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Vegetarian restaurants can be split in two kinds: the ones the make vegetarian food taste healthy and the kind that make vegetarian food taste like regular food. The "Cafe 6BT" is of the latter kind. If you want to have dinner of lunch with carvinorous friends, this is the place where they won't complain about your choice at all. Quite the oposite: they will be surprised at how tasty vegan food can be! And the prices are fair as well... The menu offers a wide selection of lunches (ramen, rice and vegetables, curry, sandwiches), dinner and snacks. And... the lunch selection is also available in the evening. We were so enthousiastic about it all that we visited the Cafe 6BT four times in ten days. Being with a rather large group, between us we tried just about everything on the menu and everything was wonderful. The restaurant obviously uses high quality ingredients and knows what to do with them. Only the fried tofu was a bit too fatty for our taste, but that's a personal matter. The vegan ramen is much lighter and more delicate than the ramen at T's Tan Tan (a vegan ramen place at Tokyo station). The steamed vegetables (dinner menu) were absolutely magnificent: not too soft, not too hard and giving the pure taste of high quality vegetables. The sweet-chilly tofu was also very tasty and of much higher quality than the average vegetarian restaurant in Tokyo. And did I mention the wonderful corn soup that comes with most meals? Yet, Cafe 6BT's real talent seems to be in snacks. The tofu icecream that came with the dinner set was the best I ever ate. The cakes one can buy as a side dish are just splendid. The vegan yogurt with fresh fruit was, again, the best I ever tasted. The smoothies are expensive, but again the best in town. After four visits I have only one complaint: the music. Every time we visited loud music was blastig from the ceiling. Why? We came here to talk and eat. Not to dance! And why such loud and obnoxious music? How about some calming music instead of pounding beats? If you don't mind the loud music (or if Cafe 6BT decreases the volume), then here's how to find my new number 1 in Tokyo. Take exit 8 from Roppongi station. You'll see a large Mercedes-Benz dealership. The Cafe 6BT is at the opposite side of the road.