belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch

When walking through the Whity Umeda underground shopping mall in Umeda, Osaka, you will always find a café with a long line of young people waiting in line. That is the belle-ville pancake cafe introduced here. According to an Internet search, there are a total of four stores in Osaka and Yokohama in Japan, as well as stores in Singapore and other Asian countries, and it seems to be a rather large chain of cafes affiliated with Takagi Coffee, which is based in Ibaraki, Osaka. I happened to pass by the belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda branch one weekday morning just before 9:00 a.m., and was surprised to see that it was already open for business. In fact, this cafe is open every morning from 8:00 a.m. and offers a morning menu as well. Since it was a weekday morning, there was indeed no line, so I said, “Well, let’s have breakfast here!” I decided to enter the restaurant. As a result, my breakfast that day ended up being a menu full of immorality, but if you are wondering what the menu was like, please continue reading this article to the end…

The cafe is a “sure to be a hit with the girls…” including the immoral menu… belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch is a place like this…

The belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch is located on the right side of the street on the way to “Izumi no Hiroba,” as it is commonly called, from JR Osaka Station. The storefront and interior are pop and cute, and the store’s menu, including the immoral menu, is sure to be a hit with the girls. The staff were all young women, and it might take a bit of courage for a man to enter the restaurant alone…Well, I’ve gotten used to it.

The restaurant has 30 seats in total, including 15 tables for two people. The overall layout is compact, so if you are carrying large luggage, you may have trouble finding a place to put it. I don’t see any baby chairs or the like, but it looks like it would be no problem at all for those with small children. And to begin with, what I am about to order looks like it will be very popular with children…

Millefeuille Pancakes: What do you think of the immoral morning menu offered by belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda branch when you actually try it?

Let me introduce the immoral morning menu “ Millefeuille Pancakes” that I ordered at belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch this time. This millefeuille pancake is available in two (590 yen + tax) or four (790 yen + tax) slices, and of course I ordered the four-slice version without hesitation.

A little more than 10 minutes after ordering, the millefeuille pancakes arrived in front of me and looked like this…

Four pancakes, each a little over 10 cm in diameter and about 2 cm thick, are stacked on top of each other and topped with butter. Not exactly the image of the pancakes we longed for as children… but more powerful and many times more attractive, don’t you think?

This is what it looks like from the side. The pancakes I dreamed of as a child were two layers, but this time they are double that, four layers! Well, well, I’ve grown up. Incidentally, the restaurant’s regular menu also includes an astonishing eight pancakes. If you like pancakes, you must try it!

Now, let’s try these pancakes with a generous amount of maple syrup…

Insert a knife into the pancake. I could feel the softness of the pancake through the knife.

Then, skewer the pancakes with a fork and put them in the mouth… but even with my best efforts, I could not skewer all four pancakes. I am amazed at the 4 layers of pancakes. How would I eat them if they were stacked eight on top of each other?

Putting that aside, when I put this pancake in my mouth, the aroma of the burnt surface, the sweetness of the maple syrup, and the richness and saltiness of the butter all come together to create a chaos in the best sense of the word. And the most important point of this pancake is that the center of the pancake is not firmly set. So, the thick liquid that is still in the batter flows from the cross section. It is similar to the juices flowing from the cross section of a rare steak, if I may say so. When I put the knife in, I imagined an airy texture like the pancakes at Doremo LeTao in Hokkaido, but it was a completely different new texture. I think this is a product that pancake lovers should try at least once…

By the way, the morning set at belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch, including this pancake, comes with a free drink. This time I chose the hot tea, which came out in a pot with two cups. And it seems that the second and subsequent drinks can be ordered at half the regular price. If you want to spend a little time while surfing the Internet or reading a book, it would be a good idea to refill the drink.

Other morning set menus at belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch (prices do not include tax)

• Hot Sandwich Ham & Cheese 690 yen
• Hot Sandwich Ham & Potato Salad 690 yen
• Bacon and eggs 690 yen
• Sandwich morning 590 yen
• Toast set 590 yen

There is also a take-out menu…To get to the belle-ville pancake cafe Whity Umeda Branch, the nearest station is Higashi Umeda Station on the OsakaMetro Tanimachi Line, a 5-minute walk away.

At the whity Umeda branch of belle-ville pancake cafe, take-out service is also available…

As expected, the pancakes ordered this time cannot be taken home, but there is a full menu of sandwich-type take-out items, so it is very convenient for lunch or snacking. It would be nice to wander the streets of Umeda with a sandwich in hand. If you are interested, please stop by the cafe.

Now, here are the details of the restaurant…

It is a 6-minute walk from Hankyu Railway and Osaka-Umeda Station, and an 8-minute walk from JR Osaka Station.