Saturday, July 16, 2011

Akihabara - GUNDAM Café

Gundam Cafe, the base of information transmission of Gundam is an entertainment cafe where people who are interested in Gundam can enjoy the Gundam's world. At the cafe, there are about 30 kinds of drink and 35 kinds of food menu, which are inspired by the Gundam's world such as "Jaburo Coffee" (340 yen), specially blended for Gundam Cafe uses coffee beans from South America where Jaburo the critical site of Gundam series is nearby, and "Red Comet" (790 yen) a pasta dish inspired by Char's Zaku.
Gundam Cafe also sells souvenirs such as "Gunpla-Yaki" (190 yen), a pancake with red bean paste inside, in the motif of plamodel of Gundam 1/144 which was the first Gundam plamodel released in 1980, "Gundam Cafe Haroll" (950 yen), the original Swiss roll of Gundam Cafe, "a set of 6 coasters" (380 yen) and so on.
Gundam Cafe was designed to look like neo-futuristic by using curve lines a lot, and there are some spaces for getting Gundam information in the cafe. Women staff who wear costume of a character from Gundam serve customers. You can enjoy different menu in cafe time (until 5:00pm) and in bar time (after 5:00pm). Alcohol drinks are available for bar time.
Basic information
Hours
Café time
Weekdays 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sat., Sun. & Holidays 8:30am - 5:00pm
Bar time *Alcohol drinks are available.
Weekdays 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Saturdays 5:00pm - 11:00pm
Sundays & Holidays 5:00pm - 9:30pm
Gunpla-Yaki is sold at following time
Weekdays 11:00am - 9:00pm
Sat., Sun & Holidays 10:00am - 9:00pm
Address
1-1 Kandahanaoka-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
TEL: 03-3251-0078
Access
1 min walk from JR Akihabara Sta.
2 min walk from Akihabara Sta. on Tsukuba Express line
3 min walk from Iwamotocho Sta. on Toei Subway Shinjuku Line
Website
http://www.g-cafe.jp/english/index.html
Menu
Menu
1. Jaburo Coffee (340 yen)
Uses coffee beans from South America where Jaburo the critical site of Gundam series is nearby. There is a Gundam Cafe's logo printed on a cup.
2. A pasta dish "Red Comet" (790 yen) *Available only for bar time.
Napolitan spaghetti with plenty of tomato sauce inspired by Char's Zaku. Can you see blade antenna and mono eye?
3. A cocktail "Mono Eye" (790 yen) *Available only for bar time.
Vodka-based cocktail inspired by Zaku. Enjoy the beautiful contrast of a red cherry floating in cocktail in green color.
4. Gunpla-Yaki (190 yen)
A pancake with red bean paste inside, in the motif of the first plamodel of Gundam 1/144. There is an another taste, Bacon with mayonnaise (220 yen) is also available for sale.
5. Gundam Café Haroll (950 yen)
A Swiss roll with doughy texture made from rice powder. A plenty of powdered green tea tasted cream inside which makes the cake not too sweet and recommended for adalts.


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