Dandelion Chocolate

Asakusa & Sumida River


Dandelion makes it's own single-origin bean-to-bar small-batch chocolate right here in Kuramae, a neighbourhood long known for light manufacturing (and many old warehouses put to more contemporary uses). Peer inside the workshop while you sip a hot chocolate (from ¥580) or a mocha (¥630); both can be made with almond milk for an extra ¥50.


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