I have a school assignment that involves creating a business for our area. I’m creating a Japanese styled cafe, since I’d like to see how the blending works out. Obviously I want to serve more things other than coffee, cakes and the like, but what other things are served in Japanese style cafes? Traditional dessert/savory things are ok, but really I’m trying to break away from sushi, sake, noodles that kind of stuff. Thanks ^_^
I just returned from 3 years in Japan so here goes:
Tonkatsu curry- a piece of boneless pork loin coated in panko and deep fried cut into strips and served over sweet-hot Japanese curry and rice.
Potato croquettes (korokke)- mashed potatoes formed into an oval patty, covered in panko and deep fried. Also available in vegetable (yasai) which adds peas and corn to the potato mix.
Milk tea-Royal, apple, and banana are all popular forms of milk tea
Omelet- holy cow do they LOVE omelets, whole restaurants are devoted to them. A huge pile of scrambled egg omelet served over rice with any number of toppings, curry, ketchup, beef, etc
Stuffed buns-large yeast rolls that have fillings like curry or red bean paste
Gyoza- delicious pork and onion dumplings in a thin wrap that are steamed and served with soy sauce and chili oil
Edamame- boiled in salty water for a few minutes and then shocked in cold water, you are given a bowlful to split open and enjoy
Ramen- however obvious it comes with three types of broth salt, miso, or soy
Hope this helps, we loved Japan and would go back in a moment!