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Showing posts with label Cafe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cafe. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Jakkepoes Pancake House // ヤッケブース // 얏케 부스

Soooo….I had a hankering for some pancakes this past weekend and I wanted to treat my wife to a nice “café” experience.   She is really into the “café” life here on Okinawa now, basically, loves to yap the afternoon away with all her Korean friends over expensive lattes.  Anyhow, I put her to task to find something like that AND somewhere that had something decent to eat while the kiddo was at daycare.  Kinda like a date I guess….jeez how long has that been for us?!?!? So yea….back to the pancakes….so the wife got on the interwebs and found Jakkepoes Pancake House out in Yomitan, out in the area by Torii Station.  We both have not been there before, so we decided to give it a try.  Well to keep the story short, since I am not a true “café” critic like my wife is; it was delicious!  The wife was a little disappointed on the coffee section, but I went there for pancakes and was content.  It is really small operation ran out of a house, in the middle of a neighborhood, with limited parking like usual in Okinawa.  So if you have a small car you will be ok, else you are going to have to park elsewhere for the most part.  The menu is not huge either, but that is ok, since they have great pancakes and the familiar breakfast sides that will make us Americans happy.  You can just add stuff to your order if you want too…want more pancakes? Add as many to your heart’s desire! See my huge spread below…

Jakkepoes Pancake House // ヤッケブース // 얏케 부스
Here is the sign and front of the place for reference, as well as a Google map link too.  If you zoom in on the sign, you can find the hours on there too and where you can park.

Jakkepoes Pancake House // ヤッケブース // 얏케 부스

Jakkepoes Pancake House // ヤッケブース // 얏케 부스

Address:  near 431-4 Toya, Yomitan-son, Nakagami-gun, Okinawa-ken 904-0305


I would be remiss not to mention that they have an English website, a Facebook page, and a write-up over on Okinawa Hai! too…








Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Cafe Curcuma / Asian Herb Restaurant / 카페 강황

If you are looking to kill an afternoon eating some great Thai food, while enjoying a killer view of the ocean, and want plenty of things to see within walking distance, then Café Curcuma is your place! It is about a 40 minute drive from Kadena, which is a little off the beaten path, but I like these kind of places because of that(the wife loves the food!). But even though it is still out in the southern farming area of Okinawa, it is still kind of touristy, as there will be waves of Chinese/Korean tourists that show up through out the day to take pictures/eat/explore. I am sure doing the week that may not be the issue, but during the weekends (only time I have been), it might get busy in the restaurant, and you will have to wait a bit to get a seat. I would say it is great for couples/adults, kids may be bored though, but you can get strollers in there if you have babies. However, you will have to stow those big American strollers somewhere before you could enjoy the restaurant, has there isn't much room between the tables, which is common in Okinawa of course.

Also, Okinawa Hai has a great review on this place as well and you can find it here...


I also have the google maps coordinates for your smartphones and the English flier for the place below, so you can plan out what you want to do in that area.

Google Maps Coordinates: 26.1622348, 127.8122955





Cafe Curcuma



Cafe Curcuma



Cafe Curcuma



Cafe Curcuma