From Ryunakan, which celebrated its 116th anniversary, the restaurant "GREEN TEA RESTAURANT 1899 OCHANOMIZU" with the concept of "putting in" and "eating" Japanese tea will open on August 1st.

Choose your favorite from about 50 kinds of "teacup wall"
Choose your favorite from about 50 kinds of "teacup wall"

From "breakfast" at 6:30 in the morning to "after meal" at 23:00, the restaurant offers not only Japanese tea but also meal menus such as dishes and sweets using Japanese tea. Also, at cafe time, 10 types of Japanese tea carefully selected by the dedicated staff "Tea Varie" who makes tea will be prepared.

At lunchtime, you can enjoy tea with tea varieties
At lunchtime, you can enjoy tea with tea varieties

The following is a part of the hourly menu.

◆ Breakfast menu (6: 30-11: 00)

・ Eight types of Ochazuke soup stock (free refills), Chazuke soup stock (special soup stock that combines roasted green tea and bonito soup stock), and medicinal flavors (Nori, Wasabi, Bubuarare, Shiba-zuke, Mitsuha) are available in Kishu. It is provided with ingredients that can be selected from all eight types such as Nanko plum, grilled wasabi, and mentaiko. The price is 500 yen each.

・ Acai bowl A “Japanese-style” acai bowl with acai and several kinds of cut seasonal fruits placed in a bowl and combined with red beans and matcha. .. The price is 980 yen.

You can enjoy luxurious Ochazuke in the morning!
You can enjoy luxurious Ochazuke in the morning!

◆ Lunch menu (11: 00-15: 00)

・ Special sardine chazuke sardine chazuke that is eaten with a special broth that combines roasted green tea and bonito broth. The fragrance of sea bream skin and the special sesame soy sauce will enhance your appetite. The price is 880 yen.

◆ Cafe menu (14: 00-17: 00)

・ "Uji Matcha" (800 yen), which has a traditional Japanese tea tradition, "Yame Gyokuro" (1,240 yen) from Hoshinomura, which is famous for producing gyokuro, and "Kagoshima Fukamushi" (650 yen), a high-class variety from Kagoshima prefecture. 10 kinds of Japanese tea such as Yen) will be prepared.

・ Various sweets "Homemade matcha pudding" (630 yen), "Rice flour pancake with black beans from Tamba" (980 yen) with matcha ice cream, "Affogato" using Kyoto prefecture roasted green tea ice cream (400 yen) Yen) etc. are prepared.

Matcha pudding (left) and rice flour pancakes (right)
Matcha pudding (left) and rice flour pancakes (right)

◆ Supper menu (17: 00-23: 00)

・ Matcha Potato Salad Green potato salad made by kneading matcha into potato salad using baron potatoes from Hokkaido. The price is 580 yen.

・ Yamagata sirloin and vegetables roasted in an onion pot A dish of Yamagata prefecture sirloin and seasonal vegetables put in an onion bowl, roasted in an oven, and sprinkled with matcha miso sauce. The price is 800 yen.

"Matcha Potato Salad" with matcha kneaded
"Matcha Potato Salad" with matcha kneaded

In addition, a tea incense oven of "Japanese version aroma pot" is placed on the table, and the fragrant roasted green tea is burned. It is said that the different charms of "tea" can be conveyed before, during, and after meals.

The store is located on the 1st floor of the Ryunakan Main Store Building, 3-4 Kanda Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo. Business hours are from 6:00 to 23:00.

Image of the store. There are also terrace seats outside
Image of the store. There are also terrace seats outside