Kyohayashiya Ikebukuroten — Restaurant in Tokyo

It is difficult to understand the set etc. on the menu. Even Japanese people don't know right away whether the tea will be served in a teapot or in a bowl. The floor stuff are a little lacking in kindness and hospitality, they didn’t guide the place of luggage storage for me. They told me how to drink tea not only so quickly but also with technical terms, so I couldn't understand it at all because of lacking of the knowledge of the Japanese tea ceremony. However, the taste of tea cakes and matcha offered is wonderful. In particular, matcha shaved ice is the most delicious in Tokyo, I guess. Also, the matcha sweets are brilliant taste. It is always crowded with foreign tourists, but at night you can relax and enjoy the flow of time and the deep...

Do note that every dining customer has to order something. This is a common rule in Japanese F&B eateries.

I’m not a fan of matcha so I had the hojicha parfait and it was yums!

The whole combination of hojicha ice cream, mochi, jelly, cornflakes, adzuki red bean is yummy.

I don’t know the name of the item my husband had. One looks like a scoop of vanilla ice cream with kinako bits and flavoured honey which was yummy too. The other looks like a matcha jelly wrapped in leaf.

Thankfully the menu had pictures so I just pointed to the items with the help of google translate to figure out the flavour...

The houjicha parfait was so good, I came back to try the store’s other parfaits. They all look great and taste even better. I especially liked the ice cream, mochi, jelly, and the little cookie that comes with the tea. I went around 7-9pm and it’s usually quiet so service was fast. The counter space is humongous so it’s comfortable. Staff are polite, professional and helpful. I’d like to try the shaved ice next time or perhaps...