The cakes here in Japan

Just wanted to show you all how delicious the sweets are here, so you won't blame me if I come back a bit chubbier than before.  ^__^

This sweet shop is one of the famous attractions in Nagoya.  Online you'll find a lot of reviews saying it's one of the places you have to go if you want to have cakes.  It's sort of true - a lot of exchange students go there at least once for the experience of being able to eat unlimited cakes for about 90 minutes (the busier they are, the less time you have).  They also serve pasta and light soups.  However, definitely not all the cakes are tasty - the cakes over there are okay.  Not the best, but the fact that you can pile a plate high with cakes is the main appeal for this shop.  Plus, it's busy enough that it has 2 locations (one in a shopping mall, the other at Nagoya station).

One of the most unusual places to eat in Nagoya, and it's less than 3 minutes away from my dorm!  MOUNTAIN is styled like it is in the Netherlands, but it serves 'Japanese food'.  What you see in the picture is their famous matcha pasta.  It's a dessert pasta (apparently there is such a thing like dessert pasta).  It's horrible - tastes exactly like matcha + whipped cream.  After your 5 or 6th bite, you're done with it.  They have other dessert pastas like strawberry, banana (notoriously horrible) and melon.  On the more normal side, they serve huge parfaits and greasy pilafs.  However, the restaurant is one of the most famous in Nagoya, being featured in many tourist magazines.  Sometimes, even famous people come and eat over there, giving it a boost in its' reputation. 

Strawberry Pasta

One of the best places for cake though, is at the Sir Winston's Hotel Dessert Buffet.

The cakes here are just superb.  First rate.  Hotel style and deserves their price.  (It's like Sweets Paradise - for 1800 yen it's all you can eat sweets for 90 minutes).  The difference is that not only these cakes are better than Sweets Paradise, but the drinks are specialty teas or juice (sometimes cocktails), so you most definitely get your money's worth.

But the best place for cakes are here: Cafe de Cozy Cozy.

This place is one of my favorite places in Japan.  Before, I tried to take Andrea there, but because of the New Year holidays they were closed.  But their cakes are just really good - I can't describe why they're so good though.  I think it's because the cakes that are served here aren't like the usual ones you see in Japan; there's no Mont Blanc or Strawberry cake.  Instead they serve like Sesame cake (Top) and Espresso Chaffron (Bottom).  Their cheesecake is also heavier than the Japanese kind.

I couldn't wait to take a bite!

More than their cakes though, the atmosphere is really nice.  The music they usually play is either American music (but like Coldplay or other older songs) or K-pop.  One of the workers, Kosuga-san, I'm pretty close to now.  In fact, I've been there so much that all the workers know who I am.  Kosuga-san in particular treats me like her daughter.  ^_^  I will miss that place when I leave. . .

But I love eating cake with my friends!