This isn't the first bunch of menu items from one of Japan's pop-up cafes that we've laid our eyes on, and it certainly won't be the last, but this latest selection of cute Kirby cuisine has us wondering if there's not some sort of loophole we could use to get Just Eat to deliver these treats to our door.
As spotted by GoNintendo, Kirby Cafe Hakata is reopening in November and it has updated its website with a preview of all the various Kirby-based foodstuffs lucky diners can tuck into in just over a month's time. Some we've seen before, others are entirely new or offer variations on past dishes. Let's peruse some of the highlights...
You can stop dribbling now. The pop-up chain periodically closes and reappears with a revised menu, and as you can see, the Hakata branch has some decidedly tasty treats on offer - head to the website to check out the full list yourself. With several of the dishes, diners get to keep the Kirby-based cutlery and ceramic bits and bobs that accompany the grub.
Japan gets all the cool Kirby stuff. We're not jealous, honest. And if all that wasn't heart-wrenching enough, why not top it off with a look at this charming little Kirby Cafe animated video:
It's absolutely, 100%, definitely A Good Thing™ that these pop-up cafes are a Japan-only affair. Not only would our wallet surely take one hell of a beating, but our rippling gamer physique would take a turn for the rotund.
[source gonintendo.com, via kirbycafe.jp]
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Haha, that is adorbs, and definitely would catch my attention. 👀 Something about that burger sketches me out though... I couldn't do it with Kirb's face on top!
Yeah, it's for the best, I guess.
I want that mug!
A few years ago, a Thai girl took me out to a Japanese buffet restaurant. I was quite excited as other than teriyaki chicken and sushi (which I didn't like) I'd never tried Japanese food. Well it turned out to be one of the most unappetising meals I've ever been for. For the huge selection they had I could find nothing that I wanted to put on my plate. She filled my plate with stuff she had cooked on hot plates but I didn't like any of it. She wasn't happy and neither was I as I was starving. At least she insisted on paying. I guess Japanese food is not for me.
that pink burger D: I need to taste this...
This looks amazing!
Been there during the summer events several times! It’s amazing every time. I love how you get a mystery gift when you first arrive. Please note that if you plan on going there you have to make a reservation otherwise you may not be able to get in. It’s always packed and usually you have to book 30 days in advance. Oh! And it’s super expensive. Lol spent $130 bucks on dinner for 2, that included 2 deserts and 2 lattes. It’s all about the experience tho.
@OorWullie She took you out to try something new and because it wasn't to your taste you didn't pay your half? Lmao xD
@Jayofmaya Haha, yep and I never called her again after that. No just joking, it was her treat, she wouldn't let me pay even if I tried.
Food that looks so cute that I'd have a hard time taking a bite out of it.
You wouldn't get fat, believe me. You usually have to reserve a seat like weeks or even months in advance.
@OorWullie Well the menu of Kirby’s cafe seems to be almost entirely Western style food, so maybe you’d find a haven away from actual Japanese food in its cozy confines.
I wonder what Alex Olney would say to the chef at that café if they were taking too long to make his waffles. 🤔
I went this year. Unlike the Pokemon cafe this one is actually very tasty as well as cute.
Yay Kirby dance on this gourmet race.
Argh, now I'm even hungrier! They should open something like that in the New York Nintendo Store, selling Nintendo themed snacks.
Oh! The title of the article worried me for a second. Thought I was about to hear some bad news about how the cafés are filthy roach infested places or something.
Mixing Kirby IP with actual food is the kind of move we're all glad it happened
It's for the best that all these Japanese novelties aren't available internationally because I think I would be completely broke.
@OorWullie Ahh, sounds like a keeper
Thanks for the laughs btw
Everything remotely interesting in this country happens in Tokyo. Or MAAAYBE Osaka or Kyoto. Nothing interesting ever comes to Hokkaido. I guess Kirby doesn't like snow or something.
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