Japan travel tips: Free breakfast with every drink purchase @ Komed'as coffee

Originating from Nagoya, Komeda’s coffee is a restaurant chain with outlets now in other cities such as Tokyo and Osaka. I have always passed by their Osaka Namba branch located at the first level of Namba City and has never thought about trying it, until this trip.

This trip we went to Nagoya and I found out that they have a local specialty called ogura toast (red bean paste with toast) and decided to try it. While researching the places that serve this toast, I came across Komeda’s coffee, which has a breakfast promotion - order
any drink and get a breakfast set free. Tempting right?

What’s even better is that Komeda’s coffee offers not one but three breakfast set which you can choose from. 1. Toast with hard boiled egg. 2. Toast with red bean paste 3. Toast with egg salad. Look at their menu here (in English). 

 I must say that after trying all three, the egg salad and the red bean paste are my fav. In addition, the toast that they serve are thicker than your usual toast and softer (what kind of sorcery is this, Japan?!), and are perfectly toasted and come with generous amount of melted butter.

Can't remember what this dish is but it's good too!



You can get breakfast for less than 500 yen which is about 6 sgd/ 4+ usd? (together with coffee!) which is great for all coffee lovers I guess? My friend who is a coffee lover likes Komeda’s coffee, while the rest of us who don’t drink coffee prefer their hot chocolate or milkshakes. Oh, Komeda's coffee also serve juice, milk and tea. 

Komeda’s coffee also serves other dishes such as beef stew and ebi Katsu sandwich (fried shrimp cutlet sandwich) which is a must try!

If you are a coffee lover, why not head down to Komeda’s coffee and have some free breakfast along with your daily coffee?

Find out more about Komeda's coffee here

Atsuta Horaiken : Best hitsumabushi in Japan

Hitsutmabushi is probably a Nagoya's local specialty. It is grilled unagi (eel) on rice and can be eaten in 3 different ways.

In my previous trip to Japan, I went to Nagoya and wanted to try their local specialty and hence I found this shop : Atsuta Horaiken which is said to be where this dish originated from? I went to their branch located near Atsuta Shrine.



We ordered their Umaki (unagi tamagoyaki, rolled omelette with eel) @ 950 yen to share. The umaki came with generous servings of unagi and the egg is well seasoned and delicious.

We ordered one regular histumabushi each @ 3,600 yen. There are 3 ways of eating it - eating it as it is, eating it with condiments, eating it with soup poured in the rice. The eel is grilled perfectly and well seasoned and the sauce is heavenly and the bowl is so deep we were so stuffed when we were done.

I highly recommend anyone visiting Nagoya to visit this shop or at least try their eel dishes at any eel-specialty shops in Nagoya. Some shops might be more affordable but I believe it is alright to splurge here and there and people with a smaller appetite can share one portion.

You can find their list of branches & access maps here.

Japanese Skincare Product Review : Ettusais Herbal UV Jelly sunblock

I am really in love with Ettusais products, they are just so good and worth the money. Their lip balms are so moisturizing and long lasting, really love it. Their blusher is really cute and i love the shade. Their peeling sheet is awesome as well, love how it removes dead skin cells and clear my pores.

Their UV jelly sunblock is pretty amazing too. While I was expecting a more jelly-like texture, the sunblock actually look pretty normal, very similar to Sekkisei & Sekkisui sunblock. The texture was somehow a little different. Ettusais is more viscous than the other two. However, I really like it as it doesn't feel sticky when applied and has pleasant grapefruit smell. It is not very moisturizing though but I guess make-up routine will include steps involving moisturizer therefore this is not a big issue. In fact, being like this works better as my skin won't feel overly sticky or heavy after I apply both my sunblock and my Shiseido Aqualabel Whitening jelly essence which works as a toner, serum and mositurizer.


Learn more about this product here.

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