We were given an Omiege (souvenir) by some friends who visited Hiroshima last week. They told us simply that they were sweet and fun, so they were a bit of a mystery.
After opening the beautiful shiny boxes, all that was there was these hard rubber balls as you can see in the picture. It turns […]
This cake was brought her as an omiyage (souvenir) from Tokyo station.
It is a light green tea sponge cake sandwich with a thick jam of red adzuki beans in the middle. I was a bit sceptical about a delicate taste like green tea combined with a sweet robust taste like red beans. Together they work […]
Mango cheese pound cake is not the first thing that springs to my mind when I think of Japanese food. How about you?
My wife was given this cake as omiyage (souvenir) and I am glad and thankful. As the name suggests, it is half mango cake and half cheese cake, all cross bred with a […]
This is the fastest way that I know to cook and eat Omochi, but not one that I am particularly proud of. If you tell any of my Japanese friends that I cook and eat it this way, I will probably deny it. But here it is, in all its short cut glory.
Take a couple of rock […]
In the picture you see one of my favourite Japanese ice creams. This particular sized pack contains 2 round balls (sort of flattened) called Dai Fuku. This name traditionally describes a ball of mochi stuffed with red bean paste. In this case it is vanilla ice cream filling an omochi ball.
The omochi is actually more […]
Hokkaido is up the North of Japan, where the Yeti probably takes his holidays. At the moment it will already be well under snow and the winter is still on its way. It is no surprise that they make excellent ice cream up there in fact I understand it is easier for the local cows […]
Omochi, in its cheap and nastiest form, is shown in the photo above. If you didn’t know what you were looking at you could easily assume that it was a building material or a compound for making shock absorbers. It sort of has the consistency of one of those white plastic chopping boards, and will […]
I decided that after asking for your favourite Christmas dishes, I should tell you a little about what we had planned. Coming from an Australian background, I am used to Christmas in summer. For us this has usually involved cold seafood - prawns, oysters, crabs - and perhaps more traditional roast pork, turkey and ham. The […]
Now before anyone jumps down my throat to tell me that this is not what they are called… I know. What I don’t know is what they are called. These guys are available at festivals all over Japan and I expect to bump into another crowd of them this weekend at the University of Tsukuba Festival, […]
Above you can see Dungo in all its glory. In this case it is the three balls on a stick that have just been grilled and are ready to eat. Dungo are a very simple concept and not too much more complex to make at home.
Firstly you must mix fine rice flour (ground raw rice) […]
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