good town doughnuts

Tried Good Town Doughnuts recently.

I think they may be related to a shop in California.

Anyway, when I went, there weren't many seats available.

The guy taking my order either woke up on the wrong side of the bed or was in some kind of mood.

While he was taking my order he said if I wanted to eat in, I needed to take the only seat available which was facing the wall.

I agreed and in the process of ordering and paying, several seats opened up.

A table in the back of the shop and two seats facing outside (good for people watching).

I asked if I could sit at the table in the back...nope, it was for a party of 3 not just for 1...

Then I asked if I could sit facing outside (which meant he'd have to clear up the dishes left from those customers)...

There was a sigh and then he cleared the seat facing outside.

Geez...it's not like there was a line of people waiting to get in to eat...

After bringing out my order, he mumbled something and then walked away.

As I started to eat, he then says, "you can use the table in the back"...

"thanks but no thanks" I told him.

Even the doughnut & iced coffee was good, I don't think I'll be back here, there are just too many other places to try to tolerate this type of customer service.

Good Town Doughnuts
6-12-6 Jingumae
Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03.5485.8827
Hours: 10:00-20:00

sunday

Sunday, Satoshi wanted to watch his college team play baseball.

So, while he did that, I went gallavanting around the Omotesando area.

I started off at Dominique Ansel Bakery.

This bakery is known for the cronut (croissant doughnut).

Apparently there are monthly flavors and this month happened to be grape with shiso (perilla).

I wasn't too interested in that, so I ordered the DKA (Dominique's Kouign Amann).

This was served warm...so so good.

Flaky and buttery.

My only peeve with this shop was that they do not ask you to find a seat before ordering, so there were people with their sweets, standing so close to me in essence "pressuring" me to finish my food stat!

I'll be back, hopefully when it isn't too crowded.

After leaving the shop, I took my first walk down Takeshita Street in Harajuku...

Talk about sensory overload!

Everything is about rainbows these days.

Not sure we should be eating all that food coloring though...

Then I went walking around an area called Cat Street and had an iced coffee at The Roastery.

This wasn't a good cup...I think it was because the server brewed the cup of coffee first then tried to get it cold by swirling it in some ice...

Not sure I'll be back here...

After the game, Satoshi and I met up and we had lunch at Tokyo Rice.

This shop specializes in Kids Meals for Adults.

In Japanese, Kids Meals are called O-kosama Lunch.

They have 3 types here...buggy which is a hamburger meal, veggy which is a salad meal, and ebi which is a shrimp meal.

Satoshi went with the buggy while I went with the veggy (photo above this one).

I enjoyed my meal while Satoshi felt his was too small...cash only during lunch time so be prepared.

After lunch we went to the Nezu Museum.

I must say, that the garden area is a little more impressive than the exhibits itself.

We'll be back when the leaves change color.

The warm weather is back, still there was lots of walking and eating.

Dominique Ansel Bakery (UPDATE: 2/2019 no longer in business)
5-7-14 Jingumae
Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03.3486.1329
Hours: 10:00-19:00

The Roastery
5-17-13 Jingumae
Shibuya, Tokyo
Phone: 03.6450.5755
Hours: 10:00-22:00

Tokyo Rice (UPDATE: no longer in business)
5-9-8 Minami Aoyama, 2F
Minato, Tokyo
Phone: 03.6427.4548
Hours: 11:30-21:00

Nezu Museum
6-5-1 Minami Aoyama
Minato, Tokyo
Phone: 03.3400.2536
Hours: 10:00-17:00
Closed Mondays