cafe kanade

Lunch at cafe kanade centres on set meals, with a main dish served alongside side dishes, salad and soup. The tonjiru set comes with 3 side dishes, making it a good choice for a lunch built around pork miso soup and rice. One diner who tried it described soft-cooked white rice, 3 small side dishes and a generous helping of pork belly in the soup. They found the meal home-style rather than heavily seasoned, and said it went well with the rice.

For something more substantial, consider the beef stew set. It comes with 2 side dishes, salad and soup, plus a choice of rice or bread. The lunch Manzoku Set adds half a portion of beef stew, a mini pudding and a lunch drink. One visitor recalled that the beef stew set came with salad and 2 small side dishes, and left them full by the end. The set lets you enjoy the main while sampling a little of each side.

Daily mains add more variety. The chicken mince and potato stew and the lightly simmered pork and daikon are served with 3 side dishes and soup; the winter vegetable keema curry comes with 2 side dishes, soup and salad. Another diner remembered a Japanese-Western-style set in which the ingredients had taken on the savoury depth of the stock, along with a dish of broccoli and avocado dressed with curry spices. Take time over the small sides, too, and the appeal of the meal extends beyond the main dish.

For a leisurely finish, choose something sweet from the fruit parfait, mini nama-fu parfait, pancakes or cake of the day. A lunch set with half-size cake and a drink is also available for a lighter treat. Drinks include coffee and café latte, as well as black tea and Japanese tea. With a wide range of teas on offer, a pot after lunch could be just the thing.