Chime (チャイム)
***** (rating 3/5)
75 Maehama, Kokuwajima, Muya Town, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
75 Maehama, Kokuwajima, Muya Town, Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Phone: 088-686-9018
Operating Hours: 09:00 - 16:00
Closed on: Second and Fourth Thursdays
Operating Hours: 09:00 - 16:00
Closed on: Second and Fourth Thursdays
One of my friends recommended me to try the spaghetti at a cafe called Chime near the Naruto railway station.
It was pretty difficult to find the cafe and I passed it a couple of times. Upon the third try, I decided to carefully check each building and I finally found it.
The cafe is located on a small road near the Naruto station, probably around five minute walk from there. I was told to try their "Neapolitan", which is a type of spaghetti you can only find in Japan. Although its name mentions "Neapolitan", I heard you will never find the same kind of spaghetti in Naples in Italy. This spaghetti, with ketchup, onion, ham, sausage, paprika, and some other vegetables, seems to have created in Japan. Since recommended, I ordered a Neapolitan set, which comes with a bowl of salad and drink.
Both salad and spaghetti were huge. Salad was not bad, while spaghetti Neapolitan wasn't really spaghetti. You have to understand that this is not Italian cuisine, but Japanese made spaghetti. To many Japanese, "Neapolitan" tastes pretty nostalgic, as it has been around since decades ago, and it was once real Italian food for many Japanese. Since this restaurant has been in operations for a fairly long time, those who had tried their spaghetti when they had been kids would nostalgically try it again after they grew up. After all, the atmosphere the cafe provides, together with their food, would make you feel you were in a Japanese cafe existed many many years ago.
I will come back to this place for sure.
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It was pretty difficult to find the cafe and I passed it a couple of times. Upon the third try, I decided to carefully check each building and I finally found it.
The cafe is located on a small road near the Naruto station, probably around five minute walk from there. I was told to try their "Neapolitan", which is a type of spaghetti you can only find in Japan. Although its name mentions "Neapolitan", I heard you will never find the same kind of spaghetti in Naples in Italy. This spaghetti, with ketchup, onion, ham, sausage, paprika, and some other vegetables, seems to have created in Japan. Since recommended, I ordered a Neapolitan set, which comes with a bowl of salad and drink.
Both salad and spaghetti were huge. Salad was not bad, while spaghetti Neapolitan wasn't really spaghetti. You have to understand that this is not Italian cuisine, but Japanese made spaghetti. To many Japanese, "Neapolitan" tastes pretty nostalgic, as it has been around since decades ago, and it was once real Italian food for many Japanese. Since this restaurant has been in operations for a fairly long time, those who had tried their spaghetti when they had been kids would nostalgically try it again after they grew up. After all, the atmosphere the cafe provides, together with their food, would make you feel you were in a Japanese cafe existed many many years ago.
I will come back to this place for sure.
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