I bought this cake on the way to the football to eat at halftime. It was an apple pie cake. Puff pastry and not too sweet. Very nice.
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The Cakes of Japan
This was kind of like a long brick shaped piece of half puff pastry half bread with a sweet coating on top. Not exceptional but nice enough.…
Onigiri
Onigiri, or rice balls, a staple food in Japan. They can be bought in a variety of flavours in all convenience stores. I moved schools at the start of April …
Mint Chocolate Season
It’s Mint Choc season in Japan.
I know that sounds a bit strange but it’s how they do things over here. The Japanese are very into there seasonal stuff. Special …
The Cakes of Japan
I bought this on a recent trip to Daisen Park Japanese Garden. It was a “Swirly Doughnut Thing”. No filling just deep fried with a sugar dusting. It was okay.…
The Cakes of Japan
I had this cinnamon roll in a coffee shop in Hiroshima. It was quite fluffy. Nice.
The Cakes of Japan
I received this from a colleague. I was called a Monaca. It is two wafers and some red bean paste in between. Everything was separate and you had to construct …
Matcha
Japanese green tea is used in a lot of drinks and pastries. I’m not a big fan of the tea ceremony and such like. It all seems a bit bourgeois …
The Cakes of Japan
I bought this on the way to the football. It’s a Sakura Danish Pastry which is kind of appropriate given I was going to see Cerezo play. The Sakura part …
The Cakes of Japan
I bought this a while back while on the way to a hike in Nara. I actually ended up getting lost and walking along a main round for a couple …