Shiro Cafe - Tokyo

The pancake was delicious and I really enjoyed the vegan doria. read more The pancake was delicious and I really enjoyed the vegan doria.

The pancakes were delicious and I really enjoyed the vegan doria. read more The pancakes were delicious and I really enjoyed the vegan doria.

As an expat living in Japan I'm a sucker for an authentic tasting western-style vegan meal; especially after sometimes going several months without such comfort... read more As an expat living in Japan I'm a sucker for an authentic tasting western-style vegan meal; especially after sometimes going several months without such comforts. This place scratched the itch I had, with delightful pancakes and some pretty special burgers. I would definitely go back. Nb. I'm only rating four stars because the place technically isn't fully vegan since it sells non-vegan cosmetics

Very tasty pancakes and parfait But bit pricey read more Very tasty pancakes and parfait But bit pricey

Their concept is that they use some of the same ingredients that are in their (non-vegan) skincare products in the food, so sake lees and seaweed, I believe. I... read more Their concept is that they use some of the same ingredients that are in their (non-vegan) skincare products in the food, so sake lees and seaweed, I believe. I got a soup set with three rice balls (1000 yen), a berry parfait (1400 yen), and a soy latte. The soup was a nice tomato soup. It had some Japanese ingredients for a topping that I wasn't familiar with. I think it was a type of seaweed. The rice balls each had different flavors. One was dried gourd (I believe). The parfait was big by Japanese standards, with three small scoops of ice cream. I also tasted some fries that came as a side with the burger, which were excellent. Everything tasted good. I wish they had a salad option. I paid 3250 for lunch, which I thought was a lot. I'm not super price conscious and I know that high-quality vegan ingredients can be rare/expensive. But I thought the parfait was probably too big for one person. For lunch I'd rather have something half the size and price. I do want to go again but probably with someone that I didn't mind sharing with. They had regular tables and low and comfortable sofa seating, which I liked. It's a shame that the cosmetics/skincare store it's attached to isn't vegan/cruelty free, but a staff member said it's hard to develop cruelty free products in Japan, since ingredients can be tested at any step of the process so it's really hard to say that something has never been tested on animals... Edit: Revisited late in the day on a Sunday and they'd run out of or weren't serving desserts. Tried an apple vinegar soda, which tasted very much like it sounds, and both varieties of the burger, which I thought were a bit heavy. The teriyaki one had a lot of teriyaki sauce and kombu, and I didn't like it so much. The cheese one was a bit better for me. I should go earlier in the day next time so as not to miss the desserts. Updated from previous review on 2018-06-22