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About this place
Should you start with parfait and move on to curry, or save the sweet course for after your meal? Dodge lists a set combining curry with a mini parfait, making it possible to come for both a meal and dessert. One visit account describes a citrus, mascarpone and hazelnut parfait layered with pink grapefruit, navel orange, lychee jelly, citrus chantilly cream and dacquoise. The lychee jelly made an unexpected accent, while the citrus flavours continued in several forms towards the end, the reviewer recalls.
A seasonal offering listed on the menu is the Cherry Vin Rouge Parfait, made with Benishuho cherries from Yamagata Prefecture and blueberries. Its ingredients include a red wine and balsamic vinegar sauce, roasted green tea and soy milk ice creams, cardamom chantilly cream, miso crumble and griotte jelly. The combination goes beyond straightforward sweetness. The menu lists the parfait on its own, with a drink set, or in a pairing cocktail set with a smoked roasted green tea fizz.
For a meal, there is a South Indian meals plate; check the blackboard for its contents. In one visit account, the curry selection included chicken, dal, coconut-flavoured green beans and mackerel curry. The reviewer felt the spice level was restrained alongside the sweet parfait. The menu also lists hot or iced drip coffee and tea, so you can opt for parfait and a drink without ordering a meal. In a building on the north side of Koenji, Dodge serves as a daytime café and an evening bar, on the 3 floor.
