About 44 minutes by car from Naha Airport. It is a long-established confectionery store established 54 years ago, located in Ishikawa, Uruma City on the east coast of central Okinawa Island. All the sweets sold are “old-fashioned price” but very tasty. The appearance is also retro and tasteful. There is also an eat-in space!
Point 1: The East Coast is rarely visited by tourists! What is the location of “a la mode”?
A la mode” is located in Ishikawa, Uruma City, on the east coast of central Okinawa Island.
It takes about 44 minutes by car from Naha Airport. The Okinawa Expressway, an expressway, runs nearby, so it takes less time than expected.
However, no bus route goes along the east coast, so once you get off at “Onna no Eki” from the airport by Okinawa Airport Shuttle OAS/RSL-RP bound for Bise Fukugi Namiki Iriguchi, take Okinawa Bus No. 48 bound for Higashiyama Iriguchi from in front of Renaissance Hotel located 7 minutes on foot, get off at Minamisakae Iriguchi, and 3 minutes on foot to “A La Mode You will arrive at “a la mode” in 3 minutes on foot.
Most tourists go from Naha to Onna Village or Nago City through Uruma City.
This is even though there are countless unspoiled nature and places that have not yet been turned into tourist attractions like those on the East Coast.
Point 2: Prices in the past! Introduction to the “a la mode” cake menu!
In big cities, the price of cakes has gone up so much that it is now common to pay 500 yen or more for a piece, but at “A La Mode” the price has remained the same.
As the retro signboard tells us, “A La Mode” is a long-established confectionary store that has been in business for 54 years. Although there have been some menu changes since its establishment, many of the cakes are made using the same old recipes.
For example, cheese tart and gateau chocolat are 200 yen. Cookie puffs are 100 yen. Fresh chocolate cream and millefeuille are priced at 250 yen, just like in the 1960s.
I remember those days when my mother used to buy cakes for me and feed them to me.
The cakes, neatly arranged on white oval plates, were of course expertly prepared! The cakes are not as glamorous as today’s cakes, but they are still as delicious as they have always been!
Point 3: Even cheaper! Introduction of “a la mode” baked sweets menu!
In addition to cakes, “a la mode” also sells baked goods.
Most of them are familiar menu items that have been eaten for a long time, and it is somewhat comforting to see them sold with the same taste and price.
For example, duck wares, red potato tart, and financier are priced at 90 yen. Raisin sandwiches, lemon cake, and madeleines are 100 yen, and the highest-priced baked good is pecan pie at 120 yen.
All of them look so simple and delicious that one is tempted to “buy them all” from one end to the other.
Among them, the brownies, which the owner learned to make on an American military base, are a whopping 50 yen! They are made by a man, but they taste like an American mother’s.
Besides, you can buy a lot of these as souvenirs and bring smiles to everyone’s faces!
In a world where the cost of ingredients has skyrocketed, we are truly humbled by the owner’s willingness to offer delicious sweets at the same old price without raising the price.
The owner’s love is reflected in the delicious taste!
In business for 54 years. A la mode” has been in business for 54 years and offers delicious confections using the same old recipes at almost the same price.
