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Taste the full cacao beans! Dan de Lion Chocolate at Kyoto Higashiyama Ichinenzaka

Food/Drink / Shopping Higashiyama・Gion
2018/08/02

Seeking possibilities of cacao

Dan de Lion Chocolate is known as a 'Bean to Bar' Chocolate shop, which means they do all the process from importing cacao beans to make them chocolate bars by themselves.
They have been suggesting the new way to enjoy cacao in a popular area with tourists near Kodaiji and Kiyomizu.
This Kyoto Higashiyama Ichinen-zaka shop has CACAO BAR where you can fully enjoy cacao beans, and Bean to Bar chocolate cafe.

Bean to Bar Chocolate Cafe

This place is designed to mix Japanese old atmosphere and sophisticated modern white brightness by renovating an old Japanese house more than 100 years old.
Chocolate drinks are their most popular menu, but also Higashiyama Ichinenzaka shop limited menu and freshly baked pastries are also worth trying.

Only in here! Kyoto Higashiyama Ichinenzaka shop Limited menu

Do you know Cacao nibs? They are cacao beans after roasted, shells removed and cracked.
'Nib busse’, a pastry using cacao nibs is only available in here Kyoto Higashiyama Ichinenzaka shop!
Crusted nib for thick butter cream, and powdered light nib are used for fluffy dough.
Please have them with chocolate dip from Dominica and their original Maiko hot chocolate.

New attractions of Cacao

You can have an unique pairing of alcohol drinks with deserts using cacao beans fully.
Please enjoy the taste of rich flavor of cacao. It is never the same depending on place of production and climate of the year.

For further mature taste

With deserts fully using the best part of unique cacao beans, this place will introduce you the new combinations of alcohol drinks.
Experience the fusion of mysterious food culture of Kyoto and Bean to Bar from America.
This will brings you a brand new cacao experience to you.

Name of the facility Dan de Lion Chocolate Kyoto Higashyama Ichinenzaka Shop
Address 〒605-0826 Kyoto City, Higashiyama-ku, Masuya- cho,363-6
Tell 075-531-5292
URL https://dandelionchocolate.jp/
Nearest station 15 minutes walk from Keihan Railway Gion Shijo Station/15 minutes walk from Subway Tozai line Higashiyama Station/ 15 minutes walk from Hankyu Railway Kawaramachi Station
Nearest bus stop 5 minutes walk from Bus stop \"Hidashiyama-Yasui\" Keihan Bus/ 5 minutes walk from \"Kiyomizu-michi\" Keihan Bus
Business hours Cafe 10:00〜18:00 (L.O. 17:30) / CACAO BAR Fri~Sun 12:00~18:00(L.O. 17:00)
Regular holiday Non fixed
Remarks *Reservation is available only for CACAO BAR ( No reservations for Cafe)