Instead of standing and eating street food at Nishiki Market, we went to this cafe at the end of the street, just few doors away from BAKE Kyoto.

I thought their Matcha Latte to be pretty awesome - smooth and not very creamy. Just that warm drink I needed after walking in the cold...

Likes: Simple and convenient, not as mainstream as Starbucks.

Dislikes: I thought my latte was great so nothing that I dislike.

We found this placec by accident - we just wanted a place to sit down and have cakes and coffee.

This place is just 2 minutes walk from Kuromon Ichiba Market. They seem to be packed even after 9.30pm so I'm guessing this cafe must be alright.

We ordered strawberry cake and tea, boy they actually put a whole strawberry in it!! The cake was a little dry though. Of course, a cup of coffee as we sat right in front of where they made the coffee, don't think anyone can hold that temptation!

Likes: Simple and convenient.

Dislikes: Probably nothing that special for a visit, just a drink would do.

We got ourselves some Magnum Ice cream for IWD!

Literally a lot of it, all for the ladies in the Call Centre!

Happy International Women's Day, and thank you Grab for delivering it! :)

Just to see a comparison, I've decided to buy some cheese tarts from PABLO.

PABLO vs BAKE. Which is your favourite?

It's very sweet of PABLO to decorate their tarts with hearts - it's Valentines week!

I tried both Cheese Original & Matcha - both did not melt. I've tried both immediately after paying. I completely forgot to take a picture of the inner tart but basically it's just cake-like texture. 

I think I prefer BAKE over PABLO. Just take a look at how BAKE's cheese oozes out: 

Sorry PABLO fans, BAKE is definitely better than PABLO. #BakeFan

We opted for the tea place in Atria because all the coffee shops (eg. Starbucks) were too full!!

So you'll get to smell the sample tea leaves - they are nothing like Chinese tea leaves, but there are a probably a few Chinese ones and they are mostly English / flower tea. Some people label it as "athas" tea.

One from our group insisted to have coffee, which was a terrible mistake - they served really bland hot coffee in a long glass without handle. All I can say is, never order coffee when you are in tea house!