Kissaten Napolitan Set (喫茶店ナポリタンセット)
Naporitan pasta served with bread or as sandwich; yoshoku kissaten standard.
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Kissaten Mixed Sando (喫茶店ミックスサンド)
Coffee shop mixed sandwich set; usually egg, ham, cucumber, served on a plate.
Kissaten Katsu Sando (喫茶店カツサンド)
Coffee shop katsu sando; often more homestyle than specialty shops.
Kissaten Hot Sando (喫茶店ホットサンド)
Toasted/pressed sandwich from coffee shop; often ham and cheese.
Katsu Sando Ice (カツサンドアイス)
Katsu sando-flavored ice cream or ice cream shaped like katsu sando; novelty item.
Katsu Curry Pan (カツカレーパン)
Tonkatsu with curry sauce in a roll; combines two favorites.
Kare Pan (カレーパン)
A coarse fried shell that shatters over a soft crumb and a set pocket of dark Japanese curry. The seam has to survive hot oil, and the curry has to refuse to run.
Kare Pan - Premium (極上カレーパン)
Gourmet curry pan with premium curry filling, specialty bakeries.
Kare Pan - Keema (キーマカレーパン)
Curry pan with keema (minced meat) curry filling.
Kare Pan - Egg (たまご入りカレーパン)
Curry pan with whole boiled egg inside; surprising center.
Kare Pan - Cheese (チーズカレーパン)
Curry pan with melted cheese inside.
Karaage Sando (唐揚げサンド)
Japanese fried chicken (karaage—soy-ginger marinated, potato starch coated) on shokupan with mayo and cabbage.
Kani Cream Korokke Sando (カニクリームコロッケサンド)
Bite a hot one and the shell cracks before the filling moves, then a crab-flecked cream that was a firm paste five minutes ago floods out. A sauce wearing a crust.
Kaki Fry Sando (カキフライサンド)
In January the menus change. The oyster comes into its plump cold-water months and the fried-oyster sandwich appears, panko-crumbed oysters and tartar on soft bread, a sandwich on a calendar.
Jam Sando (ジャムサンド)
Fruit jam (ichigo/strawberry most common) on shokupan; simple sweet sandwich.
Ishikawa Noto Beef Sando (能登牛サンド)
A few slices of Noto-ushi, the Noto Peninsula's own Japanese Black wagyu, seared rare or fried as a gyūkatsu cutlet and framed by crustless milk bread, with the bind tuned down to a murmur.
Instagrammable Sando (インスタ映えサンド)
Sandwiches designed for visual impact on social media; elaborate cross-sections.
Ichigo Sando (いちごサンド)
Strawberries and barely sweet cream in crustless milk bread, each berry placed so the knife meets its widest red face. The whole sandwich rises or falls on one near-perfect fruit.
Ichigo Sando - Tochiotome (とちおとめいちごサンド)
Using Tochiotome strawberries from Tochigi; balanced sweetness and acidity.
Ichigo Sando - Skyberry (スカイベリーいちごサンド)
The Skyberry ichigo sando frames a single oversized Tochigi strawberry, solid to its core and cut to show one broad red heart, in stiff cream and thin shokupan.
Ichigo Sando - Amaou (あまおういちごサンド)
Built on amaō, the large Fukuoka strawberry registered in 2005: one big berry halved down its core fills the face, dark red against pale cream, sold by the cultivar name.
Ice Cream Sando (アイスサンド)
Snap a Japanese ice-cream monaka and the wafer cracks dry and clean against cold cream. The whole feat is keeping a centuries-old rice wafer crisp against the ice cream it holds.
Hotel Sando (ホテルサンド)
Luxury hotel sandwiches; afternoon tea service, room service.
Hotel French Toast (ホテルフレンチトースト)
Luxury hotel-style French toast; thick, perfectly custard-soaked, premium presentation.