Read out in Japanese, r cafe comes out as “aru cafe”, which lands as something like “a certain cafe”. It is a stylish place built inside a renovated old Japanese house, and the mood is lovely.

The mood of the place

It sits where you can take in the whole lake at a glance. A spot like this is what makes a cafe work.

The tarts

They do proper meals as well as desserts.

Gelato

The gelato here is apparently famous. That was the whole point of today’s visit.

Inside

Really well put together. This is how you do a cafe.

The window

Lovely light too. I would like to live somewhere like this.

Drink menu

There is a banana smoothie as well, which looks good.

Terrace seats

Plenty of guys out touring on their bikes pulled in, sat for a while and moved on.

Gapao rice

It was good. I am not usually one for cafe food, but this was put together nicely.

Doria

This was good too. The kind of place that suits a quick lunch.

A drink

Not bad at all.

Gelato

The fruit flavour was the real thing, and I enjoyed it. There was a reason to come all this way.

The counter

A tidy space.

The space next to the counter

They clearly understand their space and built the cafe around it. Stopping in for a single gelato at a seat like this would be lovely too.

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