Matoi

Matoi is a cafe in Asakusa, Tokyo, that serves matcha desserts and skewered rice cakes called dango that customers grill themselves. The menu includes matcha pudding and iced matcha, and the dango are cooked by diners on a griddle at the table. On a weekend evening there was no line to enter, but a queue had formed by the time of leaving, and customers write their own order slips. The only way up to the second floor is a steep staircase, which makes it difficult for older visitors to use.