Tag: <span>food</span>

The Cakes of Japan

I got this top of Kongo-san a while back. It wasn’t so great after a hike up and a wander around in the snow on top it was quite nice. …


The Cakes of Japan

I bought this in the bakery attached to a supermarket near me. I can only describe it as a Cherry Harmonica. The pastry was glazed sweet puff pastry and was …


The Cakes of Japan

I picked this up in Sakaihigashi station. There was a shop selling a variety of profiteroles with different fillings and such like. This was described as New York Cheesecake. The …


The Cakes of Japan

This was described as “Irish Cake”. Well, I guess it’s green. The picture doesn’t give any idea of scale. It was about 5cm tall. The blobs are bits of chocolate. …


The Cakes of Japan

This was a small present from one of the teachers in school. It was described on the packet as a Macaron but was a little different from what we would …


New Year’s Food

I mentioned earlier about Osechi. There are a couple of other things to mention about Japanese New Year’s food namely about the utensils. The food is eaten in a black …


Christmas Dinner

I spent a fair amount of Christmas Day in Spa World enjoying the onsen and saunas. But then it was back home for Christmas Dinner. This presented a bit of …


The Cakes of Japan

One of the nice things about buying cakes in Japan is that, due to my lack of Japanese language abilities, I’m never quite sure what I am buying. This lead …


The Cakes of Japan

I was shopping in one of the nearby supermarkets when I came across this in a nearby bakery. It looked better than it actually was. Under the chocolate coating is …


The Cakes of Japan

I picked this cake up in a station bakery on the way to the match. It was described as a Cinnamon Bun. It consisted of quite a nice whirl of …