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Kissa menu series: ホットケーキ (hotcakes)

Similar to pancakes, hotcakes are fluffier, sweeter and thicker. The kissaten hotcakes are usually the classic showa kind, served with a square of butter (often margarine, sadly) and never enough syrup (not real maple syrup in most cases). It is said that hotcakes were made for the first time in Ueno, during the Taisho period.

If you dare call the hotcakes from kissa Pinocchio “pancakes” (see reblog, picture on left), the master will correct you!

Outfit rundown
Skirt: thrifted Ingeborg (Pink House)
Cardigan: old Innocent World
Turtleneck: thrifted Cecil McBee
Socks: Innocent World
Shoes: second-hand Queen Bee
Hat: thrifted hat on which I pinned a big bow
Cat hotcakes earrings and brooches: Design Festa
Bag: second-hand Vivienne Westwood

Kissa menu series: ピザトースト (pizza toast)

This is exactly what it sounds like: tomato sauce, veggies (often green peppers and onions, sometimes corn), sometimes meat, and cheese on a toast. It is said that kissa Benisica in Ginza (see reblog) is the first one to have done it, but it’s a pretty simple concept most of us have already done at home, so I would take that with a grain of salt (or a few drops of Tabasco in true yoshoku style).
A kissaten’s specialty is the very thick slice of shokupan – the very soft milk bread used for toast in Japan – more than the toppings, which varies from a kissa to another.

Outfit rundown
Dress: vintage
Bag: thrifted Lancôme makeup bag emptied and used as a handbag
Shoes: Queen Bee
Corn socks: Cando
Bracelet: a present
Toast pin: Design Festa
Earrings, spice rack brooch and headwear: handmade by me

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