raccoon

A 10-minute walk from the south exit of Nishi-Ogikubo Station, along Shinmei Street — a café where you can enjoy raw sweets and gluten-free curry. Three curry types: pork, vegetable, and weekly. The vegetable curry is vegan. While not noted on the menu, the curry uses no wheat flour or white sugar. The vegetable curry is packed with root vegetables like potato, eggplant, and zucchini — there's hardly any roux, more like a spice-stir-fried-vegetables dish, with bold heat as its hallmark. For spice-lovers like me, it's addictive, but those who prefer mild heat should focus on the raw sweets. For sweets, currently there's one variety: cheesecake. Made with simple ingredients — cashews, coconut, almonds, agave syrup — without heating above 48°C, it's a vegan & gluten-free enzyme-rich raw cake. It pairs beautifully with the strongly ginger-and-spice "Soy Milk Ginger Chai"! A hidden gem of Nishi-Ogikubo. Please visit when you're nearby.