One-person afternoon tea in a retro machiya house in Naramachi Afternoon tea store by a patissier Open 10/8 (Tue)

Special Tea with Authentic Sweets and Nara's Japanese Black Tea, Hojicha, and Masala Chai ～Tasting event for the media on October 2~!

2024.09.24 11:30

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Bon Chic Co., Ltd. (Representative Director: Yoshihisa Iwasaki), which operates the popular Nara sweets stores "Patisserie Karaku" and "Bon Chic", the Taiwanese bean-flour specialty store "Sarusawa Touka", and the cheesecake specialty store "Cheesecake Rocks", will open an afternoon tea specialty store "ROCHER Rocher" on October 8, 2024. The shop specializes in afternoon tea.

Sweets and light meals made with Nara's unique ingredients by a professional patissier will be served with special teas such as Nara's Japanese black tea, hoji tea, and masala chai tea. While focusing on quality, the price is set at an affordable 3,400 yen and up. The restaurant is located in "Naramachi," Nara's old town where town houses from the Edo period (1603-1867) and later stand side by side. Single customers are also welcome. Please enjoy a genuine afternoon tea while feeling the good old atmosphere of Nara, and have a very special "Nara Time".

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AFTERNOON TEA ROCHER

Location: 14-1 Minami-ichi-machi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture

Business hours: 12:00 - 17:00 (one 90-minute session)

Closed: Thursday, irregular holidays Opening: October 8, 2024 (Tuesday)

Exterior Appearance

Prior to the opening, a media-only tasting will be held on October 2 (Wed.). Advance reservations are required. We hope you will take this opportunity to visit and cover the event.

Concept of Afternoon Tea Rocher

1. handled by a patissier

All tea foods are created by the owner patissier, Mr. Iwasaki. Based on the techniques of his profession as a French pastry chef, he combines Nara's ingredients to create 10 authentic light meals and sweets for your enjoyment.

The basic afternoon tea set is priced at a reasonable 3,400 yen per person. A set with sparkling wine and nougat glacé can be added to the set if desired. The tea set can be used for a wide range of occasions, from a girls' party, anniversary, sightseeing in Nara, or a treat for yourself, from a single person to a group.

<Example of Tea Foods *Varies depending on the season.

Savory (plate 1)

Nara Vegetable Quiche, Cakesalet Cured Ham, Fish Pie, Carrot Rapée

Savory (2 plates)

Scone (plate 2)

Scones with Nara hojicha and Yamato-cha (with chocolate chips)

Scone

Pastry (Plate 3)

Strawberry, rose and chocolate tart, coconut and raspberry cake

Caramel and Pumpkin Tart, Biscuit Champagne

Pastry

<MENU> *Price including tax

A Set Afternoon Tea Set (with 1 pot) 3,400 yen

Set B - Set A + Rose sparkling wine 3,950 yen

C Set B Set + Nougat Glace 4,450 yen

2. with Nara's Special Tea

Owner Iwasaki, who is also a certified tea advisor (JSFCA), has prepared a selection of "special teas" that will make you feel Nara, including Japanese black tea and hojicha from famous Nara farmers and masala chai from a long-established Chinese herbal medicine shop. The tea of your choice will be served in a pot (2 cups).

(1) Japanese black tea "Tsuki-no-Kagori" from Tea Farm Inokura (Tsukigase)

(2) Kenichi Shizen Noen (Yamato Kogen)'s "Tokujo Hojicha" (special hojicha)

(3) Masala Chai tea from Kikuoka Kampo Yakkyo (Nara-machi, Nara City)

(4) Black tea from Ronnefeld, Germany

Certified tea advisor

3) Japanese and Western style in a machiya space with a sense of Nara

In a retro space converted from a 100-year-old machiya, there are tables (12 seats) with antique Western furniture and a small tatami room (6 seats). Two types of tea stands (displays), Western and Japanese, are available to match the space. Depending on the mood of the day, you can enjoy the different tastes of Japanese and Western styles.

Gallery Amegetsu" on the 2nd floor will serve as an exhibition space for artists and a pop-up store.

Introduction of Owner Patissier

Yoshihisa Iwasaki, President of Bon Chic Co.

Born in 1977 as the second generation of the "Bon Chic" pastry store in Misato-cho, Nara Prefecture. He trained at famous stores in Tokyo, Fukuoka, Paris, and Normandy, and opened "Patisserie Karak" in Nara City in 2009. With the theme of "Dreams," he has been making fashionable and delicious confectionaries from Nara.

While based on French and Western confectionery techniques, she has a strong interest in global food culture that transcends Western and Eastern boundaries, and has acquired qualifications as a sommelier, cheese professional, medicinal herbs coordinator, and tea advisor. He has been expressing his ideas freely and without being bound by the formalities of the industry, such as shaved ice and Taiwanese sweets.

In addition to "Bon Chic" and "Patisserie Karak," he has four other stores: "Cheesecake Rocks," a cheesecake specialty store, and "Sarusawa Touka," a Taiwanese Touka specialty store, and this is his fifth store at Rocher. He has made numerous media appearances on TV and in magazines. https://karaku-patisserie.studio.site/