Salon de The Alcyon/ サロン・ド・テ アルション

When: September 16, 2009

Where: Hozenji area, Namba, Osaka
〒542-0076
大阪市中央区難波1-6-20

What: Afternoon tea (or high tea if you like). This was such a cute shop we found by accident, because Hozenji is my favourite little shrine. Anyhow, the cafe's on the 2nd floor, which was of course packed with ladies. They have a huge tea selection and the best part was a half-size afternoon tea is only 1050 yen! We opted for full size which was 550 yen more. It was very yummy with a fancy cake, canapes, quiche and scones. I had the maron (chestnut) tea and Kenji had their original blend, Alcyon. Very nice!

http://www.anjou.co.jp/shop/saronhouzenji/

Kokyuan (Tea Shop)

Hey! I made this blog to keep track of places I go to eat. This is my first post, and although I'm not expecting any readers, welcome to the blog!
Date: Fall-ish 2008

Location: Sakai, Osaka

Price: Bit expensive for the cake, lunch menu is reasonable

What: Well, it's a shop that makes castella cakes dusted in edible gold. How is the cake? Yeah, for some reason, I didn't try it, I had a delicious stew(?) instead because I wanted a lunch set. The place was built on the grounds of some ancient tea master's residence and behind the shop there's a charming garden and tea house. We wanted to have our wedding reception here until they told us they don't have a liquor licence D: Anyhow, it is a lovely place so by all means check it out.

http://www.kokyuan.jp/