Time Doh Cafe & Shop

At west side of Kyoto Gosho (Imperial Palace), northward from Karasuma street, Time Doh Cafe & Shop is located. It’s a complex of a cafe on the 1st floor and a gallery on the 2nd. Its beautiful construction is more than 100 years old and fully renovated. The “Time Doh” is named after their former business as a clock shop run at the very same building.

*Doh means room, chamber, or accommodation.

1st floor of Time Doh

It’s really relaxing to wait for dishes in the warm natural sunlight by the gigantic glass-paneled window commanding the outside. In Time Doh, they serves fine cuisine with seasonal fresh veggies from contracted farmers, as well as homemade meat products such as bacon, etc. It’s also very nice to try limited dishes of the season!

Appetizers

Western and Japanese tastes are combined in one dish and I guess everybody will like it.

I bet you have heard about Hoji-cha (roasted tea)? Time Doh serves not only plain Hoji-cha, but also Hoji tea latte as well as Hoji tea coffee. Well, I ordered Hoji tea latte and was stunned by the first sip! Especially after adding the ginger sauce, I felt very warm.

Ankuro

(quate: Time Doh web page)

They also offer little cute sweets called “Ankuro”. Four kinds of traditional bean pastes, such as Maccha (green tea) , plain, seasonal limited cherry blossom, and green beans, are sandwiched by the layer of cream and pie-crusts.

(quate: Time Doh web page)

Hoji-Cha Tasted French Toast

Looks like Aburage (fried toifu), and but it's not. It's a Hoji cha flavored French toast accompanied by ice cream and sweet bean paste!

Guests can select the sauce from ginger or dark syrup. I chose the dark syrup, but the toast itself was already nice without the syrup.

Today’s Pasta

This is the daily special pasta. Guests can choose one from tomato, basil, cream, or oil flavor. I am sure that you will be satisfied since the volume was large! Click here to see the menu.

Menu: http://www.timedou.com/

Inside the shop