Hello Kitty pancake shop

Sometimes, a bag full of bite-sized, custard-filled, Hello Kitty-shaped pancakes is all you need to be happy. At this storefront in Harajuku, a woman in a pink bandanna in a small pink Hello Kitty-ed out room takes your order through a Hello Kitty head-shaped window with a giant pink ribbon. When she hands you the bag full of Hello Kitty pancakes, she says: "Please take your Kitty-chan!"

Why do Hello Kitty-branded businesses always have to go for overkill?

• [Stefan Jones]

  I’m awful glad his hand is in his jacket.

  Are “pancakes” the right word for these treats?

• [Ty_MY]

  Hey! It’s BLam from Gizmodo!

  Lisa – were you taking him around?

  Also, I wonder what the receipt for the purchase looks like. Betting highly on pink paper.

• [Anonymous]

  This would make me happy … Time to launch their e-commerce store.

• [Anonymous]

  Overkill’s the only way to kill.

• [SpacelordMother]

  Brian looks like he is either digging for….

  a)money
  b)a gadget of sorts
  c)a gadget to hold up, then rob this place of it’s delicious pancake goodness.
  d)a hello-kitty themed out iphone

  Hooray for pancakes!

  • [arkizzle / Moderator]

    SpacelordMother,

    Ha, I thought he was doing a Napoleon :D

  • [Jardine]

    What about:
    e) he’s rubbing his nipple in excitement over pancakes?

• [Weeza]

  I love Hello Kitty because of the overkill:) If this shop was in my town I’d eat here everyday.

• [Anonymous]

  omg where is this shop located?

• [TJ S]

  Are there any pictures of BLam where he doesn’t look happy/excited? :-p

• [Anonymous]

  Los Angeles needs one of these.

• [MelSkunk]

  “Why do Hello Kitty-branded businesses always have to go for overkill? ”

  Because it’s AWESOME… (though I preferred Tarepanda)

• [salsaman]

  Super awesome! DIY Hello Kitty waffles are a few clicks away:
  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00020QJDU