweetness.
Although address-wise Brief Cake Firm is situated in Kabukicho, it’s nonetheless only a five-minute stroll from the east gate of Shinjuku Station, making a go to additionally viable if you happen to’re in Shinjuku to catch a film, store on the department shops, or stroll by means of Shinjuku Gyoen backyard. Simply just remember to don’t linger over dessert so lengthy that you simply miss your final practice residence for the night time.
Cafe location
Brief Cake Firm
Handle: Tokyo-to, Shinjuku-ku, Kabukicho 1-15-9, Tokiwa Constructing Daini, third flooring
東京都新宿区歌舞伎町1-15-9 常盤ビル第二 3階
Open 5 p.m.-midnight
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