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| - I sense the baristas are just mellow. They may give a standoffish, uncaring vibe, but they're just chill people. They won't greet you with a hearty hello or hearty goodbye. They have introverted resting faces. Service was just fine; no pressure, no up selling, straight to the point.
I had the Shingen cake ($3.50), and latte ($3.50). Cake was similar you'd find at Asian bakeries (light and fluffy, not dense with icing like Western cakes); Shingen had soy bean cream, red bean paste. My latte was well made, nothing extraordinary.
Aside from blah service and Japanese style cake, you'd really want to visit for the interior design. Very modern wood walls, communal tables, U booths, a bench for individual seaters, and copper touches. Ceilings are open concept with exposed piping and concrete walls. White marble counter tops.
Mellow indie rock playlist (chillwave? Synthpop? Stuff you hear in a Sofia Coppola movie?), played a lot of Wild Nothing.
The entrance to the washroom is trippy. It is hidden behind a wooden wall with no indication that it is a washroom. No washroom sign. Almost everyone gets confused and walks downstairs to the kitchen/cellar. The washrooms are really nice. Fresh flowers. It's nice enough to sleep in there.
I'd drop by again if I was in the neighborhood and also not in the mood for barista chit chat.
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