01 / ABOUT THE PLACE
About this place
For a lunch with a little of everything, consider the Kintanchi Plate. The menu describes it as a main dish served with fresh salad, potato salad, simmered hijiki seaweed and dried daikon, and a small side dish. It comes with a choice of drink or soup. The larger portion, “big,” includes about 330g of rice—roughly two bowls—while “small” is about one bowl, so you can choose to suit your appetite. Diners who have ordered the plate have mentioned sampling the daily side dishes along with the salads and simmered hijiki. It’s a good option if you’d like variety at lunch.
Another meal option is Kintanchi Keema Curry, made with vegetables and minced meat. The menu says it isn’t spicy. One diner who tried the vegetable-forward curry noted the generously chopped vegetables. Choose between a plate with a range of sides or a curry as the centrepiece; both are listed with a choice of drink or soup.
For something sweet, there’s Weekend Citron, a lemon pound cake made with lemon peel and juice. Served with whipped cream and vanilla ice cream, it’s described on the menu as sweet and tart, and as a good match for either coffee or tea. The menu also features the Citron Chocolate Parfait, which combines a slice of the cake with bitter chocolate and vanilla ice cream, whipped cream, house-made granola and orange marmalade. You can keep things simple with cake and a drink, or settle in for the parfait.
Drinks include coffee, tea and hot honey chai, as well as cream soda, with a choice of blood orange, kiwi or passion fruit flavour. One visitor found the cream soda not too sweet, and said it paired well with the ice cream. Another reported being able to choose between drip coffee and French press, a detail that may appeal if you’re looking forward to a coffee after lunch.
Visitors describe Kintanchi as having counter and table seating, as well as a Japanese-style tatami room. One diner enjoyed relaxing over iced coffee after a meal amid the café’s retro furnishings and small decorative objects. Whether you’re after a satisfying lunch or stopping by for cake and a drink, the choice of portions and sweets gives you room to make the visit your own.
