{  Maruichi Bagel  }

Maruichi Bagel
Maruichi Bagel
Maruichi Bagel
Maruichi Bagel

There’s a popular bagel shop in the middle of Shirokanetakanawa neighborhood where you can get freshly baked bagels. It’s a tiny shop with almost no signage so it’s easy to miss, unless there happens to be a line out the door when you visit.

They serve a variety of different bagels, including: plain, sesame, poppy, onion, everything, 7grain honey, 7grain fig, blueberry, salt, cinnamon raisin, and more all costing between 200~250yen. My friends and I all decided to get some sandwiches as you can see from the pictures above — we selected a choice of any bagel + a “half-sized” ingredient (+300yen). If you get the “regular-sized” ingredient, it’s +400yen (but “half-size” was plenty). Most of us got the egg salad for the sandwich and you can add tomato, lettuce, etc for extra. All the ingredients are listed on their website so you can check out if you’re allergic to anything. They make your sandwich to order so the service is a little slow but the staff is friendly and nice. Overall the bagels were yummy, but not amazing. Still, it’s good to know there’s a place where you can get decent bagels in Tokyo when you have a craving.

Note that you cannot dine here, it’s only for take out.

Address // 1-15-22, Shirokane, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Phone Number // n/a
Website // http://www.maruichibagel.com

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{  Bake Shop  }

Bake Shop
Bake Shop
Bake Shop

Come to Bake Shop for Sunday Brunch, they have a tasty breakfast selection with lots of seating both indoors and out. This place has a relaxing atmosphere and was fillied with young families and friends who were enjoying their weekend outings together. I had the huevos rancheros, the one you see at the very top for 1260yen. The scrambled egg plate was very well seasoned and cost 950yen and the quiche chicken plate was 1050yen. All in all, a nice brunch :) This place is on the 4th floor so it’s hard to see it but check it out if you’re craving some good breakfast/brunch.

Address // 4F, 2-16-29, Jiyugaoka, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Phone Number // 03-3723-2040
Website // www.bakeshop.jp

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{  Bills – Shichirigahama  }

Bills - Shichirigahama
Bills - Shichirigahama

Finally got to eat at Bills in Shichirigahama!

This place is somehow known for having “The Worlds Best Breakfast”. I’m not sure if it really lives up to that standard but they sure do have some tasty food. Since we knew this place gets VERY crowded on the weekends, we went here during the week on a Friday hoping to avoid the crowds. We got there at around 1:30pm and were seated at 3:15pm… It ended up being almost a 2hr wait but we went to another cafe to kill time so it was fine.

Bills is located at a fabulous location. They have a great open view of the ocean and it’s very airy and bright. The cafe is decorated beautifully as well and I loved the feeling of the place. We ordered their famous ricotta cheese pancakes with banana and honeycomb butter (1400yen), Sweetcorn fritters with roasted tomato, spinach, bacon and avocado salad (1400yen), and Parmesan crumbed chicken schnitzel with spicy slaw (1500yen). They were all delicious and made us want to come back to try their scrambled eggs which is another one of their popular dishes.

I thought this place might just be all hype but now I can see why people love it. If only they didn’t have such a long wait I’d be there much more often.

Address // 1-1-1, Shichirigahama, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa, Japan (map)
Phone Number // 0467-39-2244
Website // www.bills-jp.net

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{  Breadworks  }

Breadworks
Breadworks
Breadworks

This chic pastry shop is located on a man-made island called Tennozu Isle in Shinagawa-ku. There’s not really much there except a couple of really nice restaurants all owned by the same company that owns Breadworks.

Breadworks was surprisingly cheap and had really good pastries! We loved everything we had and spent hours just chit chatting. There was a constant flow of customers coming in and out of the cafe even though it’s located in an area that is off the beaten path. You almost forget you’re in Tokyo because of the relaxing view of the bay from the cafe windows. I will definitely be going back to this place!

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天王洲アイルにるBreadworksでは、焼き立てでおいしいペーストリーが頂けます。私たちは4人で訪れたので色々な種類を頂くことが出来、どれもとてもおいしかったです。アクセスがそれ程良くないエリアにもかかわらず常のお客さんの出入りがあり、人気のほどが伺えました。天王洲ならではのウォーターフロントの眺めも雰囲気も最高です。ぜひ再訪したいと思いました。

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Address // 2-1-6, Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan (map)
Phone Number // 03-5479-3666
Website // www.tyharborbrewing.co.jp/jp/breadworks

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