The manga Vesta de Cooking, an isekai cooking sequence based mostly on the VTubers of hololive, is presently doing a collaborative cafe in Japan. I occurred to be within the nation lately (albeit not in time for seventh fes), and the possibility to do one thing Haachama-related was too good to go up.
The occasion has been occurring since January, however the location strikes each few weeks. At present, it’s in Shinjuku on the Dish Up Collab Cafe house. It may solely be attended by making reservations by the Sweets Paradise app, which is fortuitously accessible exterior of Japan.
Vesta de Cooking stars Akai Haato (aka Haachama), Tsunomaki Watame, Shirogane Noel, and Shiranui Flare. The meals and drinks served are supposed to both be re-creations of dishes discovered within the manga or reflective of the 4 hololive members. I ended up ordering the Haachama-related gadgets—the spicy hamburger and the Shirley Temple—plus Watame’s pudding a la mode.
The burger and fries really had dried peppers positioned throughout the dish, maybe as a technique to let the shopper determine how a lot spice they needed. The burger itself was first rate sufficient, the Shirley Temple was refreshing and had bits of fruit, and the Watame dessert was largely good besides that the donut was mediocre. You’ll be able to’t anticipate wonderful meals at these cafes, so I wasn’t stunned, although I did finally come away from a happy stomach. In hindsight, nonetheless, I do want I received one of many manga re-creation dishes.
As per the gimmick of a collab cafe, I received some random coasters—the thought is that as a way to get all the things, you need to preserve spending cash. Luckily, I managed to get a Haachama coaster, so I contemplate {that a} win. I additionally spent approach over the minimal 200 yen wanted to get the clear place mat depicting all the women’ mascots. In fact, the meals and the coaster gacha weren’t the one methods to make the followers half with their cash, and the cafe included a retailer to purchase associated merch. I made a decision to get a bit of material bag full of a chocolate chip cookie, in addition to a steel cup. As a result of I additionally purchased some gadgets for buddies, I spent sufficient to get some illustration playing cards, i.e. “bromides” in Japanese. Pictured beneath are the gadgets I received from the shop, in addition to another issues I picked up on the hololive store in Tokyo Station and from a visit to Tower Information.
The cafe was embellished with numerous panels from the manga sequence, with sections roughly divided by character. TV screens displayed music movies from the women, although curiously, the songs taking part in over the sound system didn’t match up with these MVs. There have been additionally some life-size cut-outs on the entrance that have been partially lined in notes and signings from the taking part hololive members.
I seen that Haachama had not written on her personal standee (although there have been feedback and doodles from the others on hers), and I feel it might need to do along with her presently being on break to assist recuperate mentally.
seventh fes simply wrapped up just a few hours in the past as of this publish, and whereas Haachama couldn’t take part this yr, I feel she will be able to make one other comeback. Within the meantime, I’ll bask within the reminiscences of this cafe and hope that the subsequent time I’m in Japan, I can do one thing else enjoyable in connection to her, in addition to hololive as a complete.
