Tokyo: Delicious Jumbo Pudding and Cozy Vibes at Hekkelun (ヘッケルン) in Toranomon

Whenever I have a medical checkup in Shimbashi, I usually stop by Hekkelun (ヘッケルン) for a coffee break. It’s an old-style kissaten.

They open at 8 a.m. and serve breakfast until 11 a.m. Breakfast is ¥450, which includes toast, salad, and coffee or tea. It looked tempting, but by the time I visited, it was already past 1 p.m., and I had already had lunch at the hospital.

Hekkelun is a small shop with mainly counter seats and a few tables. Smoking is permitted everywhere inside. Most of the customers are office workers from the area. If you want to avoid smoke, I recommend visiting outside of their lunch hours, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. There’s a menu on the wall, but unfortunately, there is no English menu.

<Coffee, tea, cocoa>
Blended coffee (ブレンドコーヒー / \350), American coffee (アメリカンコーヒー / \350), Iced tea (アイスティー / \350), Iced coffee (アイスコーヒー / \350), Iced cocoa (アイスココア / \450), Milk (ミルク / \350), Tea (紅茶 / \350), Kilimanjaro coffee (キリマンジャロ / \400), Brazil coffee (ブラジル / \400) , Mandheling coffee (マンデリン / \400), Mocha coffee (モカ / \400), Columbia coffee (コロンビア / \400), Cafe au lait (カフェオレ / \380), Blue Mountain coffee (ブルーマウンテン / \450), Royal milk tea (ロイヤルミルクティ / \400)

<Another drinks>
Milk shake (ミルクセーキ / \450), Lemon juice (レモンジュース / \410), Orange juice (オレンジジュース / \400), Tomato juice (トマトジュース / \350), Lemon Squash (レモンスカッシュ / \450), Orange Squash (オレンジスカッシュ / \450), Coke (コカコーラ / \350)

<Food>
Toast (トースト / \230), Toast with jam (ジャムトースト / \250), Ham sandwich (ハムサンド / \350), Vegetable sandwich (ヤサイサンド / \350), Vegetable sandwich (\350), Egg sandwich (タマゴサンド / \330), Cheese toast (チーズトースト / \350), Tuna sandwich (ツナサンド / \450)

<Dessert>
Jumbo pudding (ジャンボプリン / \350) , Bavarois (ババロア / \400), Ice cream (アイスクリーム / \400), Jumbo pudding and coffee set (ジャンボプリンセット / \600）

<Float drink>
Cream Soda (クリームソーダ / \450), Coffee float (コーヒーフロート / \450), Coke float (コーラフロート / \450), Orange float (オレンジフロート / \480)

Their No.1 food is the Jumbo pudding set, and many guests come specifically for it.

This is the jumbo pudding set. . The pudding and coffee cost only ¥600! It’s an incredible deal for the center of Tokyo. The older man brews each coffee one by one using a vacuum coffee maker.

The pudding had a rich egg flavor, and the caramel sauce was sweet and delicious. The name “Jumbo” refers to its larger-than-average size, but it’s not overwhelmingly large. I could easily finish it off. 🙂

I recommend this shop if you want to experience an old-style kissaten, also known as “Jun Kissa,” or if you’re a fan of sweet puddings.

Although Hekkelun is famous for its pudding, their milk shake is also amazing. The shopkeeper prepares it with a hand mixer, not an automatic blender! It’s cool to watch! The milk shake is smooth, creamy, and made with just eggs, sugar, and milk. It’s sweet, but with less sugar than the pudding.