Plates
Well…maybe a few places…like Singapore. I have noticed the set up before, but have never stopped to make a purchase. There is a restaurant on the Hiroo shopping street named Plates. Every afternoon they set up a small table holding a plastic crate filled with bags of rolls, usually long sandwich buns, ciabatta, or croissants. Next to the crate is a coffee can with a hole punched in its plastic lid and on an easel nearby is a cardboard sign with a marker drawn roll and the price, 300 yen. You put your money in the can, choose your rolls and put them in a plastic shopping bag hanging from the table. In many cities the coffee can and the crate of bread would be stolen in minutes. I’m so glad I get to live in such a safe place