I Held a Steemit Meetup at the Japanese Cafe Tokimeki and We Had a LOT of FUN! (Cafe Review + Meetup)

in #india7 years ago (edited)

Three Japanese women entrepreneurs own this beautiful little cafe, "Japanese Cafe Tokimeki" in my hometown Mangalore, India. I first met them when they had a small outlet at one of the popular malls in town. Sisters Akiko Tokunaga and Yuko Tokunaga with their close friend and partner Haruka Ninomiya came to India in 2015.


They initially landed at Chennai based on the recommendation of a friend, but eventually visited Mangalore. They loved my city and decided to set up something here.

After a year of running a small unit at the local mall, a year ago they decided to open up a proper Cafe and I've been a regular customer ever since. Overtime they became my friends and I try and support their cafe whenever I can. We're all BIG fans of Japanese anime especially Dragon Ball Z, and I also happen to like the Japanese culture very much. In fact my friends have started calling me the brand ambassador of Cafe Tokimeki!

Recently, I was planning on a follow-up to the #1 India Steemit Accelerator and felt this was the best place for a meetup. It's small, cozy and comfy and everyone loves a good laugh here as we tend be very jovial patrons when we get together. I also felt this is a great opportunity to share some details about this wonderful cafe with our community here.


The whole spread!

Tokimeki as per my understanding means excitement in Japanese.

The food is absolutely delicious and I've got a few photos and captions to help you understand what they were. @srinidhi managed to have a spoonful of Wasabi which blew his mind! There are some funny pictures at the end. The food got over in no time, and we pretty much emptied the stock of Maki rolls in the restaurant.

Tokimeki is the best place to go for Japanese food in Mangalore and the next closest place is over 380 kms away in Bangalore city.

As you can tell in the following pictures we loved the items on the menu and we ate a LOT!


Anko Toast - A little sweet and very delish item. Good for a quick evening snack!


Veg maki rolls! Authentic and tasty!


Teriyaki Chicken Maki Rolls with hot Ginger Lemon! One of my favorite items here!


Full stomach makes everyone happy!


The best French Toast you can get anywhere, served with the best Vanilla ice cream from the world famous Ideal Ice Cream parlour in Mangalore!


Chirashi Zushi (Scattered Sushi)


Maki Roll!


Blancmange - this was so incredibly good that we polished it off in seconds!


French toast didnt last very long!


Yakiniku Don


Mugi Cha with salted peanuts on the side!


Teriyaki chicken and mushroom!

You can find more photos and info on [their official FB page]
(https://www.facebook.com/cafetokimeki/).

Steemit Meetup at Mangalore


L-R: @firepower @andreanoronha @rjsudeep @srinidhi @speedracer @neilnoronha @sanjayjkamath

Some of the users in the meet are doing very well after the #1 India Steemit Accelerator was conducted. But many were travelling at the time so only a few showed up. It was good to regroup and discuss our individual progress on the platform and I'm happy to inform that my accelerator event helped these users understand the platform better.

I also got a few ideas for the upcoming Bangalore event. It's good to see the Steemit community make a difference to the lives of many people across the world.

Because Meme Is Love, Meme Is Life!

As a group of friends we are quite funny and we all love memes so @speedracer dished out a few from the event and I hope you like them!


Join Steemit if not the Wolverine will strike!


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If you live in Mangalore or are travelling through this city then this cafe is a must visit!

Until next time, Sayonara folks!


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Wow... The dishes we see in these pics are mouth watering....

It sure was! :)

This was super duper fun!!
I'm so glad we all made this a fun crazy meetup with some great Japanese food! Totally love it there.

And the best part were the memes and the fun taking photos.

It's great we could do this bro! Im glad you were there!

Yaaay!! Super awesome time.

Looking forward to more such meet!

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https://steemit.com/food/@soni786/buffalo-chicken-drumsticks-with-blue-cheese-dip

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Is this cafe or 5 star restaurant? lol awesome food

It is a beautiful cafe and has awesome food! :D

@firepower am looking forward to visit it one day inshallah when ever i will have a visit to south india i will defitnely have a visit to this place. I will love to have some japnese taste. Thanks for shearing anyway.. @naseerbhat

let me tell you about me. i am just a simple girl. and i am new here. pls follow me. i am new here. and also see my post. you will like this.

https://steemit.com/food/@soni786/buffalo-chicken-drumsticks-with-blue-cheese-dip

You should definitely :)

Is there any Japanese food?

Yes! there are! :)

This cafe looks lovely! Japanese food is one of my all time favourites, and I love little independent businesses like this. Looks like you guys had a blast too! Hilarious memes :)

let me tell you about myself. i am just a simple girl. and i am new here. pls follow me. i am new here. and also see my post. you will like this.

https://steemit.com/food/@soni786/buffalo-chicken-drumsticks-with-blue-cheese-dip

It sure is! :) Thank you so much! :)

Last photo with everyone on their phones, are you sure you are not in America? LOL cause that reminds me of every restaurant in America lol, everyone on their phones.

Hahaha! Seems like technology today has made things similar everywhere. :D

food looks great looks like you found a special little place.

speaking of which I am hungry and am thinking this greasy spoon hamburger joints should get a steemit spotlight, think I am gonna go have some lunch.

The food pics are making me hungry!

It surely is tempting! :D

cool stuff would love to get some of that food :P

Thank you :D You should come visit soon :D

Aw, this is great! What a great way to help build a positive steemit culture and to support one of your local restaurants at the same time....which looks like it has absolutely delicious food by the way :) If I lived in Mangalore, India, I would definitely be checking them out.

It's got me thinking about starting a steemit meetup group in my own town. Of course I'd have to know other steemit users that live here....or recruit them. Did you recruit all these folks to steemit yourself or did you all find each other?

Keep up the great, positive, inspiring steeming!