Cafe Merzbau — Restaurant in Kanazawa

Delicious food with a cozy atmosphere! My partner and I shared the pizza toast, banana cinnamon toast, and cake of the day, which was a spiced tea chiffon cake. The pizza toast had delicious sweet onion and ham, with a fresh and well-seasoned tomato sauce. The banana cinnamon toast was incredible. Thick and juicy slices of banana with a cinnamony-sweet syrup on top. The cake was quite spongy and light, which paired really well with a bit of their fresh whipped cream. I also had an iced milk coffee, which was a bit milky for my liking, but still tasty.

The atmosphere was complete with the chirping bird and Kraftwerk on vinyl playing in the background. Very nice and accommodating...

I came here because I wanted to know if the name of the cafe had anything to do with the Japanese noise artist Merzbow. I asked the man working there about the reasons behind the name, and he showed me a book indicating “Merzbau” is the name of a painting done by the avant-garde German artist Kurt Schwitters. I then discovered that Merzbow named himself after Merzbau as a tribute (after independent research).

All very interesting considering avant-garde is the last word I’d use to describe the atmosphere of this place. It was homely, cosy, had a resident budgie and they were playing The Beatles.

Also, very...

Such a darling place!!! The music and books were so cool, the two workers were so nice and friendly and accommodating to my food allergies, and there was a nice little bird. We got the milk coffee, pizza toast, spiced tea chiffon cake, and the cinnamon banana toast. Everything was so good. The cake texture was amazing and I loved the onion on the pizza toast. Don’t get me started on the cinnamon banana toast. I would go here again...