Motomachi Coffee

For a morning toast, the house-made almond toast is a tempting choice. Thick-cut Shizuku bread is spread generously with homemade almond paste and toasted until fragrant; it has also earned praise from diners who ordered it for breakfast. With a breakfast menu, terrace and table seating, and a tatami area, Motomachi Coffee offers a comfortable setting for anything from a morning bite to lunch.

For a sandwich, try the Dashi-Scented Egg Sandwich, prepared to order. Its fluffy egg filling combines the savoury depth of dashi with the mellow richness and sweetness of pure honey, and is layered with crisp vegetables between soft slices of bread. It comes with potatoes, and one diner mentioned enjoying the egg sandwich. For a more substantial option, there is a generous prawn-fry sandwich with thin omelette, tartar sauce and cabbage, as well as a mixed sandwich that can be served toasted. The choices range from light to filling.

For a change of pace, the spaghetti dishes come with a mini salad. The Japanese-style spaghetti with prawns and broccoli pairs Japanese-style dashi with seaweed, while the bacon and asparagus carbonara is a rich dish served with a soft-boiled egg to mix through. The menu also includes the slightly sweet, deeply flavoured Phantom Yokohama Napolitan, a classic ketchup-rich spaghetti dish.

The coffee brewed with a press has made a particularly strong impression on some diners. The Motomachi Coffee Press Original Blend is described as having mild bitterness and a crisp acidity, making it a good choice for a leisurely coffee break. There is also a café au lait blended to bring out the richness and sweetness of milk, offering an alternative to black coffee.

For something sweet after a meal, consider the house speciality Motomachi Chiffon or one of the chiffon parfaits. The parfait with banana and 4 kinds of berries combines vanilla ice cream with chiffon cake. Options include sweet banana topped with chocolate sauce and whipped cream, as well as a Japanese-style parfait served with Tokachi sweet azuki beans, shiratama rice dumplings, kinako soybean flour and kuromitsu syrup. The house-made coffee jelly, made with the rich Motomachi Blend, is served with vanilla ice cream or original whipped cream. One diner who visited in the evening remarked on the generous size of the coffee jelly.