SUNPEDAL

A vegan shop with irregular lunch operations. Business days, menu, event details, etc. can be checked on Instagram. No meat, fish, eggs, dairy, white sugar, or refined sweeteners at all. No MSG, ingredients carefully chosen for safety — using no-pesticide, fresh, and seasonal ones as much as possible. Combining essences from around the world, herbs and spices with Japanese traditional seasonings to create fusion meals — each made with heart. Around two years ago they opened an atelier at the current location, and back then reservations were always cancellation-waitlist — when would I get to go?! But finally reservations became possible. Lunch menu was 1 kind, with one drink required, dessert optional — that style. This time: water dumpling noodles and fresh spring rolls. The noodles were brown-rice, but everything else isn't gluten-free. The dessert was gluten-free. When I first learned about SUNPEDAL in 2018, they were catering-focused with no restaurant, and the catering visuals were extremely Instagram-worthy — fresh spring rolls often appeared. Trying them in person, the wrapper was so solid it didn't crumble at all when bitten — easy to eat — as expected! The water dumplings, wrapped in thick skin, had substantial volume — that alone filled my stomach. The brown-rice noodles are smooth and I just managed to finish. The nira-shoyu accompanying the fresh spring rolls was also recommended as a flavor change for the water-dumpling noodles, but for me the heat was a bit strong — unfortunately couldn't try the flavor change. A few weeks ago an online shop did a limited release, and I'd just received the NuttyCheesy Cake. The pumpkin part was so much to my taste I was aiming for a re-release! This time when I heard the dessert explained as "mousse using a pumpkin variety called Koi-suru Maron…" I knew "this must be that online-order pumpkin flavor!" and ordered with excitement — it was exactly that, a happy moment again ♪ Following past Instagram posts, the host Yoko-san has true commitment to ingredients and preparation, and despite being young, has firmly established her own worldview with unwavering, established branding power that I truly admire. From the sense of security in ingredients, every dish can be eaten without worry — truly a thankful presence.