Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan｜茶寮 煉

This small cafe serves some great fluffy hot cakes. I had the seasonal sakura hot cake, which was very soft, tasty and beautifully decorated. They have a couple of other hot cakes, all seemed delicious. Important: they have a reservation system for the hot cakes, because they take about 30 minutes to make them. So you need to go there or call by phone, book a table in advance and order the hot cake, then go at the scheduled time (or wait).

Randomly stopped by here as we drove by looking for a place with green tea flavored dessert. We got green tea parfait and polar bear shaved ice. Both of them tasted great but I personally liked the bear better. It is a shaved ice but it has ice cream and fruits outside and inside. On the bottom, there are red beans and jelly too. It comes with two separate additional syrup too. Prices are all around ¥1100-1500, so very reasonably priced too. Tiny shop with just 5 pairs of seats and few single seaters. I recommend to go off-peak hour

This is a cozy and casual shop where you can enjoy sweets♪ The matcha kudzu paste was so popular that it was sold out both for eat-in and take-out. I would like to visit again for the matcha kudzu paste ^_^ Recommended for those who have time as it is near the station ☆