The Guide to Tokyo Bay Area’s Latest Spot “Ariake Garden” for those who have a Sweet Tooth: Photogenic Pancake, Japanese Sweets and Drink

In Tokyo Bay area, the large-scale urban renewal project is in progress for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics to be held in 2021. ‘WATERS takeshiba‘ in August and Tokyo Port City Takeshiba in September opened, and World Trade Center Building is under renovation. As a part of this project, a shopping complex “Ariake Garden” opened in June. There are over 200 shops, which is the largest number of shops in the area, a food court consisting of 13 shops and 27 restaurants and cafes. This time, we focused on photogenic food that makes those who have a sweet tooth skip a beat. This article introduces 3 shops in three genres: pancake, Japanese sweets and drink.

Feel crispy, fluffy and melty textures －”Original Pancake House” offering handmade pancake produced by the founder of America’s long-established shop

Located on the 5th floor, “Original Pancake House” was founded in 1953 in Portland, Oregon. Today, it has more than 100 shops in America. Japan’s shops truly recreate pancakes that the founder produced. It seems that they make dough based on their special recipe every day. The dough, which uses traditional natural yeast and is fermented for 3 days in a strict temperature-controlled room, has a super fluffy texture. The most popular menu is ‘Dutch Baby’ whose German dough using plenty of eggs is baked in an oven. When bringing Dutch Baby to your table, staff sprinkle whipped butter, lemon and powder sugar on it. The outside is crispy and savory, and the inside has a chewy texture like a thick crepe. The gentle salty flavor of rich whipped butter, the mellow sweetness of powder sugar and the refreshing acidity of lemon are blended and explode in your mouth.

Savor Matcha in drink, sweets and light meal －”Saryo Itoen” allowing us to experience traditional Japanese tea culture in various styles

“Saryo Itoen (茶寮 伊藤園)” on the 2nd floor is a Japanese-style cafe with the concept “The place where everyone can learn Japanese ‘Wa’ through tea and feel close to tea.” You should be surprised at lots of types of drinks using Matcha or their carefully selected tea leaves. Let’s experience charms of tea in various styles, such as soda and beer, latte and frozen smoothies. Besides, there are also Japanese sweets and light meals including fluffy Matcha shaved ice and Matcha soft serve ice cream with waffle cone kneaded with Japanese tea, Matcha Tiramisu and Green Tea soba. These things will give you a relaxing time with the rich flavor and smell of Matcha.

Choose tea leaves and temperature of Bubble Tea　－Tea stand from Taiwan “THE ALLEY” whose new products reproducing the scenery of nature in a bottle is hot topic

Reference from Cafe Release “【新店】THE ALLEY が有明ガーデンにオープン！お茶に恋をする本格派ティースタンド“

“THE ALLEY” on the same 2nd floor is a tea stand from Taiwan. It ever-popular menu is ‘Bubble Tea’ whose tea leaves we can choose from 5 kinds: Assam Black Tea, Royal No.9 Black Tea, Tieguanyin Tea, Jasmine Green Tea, Peach Oolong Tea. It contains plenty of original tapioca balls stewed with Okinawan brown sugar syrup. Moreover, there are three levels of temperature, cold, hot, mild hot and hot, so it might be a good idea to try hot one during the cold season. In addition, don’t forget to drink ‘Aurora drink series’ which is gathering attention on Instagram! The menu was born from the desire of the managing director of THE ALLEY to share this beauty, impressed by the aurora borealis seen in Canada. Which one do you want to try, Northern Lights or Morning Sunshine? To the bright blue of butterfly pea, the former adds reddish-purple with grapes and apples, and the latter does yellow with mango. The gradations created by them are just as beautiful as the natural scenery.

Opening Hours	Shopping, Service 10:00AM – 9:00PM／Restaurant, Cafe 11:00AM – 11:00PM
Address	2-1-8 Ariake, Koto-ku, Tokyo Prefecture
Access	Tokyo Bay Ariake Washington Hotel: A 10-minute walk from the hotel Hotel Tavinos Hamamatsucho: A 4-minute walk from Ariake Station which is 9 stations away from Takeshiba Station on the Yurikamome Line
URL	https://www.shopping-sumitomo-rd.com/ariake/shopping