On May 11, Café de Crié will release "Iced Hojicha Milk Tea with Okinawa Brown Sugar Honey" as a drink menu, "Pork Shabu and Fried Eggplant with Japanese Oil Sauce" and "Yo-shoku-ya no Naporitan" as food menu, and "Lemon-Scented Chilly Pound Cake" as baked sweets.

Iced Hojicha Milk Tea with Okinawa Brown Sugar Honey

This Japanese milk tea combines hojicha tea brewed at each store with Hokkaido milk to create a savory, mellow flavor. The optional Okinawa brown sugar syrup adds a pleasant sweetness and richness to the unsweetened milk tea. The sweetness can be adjusted to your liking and the tea is easy to drink, making it a perfect match with a meal. Priced from 490 yen.

Pork Shabu and Fried Eggplant in Japanese Oil Sauce

This Japanese-style pasta dish, popular every year, uses pork shabu shabu and fried eggplant seasoned with soy sauce and sesame sauce. The sauce, which combines kelp extract and flavorful green onion oil, enhances the flavor of the pork. Shiso leaves are mixed in for a refreshing aftertaste that is perfect for early summer. Prices start at 740 yen, with a 50 yen discount for drink set menus.

Neapolitan from a Western-style restaurant

The popular pasta dish has been renewed as "Yo-shoku-ya-no-Napolitan" with an even better taste. More ketchup and sausage have been added to the pasta, giving it more tomato flavor and more satisfying texture. It is finished to resemble the Neapolitan of a Western-style restaurant, carefully prepared in a frying pan. The price is 690 yen, with a 50 yen discount for the drink set menu.

Lemon-scented chilly pound cake

This cake was developed in the image of "Weekend Citron," a traditional French pastry meaning "a pastry to be eaten on weekends with your loved ones. The lemon-flavored pound cake is coated with fondant (finely recrystallized sugar and water boiled down to a fine powder) with lemon juice. The fondant adds a crunchy texture when cooled, making the cake even more delicious. Price: 250 yen.