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Café Tamon
Ever-popular rice flour pancakes at this café known for its penchant for using local Ishikawa ingredients and other regional produce.
This café sits just in front of Utasu Shrine, and spot known for its association with the first lord of the Kaga Domain, Toshiee Maeda. Here you’ll find a menu that’s bent on eating local, serving up sweets like pancakes made with local Ishikawa Prefecture ingredients and rice flours.
The Tamon Pancakes is the shops headliner item, made with their own specially made rice flour made with Ishikawa Prefecture Koshi-hikari brand rice. The rice flour adds a deliciously chewy bite and round, mellow aroma you’re bound to love. You can even add honey butter special selected maple syrup or Kanazawa Higashiyama Honey. The menu is filled with plenty of items to choose, including the special seasonal pancake topped with loads of seasonal fruits or pancakes made with famous local ingredients like gold leaf or Kaga Bocha tea.
During the hours of 11:00am and 2:00pm you’ll find a lunch time exclusive, the Noto Roast Pork Lunch featuring a homemade sauce and delicious roasted pork from the Noto peninsula. There are days when this special treat sells out so make sure to make it to the restaurant early for a taste.
Highlights
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Sits directly in front of a shrine related to Toshiie Maeda, the first lord of the Kaga Domain.
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Menu is made to eat local, featuring locally produced prefectural ingredients.
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Tamon Pancakes, a menu favorite with an irresistible texture.
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The Roast Pork Lunch made with Noto Pork is available to try at lunch only.
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Official FAQs
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Do you have menus in foreign languages or with pictures? (If so, please let us know the languages available.)
Yes, we do.
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Do you serve vegetarian menus?
No
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Can I take photos of the food, etc.?
Yes.
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Details
- Name in Japanese
- Cafe たもん
- Postal Code
- 920-0831
- Address
- 1-27-7 Higashiyama, Kanazawa City, Ishikawa
- Telephone
- 076-255-0370
- Closed
- Open every day
- Business hours
- 8:00am - 5:00pm(L.O.4:30pm)
- Budget
- 940 yen and up
- Directions
- From Kanazawa Station (operated by JR West Japan and Ishikawa Railways), ride a Hokuriku Tetsudo Bus to Hashibacho/Higashi-Chayagai stop and walk for 5 min. to arrive.
- Credit Cards
- Accepted
- Official Website
- Official Website (Japanese)
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