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.