Treats for the eyes and style buds, only a few blocks from Sensoji Temple.
Tokyo’s Asakusa neighborhood boasts one of many densest concentrations of conventional sightseeing spots within the metropolis, beginning with the well-known Sensoji Temple. After all, irrespective of how mentally and emotionally nourishing Asakusa’s cultural sights could also be, ultimately your physique goes to ask for some sustenance too, and there’s a candy method to fulfill that want whereas nonetheless holding issues feeling very Japanese.
Daiki Kawagoe’s skilled resume contains store and model administration positions with esteemed French confectioners as Pierre Hermé, Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse, and Hugo & Victor. When Kawagoe determined to open a crepe specialty cafe, although, he needed to include Japanese substances and aesthetics, and the result’s the gorgeous tea-flavored crepes of Kamon no Ka.
Kamon no Ka makes beneficiant use of matcha grown in Uji, the Kyoto Prefecture city well-known for producing a few of Japan’s most scrumptious inexperienced tea. Not solely is tea kneaded into the crepe dough, it’s additionally a taste discovered all through the fillings and toppings.
What makes Kamon no Ka’s crepes an particularly tempting deal with for the eyes, although, is the intricate patterns of tea powder and cream at their high. Within the case of the Uji Matcha Crepe, which additionally options three sorts of chocolate, the highest of the crepe is styled to resemble a Japanese rock backyard, with rigorously organized traces such as you’d discover raked into the stone floor masking. In the meantime, the An and Whipped Cream Uji Matcha Crepe, which options candy crimson beans and a kuromitsu (brown sugar molasses) sauce made with sugar sourced from a Tokyo confectionary provide store that’s been in enterprise for 206 years, Kamon no Ka’s flower emblem throughout the highest, in a method paying homage to Japanese household crests (kamon).
▼ The Framboise Creme Brulée Uji Matcha Crepe retains issues easy throughout the highest, in order to intensify the colours of the caramelized matcha custard and dried raspberry.
For fall, Kamon no Ka has added an earth-tone possibility as nicely. The Kakegawa Hojicha Crepe is made with hojicha (roasted inexperienced tea) grown in Kakegawa, Shizuoka Prefecture, one other of Japan’s most celebrated tea areas. Different highlights embrace jiggly warabi mochi, hojicha custard, and kankitsu (a Japanese citrus fruit) marmalade, and the inventive tea-powder topping this time depicts Asakusa’s well-known five-story pagoda, with accents fabricated from yuzu (one other Japanese citrus fruit) peel.
Such mouthwatering magnificence does include a value, as Kamon no Ka’s crepes run between 1,300 and 1,400 yen (US$8.65-US$9.35), however for an unforgettable one-of-a-kind deal with, that looks as if a worthwhile luxurious to take pleasure in on a visit to Asakusa.
Location data
Kamon no Ko / 甘紋の香 -かもんのこう-
Tackle: Tokyo-to, Taito-ku, Asakusa 2-7-13
住所：〒111-0032 東京都台東区浅草２丁目７−１３
Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Web site
Supply: PR Instances
Prime picture: Kamon no Ko
Insert photographs: Kamon no Ko, PR Instances
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