Cheka — Restaurant in Kyoto

Walking around on the cold, we decided to get lost in our way to find the philosopher 's path. Our feet and minds exhausted, we found this place. On the entrance, there's a stand, a showcase of Japanese and French patisserie. We pick two and order some macha tea. With limited English and our lack of Japanese, we were send upstairs. A tea master attend our needs in a tiny but welcome area, full of white and calm. Her kid was running around, just being a kid, it bring a smile on us. Tired as we were, when we got those creamy teas and fluffy cakes, ours bodies replenish of energy and good vibes.

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Some really fantastic shaved ice - much higher quality than you’d expect for the price, which is about half of what you’d pay for the same kakigori at another place. The pudding kakigori had a pudding-flavored sauce drizzled with caramel, and there was a whole pudding underneath the ice. The peach flavor was wonderful - the sauce was peach but also seemed to have a note of matcha or some sort of tea, and some of the ice was milk. There were whole pieces of peach inside. When we went, there was no indoor seating so we had to eat outdoors, but they had a covered space with some tables (no chairs) to quickly...

I came here twice. The first time I bought a custard puff and some small sponge cakes to take away. The person at the counter was a little bit cold and brisk, but the cake was nice so I decided to stop by again the next day for a cake and a cup of tea.

The following day, however, a difference person was at the counter and she was actually very rude. She treated me roughly and made me feel very unwelcome. If they treat everyone like this then that explains why their rating are so low in spite of the quality of the food.

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