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About this place
For a dine-in treat, you can choose a different skewer for each flavour, perhaps classic mitarashi, butter soy sauce and matcha kinako. Diners have described receiving dango freshly grilled at Kotoka, with a gentle smokiness in the mitarashi and a pleasant bitterness from the matcha kinako. One person enjoyed planning the order of flavours: sweet mitarashi first, then butter soy sauce, and matcha kinako to finish. Another diner remarked on how well the mitarashi sauce coated the dumplings and shared impressions of the distinct flavours across all three varieties. Some have found a single skewer substantial enough to satisfy, though choosing several flavours is an appealing way to explore the menu.
The listed menu also offers shichimi soy sauce and nori soy sauce, both for dine-in only. Matcha kinako is marked as limited in quantity, and the menu notes an extra charge when choosing it or a dine-in-only flavour for the dango that comes with a drink. You can build your selection skewer by skewer, whether you prefer sweet flavours or want to try a soy-sauce option. The dine-in set is a straightforward choice if you would like a drink with your dango. The listed options include hot hojicha for 700 yen, cold-brew sencha for 750 yen, and Uji tea black tea for 900 yen, each served with one skewer of your choice. The black tea is described as an original blend made by fermenting tea leaves intended for gyokuro, and is recommended served plain. Choosing a tea to accompany the sweet-and-savoury dango is part of the pleasure of eating in.
For takeaway, choose from mitarashi, Kyoto kinako and the limited-quantity matcha kinako in packs to take home. Mitarashi is offered in packs containing multiple skewers, with the menu advising that it keeps at room temperature until the following day; it also suggests warming it in a microwave the next day. One person who ate the dango after taking it home reported that it was still soft and fragrant. Both dine-in and takeaway are listed, and collection at the shopfront is available. The listed payment method is cash only, so it is worth coming prepared.
