Today I my Japanese teacher in one of our usual spots - FANCL Garden. FANCL is a cosmetic/beauty company in Japan that has branched out (I think) to some other lifestyle stuff and they have a cafe in Lumine, a department store attached to Yokohama station. The cafe serves Chaya Macrobiotic food - and coffee. It just occurred to me that - is coffee macrobiotic? I guess if you drink it with soy milk and maple powder it is. Yes - everything in the cafe is sweetened with maple powder not sugar because it is better for you………………………………………………?

Anyway, the coffee tastes like acid so today we ordered ice cream or “ice kutte”. Made without dairy products, eggs, or processed sugars (except for the maple powder maybe?). It was actually pretty good. I had the strawberry - very fruity, no fake sweetener tastes, no fake thickener tastes - I would order it again.

What I found interesting was how it was served: on a plate, in its plastic container, with the lid placed on the side, brand name facing up. It reminded me that is it important that I know I am eating Chaya Ice Kutte, recommended by the staff at FANCL Garden according to a sticker placed on the menu.