Musimpanen — Restaurant in Hiroshima

Visited in the early afternoon on a weekday — the café space inside was about half full. A beautiful display of cakes lined the counter, each one so tempting that it was hard to decide which to choose. I visited this time to enjoy some sweets with a cup of coffee inside the café.

With the weather turning pleasantly mild, the terrace seating would also be a lovely option.

Items enjoyed that day

◆ Opera cake – ¥640 ◆ Furué fig cream fraîche – ¥700 ◆ Blend coffee – ¥600

The cakes were beautifully balanced — not too sweet, never heavy — just perfectly refined. The coffee, deeply roasted and full-bodied, paired wonderfully with the desserts.

A charming place where you can truly enjoy an elegant afternoon tea experience. By the time I left, the café was nearly full — clearly a consistently popular patisserie.

ごちそうさまでした — thank you for the wonderful...

My girlfriend really wanted to go inside, because she loves pastry. Me, not so much, so I just wanted to have coffee. Order: two coffee and 1 blueberry pastry. However, this wasn’t enough. I had to order pastry myself, as this was their policy (one pastry per client). I refused, because I get the ‘one drink per customer’ policy, but i’m not going to order anything I don’t like. We left (we were the only customers at the time, so the whole...

Excellent cakes, tarts, and all things sweet, Mushim Panen uses high quality and seasonal ingredients to create unique offerings. The spacious cafe area is bright and modern. Terrace seating that looks out onto the river is also available! Hugely popular, be warned that it can be crowded on weekends and you may have to wait for a table. They also have three “table for one” seats which are sometimes more readily available than tables for...