CoCo Ichibanya in PH

Earlier Saturday last week, I went to Rockwell Center and took my brunch in CoCo Ichibanya before heading to the arcades. I was around past 11 o'clock in the morning when I arrived. At that time, the atmosphere is well-lit although sunny lights passed thru the glass wall and there is one family (I think first customer of the day) inside the restaurant which is perfect so I can eat my lunch solemnly. Originally, I invited a chum of mine to eat here but she wasn't due to an inevitable event.

CoCo Ichibanya located in One Rockwell, Makati City

CoCo Ichibanya is famous chain of restaurant in Japan that serves Japanese-style rice curry. I never had the chance to try it in their home country although they are ubiquitous.

Menu cover

Customers can customise their curry on how mild or strong the hot taste of the Curry and add up to set 4 on your meal. The food I ordered was superb and servings are huge.  The whole set cost 588.00PhP and I think it's reasonable for a meal if you add set 4. The staff of the branch I visited are warm, accommodating and friendly.

I ordered the Pork Cutlet with Vegetable Curry

A mini salad, one of the sets you can order.

CoCo Ichibanya has branches in the Philippines. Aside from Rockwell in Makati, they have branches in cities of Taguig, Pasig, San Juan, Manila, Quezon City and one in Cebu City. On my next visit, I will try other meals on their menu and I will definitely drag my friend or a family member to try the Japanese-style curry.

Asking a friend to buy stuff in Japan

My friend recently visited Tokyo, Japan last month, and of course, I don't want to miss the chance to buy stuff so I gave him 5,000.00Php or approximately 10,000JPY.

This time around, there wasn't much of BEMANI merchandise, most of the goodies are food-related. According to my friend, BEMANI items are very scarce and expensive because most of the good stuff are sold out last Spring. Good thing I was able to visit Japan just before Spring earlier in year.

Omiyage!

My friend bought a Red Rocket Rising CD single, beatmaniaIIDX 4th style CS for PS2, a golden DDR A20 design e-amusement card, a Sakura colored PlayStation 2 memory card, and a PocketStation. On food, Muji chocolates with strawberry inside and Pasta sauces. He also gave me an assorted of omiyage he bought from Don Quijote! As you could see in the images, most of the food-related are from Muji because Muji stores in the Philippines doesn't sell food which I feel incomplete. He included a Catalog of Nintendo Switch games for Japanese market.

The total damage is around 7,000.00JPY or approximately 3,500.00PhP with 1,500.00PhP savings!