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Café Normale

A café operated by the Noce furniture group

If you've lived in Japan for a while, you may have come across the furniture store Noce – they sell a variety of interior pieces in different styles, drawing inspiration from places like Scandinavia and Brooklyn in their designs. The brand also operates a café in the Shimokitazawa area of Tokyo called Café Normale, where you can pick up panini sandwiches, French toast, and a variety of cakes and drinks.

The panini sandwiches come in a wide variety of flavor combinations, including fillings like Italian Parma ham and mozzarella cheese, four cheeses with honey, and even mentaiko (pollock roe) with mozzarella cheese for a panini with a Japanese spin. The bread is all baked in house, and is simply made with flour, olive oil and salt.

The bread is baked fresh, with a simple recipe
The bread is baked fresh, with a simple recipe (Photo: Shimada Trading Co., Ltd.)

The panini sets are popular with customers, with options for either one or two sandwiches served with a drink, salad, and dessert. The prices for the sets are quite reasonable at only ¥ 900 for the one sandwich offering, or ¥ 1200 for the duo.

Photo: Shimada Trading Co., Ltd.

As for the desserts, some of the choices include carrot cake, gateaux chocolat, crème brûlée, and various scone flavors. All of the desserts served at the café are homemade, and they can be paired with a drink in a set – prices for those drink and dessert sets range from ¥ 750 - ¥ 1000 depending on what you pick.

The desserts are also homemade
The desserts are also homemade (Photo: Shimada Trading Co., Ltd.)

Best of all, for those who want to combine a bit of furniture browsing during their visit to the area, the Noce Shimokitazawa store is located just 30 seconds away from the café on foot.

Getting there

Café Normale is located an easy three minutes on foot from the central exit of Shimokitazawa Station, which is served by the Odakyu Line and the Inokashira Line.

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Sleiman Azizi 2 years ago
Easy bites when shopping. Very easy.
Sleiman Azizi 2 years ago
😂

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