A note on the words: a Chocolixir is GODIVA’s frozen chocolate drink, the chain’s signature in Japan; Uji matcha is powdered green tea from Uji near Kyoto, prized above all others; ecute is the shopping mall built inside the ticket gates of major JR stations.
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GODIVA cafe Omiya on Tabelog (English) — opening hours, payment details and the Japanese address are kept up to date there, not here.
Chocolate partisans, thank you for waiting. It is Hangover Meshi time.
I am gradually becoming a person on a GODIVA cafe pilgrimage!
Errands took me to Omiya Station first thing in the morning. Omiya is famous for its enormous in-station mall, “ecute” — everything you could want is inside the ticket gates. Bento shops, all sorts. Marvellous! And while wandering about, I found a GODIVA cafe and popped in.
As it happens, I had drunk a little too much the day before and wanted to settle my stomach.
New flavours keep appearing here. Let us try something different for once.
So this time I went for the stone-milled Uji matcha Chocolixir!
Possibly my first ever order that is not strawberry!
A vivid green frozen drink under a soft cloud of whipped cream — it looks wonderful. The first pull up the straw brings the milky sweetness and creamy texture of white chocolate, melting cold. Following behind it, the gentle bitterness and depth of the Uji matcha rise up and pull the sweetness taut. Yes — the aroma of the matcha really is lovely!
That sweetness and that cold sink slowly into a hungover stomach and do their work.
The astringency of the matcha lingering afterwards is delicious!
This one is chocolate mint. I was given a sip^^
Mint green, and cooling to look at. And yes — this is chocolate mint! You know exactly the thing. The smooth sweetness and body of chocolate, with mint’s clean chill.
The chocolate side may be strong enough here that even people who dislike chocolate mint could drink it happily?
There really are GODIVA cafes everywhere. It may just have been the timing, but this one felt busier than Hibiya or Nihonbashi. Minatomirai is in a crowded league of its own, so if you want to drink at leisure, Hibiya might be the pick. Still, being able to drink a Chocolixir in the gap between trains is uniquely an Omiya experience! Next time I have a shinkansen to catch, I shall arrive early and have one.
May you meet something good to eat today too.
GODIVA cafe Omiya (cafe / Omiya Station)
Tabelog lunch rating ★★★☆☆ 3.6
I ate here and paid for it myself. Nothing on this site is a comped meal.
One more for the road?
