Anzu Cafe, a cafe where you can experience the charms of apricots and apricot wine (shinruoshu), will be open at Shibuya City Lounge (Shibuya Loft 2F) until November 30. Visitors can enjoy lunch, dinner, sweets, and cocktails using apricots.

Currently on the lunch menu (11:00 - 16:00) until October 19 is the "Marugoto Anzu Hamburger Steak" (1,200 yen with drink). It is a hand-kneaded fried hamburger steak with cheese and a whole apricot "harcott" from Nagano Prefecture. The chef of the restaurant visits the production area directly and carefully selects the apricots for this dish.

Anzu (apricots) are scattered from inside the hamburger steak.
Anzu (apricots) are scattered from inside the hamburger steak.

Also available on the dinner menu (4 pm to 11 pm, LO. 10 pm) until October 19 is the "Colorful Vegetable Bagna Cauda with Anzu Dip" (1,400 yen). The anchovy and garlic bagna cauda sauce is served with vegetables and anzu dip added to your liking.

Vegetables served with apricot dip
Vegetables served with apricot dip

Also offered all day (11:00 - 23:00, LO. 22:00) is the Anzu Baked Alaska Parfait (1,200 yen). It is a combination of vanilla ice cream, apricot rice cake, homemade pie, granola, blancmange, apricots (Shinzanmaru), homemade apricot jam, and fruit.

Sweets with sumptuous apricots!
Sweets with sumptuous apricots!

In addition, the Apricocca (700 yen), a fruity cocktail made with apricot liquor, and the Apricot Smoothie (750 yen), which combines Nagano apricots "Harcott" with bananas and mangoes, are available all day long.

Apricot smoothie is non-alcoholic
Apricot smoothie is non-alcoholic

Also available at the store are apricot jam, apricot jelly, and apricots in syrup, all of which are "only available here.

The store is located on the 2nd floor of Shibuya LOFT, 21-1 Udagawacho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, and is open from 11:00 to 23:00.

*All images are sourced from the official "Apricot Sake Anzu Cafe" website and official Facebook page.