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Dadala café & stationery, a stationery-coffee shop tucked in an alley of WenHua Road’s shopping district, greets you with a giant stationery board that turns heads. Slide open the wooden-framed door and the space is filled with shelves of stationery and knick-knacks that sit in perfect harmony with the wooden furniture and floors. Turn the corner by the bar and you’re surrounded on three sides by an adorable display of Japanese stationery, gently awakening your inner “stationery soul.” Besides excellent coffee and limited-edition homemade desserts, the real draw is the owner’s monthly trips to Japan to hand-pick unique items. To present these pieces at their best, hours are spent arranging them on the shelves so guests can feel the soothing charm of Japanese stationery. A lifestyle where coffee meets stationery is expressed in the simplest way here. Recommended: matcha mille crêpe cake and single-origin pour-over coffee.