It’s always tricky on holiday to find somewhere for breakfast that has vegan options, is not a million miles out of your way, and opens at a reasonable hour. So we were delighted to find Coyote, a vegan-friendly cafe really close to the train station in Kyoto that opens at actual breakfast time. We spent a week in Kyoto and came here one morning before catching a train.

All three of us had the egg toast and enjoyed it very much. It was a good thick slice of warm toast topped with a generous portion of well-seasoned vegan scrambled egg. It had a good eggy texture and flavour, with just the right amount of salt and pepper. Most tofu scrambles in Prague are criminally under-seasoned, so we were thrilled! However, the egg was cold. It would definitely have been better if the topping was warm. We are used to having warm scrambles in the UK and Europe, so this was a bit unexpected. Another down side is that this was a small portion – we definitely needed something to accompany it.

Fortunately, there was cake! We also got banana bread and citrus bread slices and these were nicely baked and well flavoured. It seems like they have banana bread every day, and rotating additional loaves. They had just run out of blueberry when we placed our order, so it was lemon bread for us.

Dr and Mother HH got cafe lattes, which were nice, and I was delighted to see chai latte on the menu, which I find a bit scarce in Japan. It was tasty!

A lot of tourists are looking for the same breakfast gold that we are (open early, convenient location, vegan options), which means that this place is jumping. We had to wait a few minutes on entering for some seats to open up, but it was worth it. As it’s quite small and crowded, we were wary of going back when we had our luggage with us, so bear that in mind. But this is definitely recommended for a light breakfast in Kyoto!