The siblings opened a shop last November. It's a breakfast and brunch place. Their grandma's recipes for the menu, their great-uncle's tableware, their grandma's favorite clear blue walls, and the paint was painted by friends. A sunflower apron on top of the knit. My grandmother is from Kansas, and Kansas has a lot of sunflowers. The store name is "RoJean". It's my grandmother's name.
There is not a single heartless thing in the shop opened by sister Reiko Krystal and brother Thomas Ryu. You can see that love goes through everything that makes up the store. Therefore, it was more like visiting their home than a store, and by the time I ate a special tomato soup and a hot grilled cheese sandwich, I was completely satisfied. When I dipped a grilled cheese sandwich with plenty of cheddar cheese in a milky and gentle salmon pink tomato soup, the sandwich shone like it was wrapped in illumination. When I rolled my eyes, they laughed, "Golden duo. It's a chemical reaction in your mouth." The food that grandma made to make her family smile will bring happiness to someone else in a distant city over time. There was a warm and special time there, like getting lost in their family album.
Eat grilled cheese and tomato soup (¥1,320), pecan pie for dessert (¥880), and drink hot tea (¥440). The title of the thick recipe book she inherited from her grandmother is "Food & Love." “Grandma is kind, but she has a heart, and she never compliments me on how delicious the food is.
RoJean 1-9-2 Kitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo TEL: 050-5526-7130 8:00-15:00 Closed Wednesdays (subject to change) Reservations not possible See Instagram (@caferojean) for details.
Sakiko Hirano Born in 1991. She is a food essayist. He is the author of a collection of essays "Al dente from birth" (Heibonsha).
*From the January 26, 2022 issue of anan. Photo by Nao Shimizu Interview, Text by Sakiko Hirano
(by anan editorial department)
