Hokkaido local foods and drinks Vol.4
04/03/2019
Soft ice cream is very common and you can find it everywhere in Hokkaido. I recommended Hakko Gakuen farmars market in the previous post as my best soft ice cream in Sapporo before. The soft ice cream there is really delicious, but the shop is close during winter season (usually from December to early April) . In addition that, Read More
Yotsuba white cosy is a dessert shop which has been getting high popularity from young to elderly people for long years. Hokkaido local fresh milk maker, Yotsuba Milk Products Co.,Ltd directly operates this dessert shop, thus most of all ingredients used in the ice cream is made-in-Hokkaido materials. You can enjoy the taste of authentic Hokkaido milk ice cream. New Chitose airport branch I visited last time was offering parfait, crepe and fresh milk as well as soft ice cream. The parfait including rich milk ice cream is especially popular and always ranked in top 10 of Hokkaido most delicious parfait in Tabelog, a famous restaurant ranking website in Japan. There is Paseo branch located in the shopping mall which is directly connected to Sapporo station. If you have enough time at New Chitose airport, the branch in the airport would be convenient for you, on the other hands, when you visit at shopping malls or go to sightseeing around Sapporo station, Paseo branch is very convenient. Both branches are located at the place with easy access by public transportation. Yotsuba white cosy New Chitose Airport Branch ISHIYA CAFE is operated by a sweets company, ISHIYA SEIKA. If you come up with some ideas about the name of “ISHIYA SEIKA”, must be familiar ISHIYA CAFE Odori Branch “Shime parfait”, the parfait to call it a night has become one of Sapporo specialties. It is exactly an unique dessert in Sapporo where tasty ice cream can be found all around the city. Most shops offering “Shime parfait” are open until mid night or even next morning as “Shime parfait” is usually eaten after dinner , which is totally different from the custom of ordinary dessert shop. Melty Previous posts about Hokkaido local foods and drinksThree dessert shops offering tasty soft ice cream at covenient places in Sapporo(including New Chitose airport)
Yotsuba white cosy
Address: 2F Domestic terminal, New Chitose Airport
Open 8:00~20:00
Average budget: Around JPY1,000
Official Website
Menu at New Chitose airport branch (In Japanese)
PASEO Branch
B1F Paseo, 4-3-1 Nishi, Kita 6, Kuta-Ku, Sapporo
*Directly connected to Sapporo station
Open: 11:00~22:00
Average budget: Around JPY1,000
Official WebsiteIshiya Cafe
with Hokkaido very well. It’s the maker of one of the most well known Japanese cookies, “
SHIROI KOIBITO”. At the cafe, you can try “SHIROI KOIBITO soft ice cream” containing same white chocolates with “SHIROI KOIBITO”. Mixture of fresh milk and white chocolates creates special flavor of the soft ice cream. It is not too rich or too sweet but you would feel fresh and natural taste of the milk even though chocolates are included. SHIROI KOIBITO is now sold all over Japan and even abroad but “SHIROI KOIBITO soft ice cream” is only offered at ISHIYA Cafe (Odori branch and Kita Hiroshima branch) or SHIROI KOIBITO park which is located at a bit far place from Sapporo central.
By the way, when you order a cup of coffee, a piece of SHIROI KOIBITO is served for free. It is very reasonable offer that you can enjoy both nice coffee and SHIROI KOIBITO only in JPY 280.
Odori branch is just located at Chikaho, the underpass between Odori area to Sapporo station. It is very convenient place to take a rest after shopping.
Address: B2F Odori Nishi 4 building, 4-6-1 Odori Nishi, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo
* Near North gate at Odori subway station, 7 min walk from JR Sapporo station
Open: 8:00~20:00
Average budget: Around JPY1,000
Official websiteMelty
The shop I introduce at last in this post is Melty, one of the famous “Shime parfait” store in Sapporo. It does not offer soft ice cream itself, but you can enjoy both taste of ice cream and the special decoration of its parfait. When I visited to Melty, especially enjoyed a tailor-made parfait. At the time of ordering, customer needs to select favorite option from each category like fruits, ice cream, toppings and flavored liqueur to complete own original parfait. I really satisfied with the taste of my “Shime parfait”, and moreover enjoyed the process to make my own dessert. It was great experience for me! As like picture below, the shop staff helped to arrange “Kawaii” looking after I finished to select choices. ;D Other “Shime parfait” shops also keep exploring originality and character for the parfait as well, so “Shime parfait” boom have been attracting more and more people.
9F F45 building, 5-8 Nishi Minami 4, Chuo-Ku, Sapporo
* 1 min walk from Susukino subway station
Open: 18:00〜06:00
Average budget:JPY1,000~JPY1,999
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