Potato baked in salt @ Beppu Ekimae

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Scallop and urchin with rice:

 

The scallop tasted bitter and the urchin was not that fresh.
It was really different to the product shot too, there were far more herbs sprinkled on the rice and on my bowl there was not much as shown on the photo.
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Surf clam:

 

The surf clam was quite fresh and had a strong metallic taste.
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Baked potato covered in salt:

 

 

 

It was fun breaking the hard salt casing!
There was so much salt that it can probably last you for the year if you only add a pinch of salt when you cook!
The potato was rather dry but it came with butter so it tasted really nice.
There was also mentaiko mayonnaise but I felt that it did not taste nice together.
It would have been perfect if they used a proper baking potato then the texture of the potato would be soft and silky inside.
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Confusing menu and rude service @ Aunt Stella's

Went in because the set they displayed outside seemed quite nice and reasonable for the price but when I sat down the price was different and she kept explaining it was for the cake set only.
The display outside was wrong and misleading because they displayed the pie in the cake set which was cheaper.

Anyway ordered the orange yoghurt pie set with coffee and the waitress stomped back to the kitchen because I was confused about the pricing and sets.

 

If see the set on the right, it would seem that a coffee and the orange yogurt pie would cost $31

 

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coffee:

 

I do not like coffee but the coffee here was quite nice, it was a pity the cream that was given was cold because it lowered the temperature of the coffee, however the cream that was given was nice and made the coffee taste nice.
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orange yoghurt pie:

 

 

There was not much yoghurt which was disappointing and it seemed more like a tart than a pie. On top of the pie it was topped with baked orange slices with the peel as well.
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Hopefully their attitude is not so rude next time because I want to try the toast with cheese and seaweed.
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Photos of the cafe:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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