We visited MOLQ CAFE, a weekend-only cafe with a cheese factory that opened on August 2024, 8.
It was at the end of a steep, winding mountain path, and I was feeling anxious, wondering if I was in the right place, but I finally arrived!

The beautiful Mt. Fuji spreads out before your eyes, and the magnificent view will surely leave everyone impressed and saying, "It was worth all the hard work!!"
The interior windows, which the two ex-salarymen and engineers spent two years DIYing, project a picture of Mt. Fuji that changes with the passage of time, just like a picture in a frame. Sitting at the counter seat in the special seating area, you can't help but be entranced...
There is a cheese factory at the back of the store where you can enjoy lunch and sweets made with fresh cheese.

Fascinated by this beautiful scenery, they chose Hirabayashi village in Yamanashi Prefecture, where the traditions of manufacturing remain, as the site for their new challenge. They renovated a sweater workshop, which was once a local industry, entirely with their own hands, using construction waste materials.
In the workshop, mozzarella is carefully handcrafted using freshly squeezed milk from Yamanashi Prefecture. I ordered a pizza to fully enjoy this mozzarella, which has the natural sweetness of milk.

The food menu includes a lunch drink, and even a mini glass of "as is whey" is served for free! The salad is topped with ricotta cheese, which makes you feel so luxurious♪ For the set drink, I chose the homemade ginger ale, which is made by slowly simmering spicy ginger with spices.

Minami Alps"Bakery Louvre"A slightly luxurious Margherita made with dough topped with homemade mozzarella, eggplant, and a tomato sauce flavored with spices.
The sweetness of the fresh milk and the extremely fresh mozzarella make for a highly refined product. The light, sour, refreshing "as is whey" is delicious and nutritious.

If you want to taste the deliciousness of mozzarella more directly, we recommend a ciabatta sandwich. To bring out the deliciousness of the cheese, we sandwich it together with moist and tender salted koji chicken ham made with the power of koji.

Be sure to try the carefully selected cheese sweets.
The Basque cheesecake, with its rich aroma, rich flavor, and spicy kick, will impress even advanced cheese lovers. The cheese factory's exquisite sweets are complemented by coffee, which has been specially selected for Molk, using beans and roasted to perfectly match the cheese.
Away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, you can enjoy the deliciousness of fresh cheese while gazing at Mt. Fuji... It's a good idea to forget about time and spend a special moment at leisure on the weekend.