After arriving back into Tokyo on our bullet train over three hours late, which was something like the third latest train in the history of the bullet train, for reasons that are too depressing to explain, we made it out into the flashy lights of Shinjuku and Shibuya taking a wander around Tower Records before stumbling across this joint.
Sadly we didn’t find the time to make it out of the city to Bear Pond Espresso and so we thought it best to at least pop our heads into On The Corner, Bear Pond’s little sister coffee spot and restaurant. Walking in, you’re straight on top of the coffee counter where they serve a range of espresso based beverages with milk. I knew the answer to my question before I even asked it, but I asked if it was possible to get an espresso, No was the obvious answer, so I asked it if were possible to get a latte without the milk? Either that question has been asked too many times or either its no where near as witty as it sounded in my head, because a serious shake of the head came back my way. I ordered a cappuccino instead. For those of you unfamiliar with Bear Ponds philosophy, espresso is only available from the Bear Pond original espresso store, exclusively pulled by Katsuyuki “Katsu” Tanaka and there’s only about 20 shots of ‘Angel Stain’ pulled a day, so you have to get up pretty early if you want one. We headed into the restaurant and ordered some fries to go with our late night cappuccino.
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