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The price of vegetables is skyrocketing. Even if I want to buy them, it’s hard to justify the cost, so I thought, why not indulge in a salad bar and get my fill of veggies? That’s how I ended up having breakfast at this place. I arrived around 9 AM. The restaurant is about a five-minute walk from Oshiage Station, located along Koume Street. It’s a café that was opened this year by the popular bakery Kamepan Mukojima, which is right across the street. Typically, they only serve lunch and dinner, but on weekends and holidays, they offer a morning menu (8:30 AM to 11:00 AM) as well.
The interior is surprisingly spacious, with table seating and one private room. The morning menu is as follows, and you can add a salad bar to any menu item for an extra 330 yen:
- Toast Morning Set (748 yen): Unlimited toast + drink bar
- Onion Gratin Soup and Morning Set (968 yen): Onion gratin soup + unlimited toast + drink bar
- Soft-Boiled Egg Toast Sandwich (968 yen): Soft-boiled egg toast sandwich + drink bar
- Special Ketchup-Topped Bread Dog (968 yen): Bread dog + drink bar
- Tender Fillet Katsu Sandwich (1,298 yen): Fillet katsu sandwich + drink bar
- Kids Morning Set (528 yen): Unlimited toast + drink bar + salad bar
After paying at the counter, you can choose any seat you like. The bread is soft and chewy, made from the famous Kamepan bread, and you can choose between thinly sliced or thickly sliced bread. They have a lineup of popular toasters from brands like Balmuda, Aladdin, and DeLonghi, allowing you to toast the bread to your liking. Besides coffee, they also offer espresso, café latte, cocoa, tea, carbonated water, and various syrups so you can mix your favorite drinks.
The salad bar features lettuce, mizuna, cherry tomatoes, seaweed, bell peppers, red onions, corn, young corn, and cucumbers, with four types of dressings available.
I tried the Toast Morning Set (748 yen) with the salad bar (330 yen). Comparing toasting methods, I found that thickly sliced bread plus the Balmuda toaster was my favorite. You get butter or peanut butter, so I either made buttered toast or a veggie sandwich with lots of dressing. The vegetables were quite fresh, especially the cherry tomatoes, which were sweet and delicious. They continually replenished the salad bar, which was a big plus.
The drinks from the machine were also great, and I ended up refilling my café latte several times. I felt satisfied after being able to eat so many vegetables for the first time in a while (*´∀`*). If I had to make a suggestion, I’d love to have more protein options, like eggs or ham. The Kids Morning Set is very affordable, making it a good choice for families. Thank you for the meal!