Edelweiss Okinawa (Okinawa, JAPAN) ★★★☆☆

Okinawa is probably one of the most unlikely places to find world class pastries but we did manage to find some interesting dessert in Bali before so there's no reason to think that we won't accomplish the same here. 

The first cake shop we visited on this trip was Edelweiss Okinawa. Newly opened just two weeks ago, Edelweiss is a western style cake shop with a Japanese twist. The fact that it's only a comfortable 5-minute walk from the Kenchomae monorail station made it the ideal spot to drop by before dinner. 



Edelweiss Okinawa is situated on the ground floor of a commercial building. We quickly realized that it is a cake shop and chocolatier housed under the same roof.



Inside the shop is a little café where you can grab a cup of coffee to go along with their signature cakes.



Perhaps it was getting a little close to their closing time (7:00pm) so there weren't much to choose from.



I went with their Opéra cake (¥420) which was decent but could have used a bit more cognac or brandy to spice things up.
 


Cream cake with Okinawan beni-imo (purple sweet potato) is obviously another popular choice around here (¥400). That marked our first experience of the Okinawan purple sweet potato on this trip!

 





Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: ￥￥￥

Address: 2 Chome-2-2 Kumoji, Naha-shi, Okinawa-ken, Japan
Closest Monorail Station: Kenchomae
Tel: +81 098-917-4500

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