Epice Cafe / エピス カフェ

Way back in April of last year, a new shopping complex opened below Ikebukuro station. The area was called Echika (Eki for station and Chika for underground). There was a big promotion for the grand opening so of course we had to check it out. It turned out to be a lot smaller than we imagined and there weren't that many interesting stores for us to browse through (but then, I was never big on clothing and jewelry). What did interest us was the food court. We decided to have lunch at the Epice Cafe. Mikako and I both ordered the Epice Curry lunch which also includes a salad.

去年の四月位に池袋駅に新しいショッピングエリアが出来た。エチカで名付けられたところ。もちろん僕と美香子が訪れました。オープン前に凄い宣伝されてたので、ちょっと期待しましたが、実際行ってみたら、あんまり広くもないし、なんだかだまされた感じがする。ちょうどう昼だったので、ランチはエチカにあるエピス・カフェに行きました。僕と美香子が特製エピスカレーを注文。セットなので、サラダ付。

Unfortunately, it wasn't anything to write home about and we probably won't be coming here again anytime soon. It wasn't bad or anything, but there are much better curries to eat at a lot of other places.

カレーは以外と普通。ここより他に美味しいカレー屋がいっぱいあるので、たぶんここは来ることもなさそう。

At least they serve a bigger portion of salad than most places do.

サラダの量は他の店と比べたら、結構多いほう。

We couldn't pass up a sign for an Ikebukuro snack called the "bukuro dog". At first, I thought it was some kind of hotdog. It's more like an imagawa yaki shaped like a hotdog and filled with cheese. But it was good!
池袋が新名物にしてる様な看板を発見。Bukuro-Dogと書かれた。その下に「元祖池袋ちーずどっぐ」と書いてあった。ホットドッグ形の今川焼みたいなもんですよ。これは美味しかった。


The sign that caught my eye.


発見した看板。

Bon Appetit!
いただきます！