Friday, January 30, 2009

it's 3pm !! dessert time (^0^)//

well, it's not 3pm yet, but i'm going to talk about some
of the dessert menus i had in japan !!
(in case you are wondering, typically in japan,
we call 3pm the "time for dessert")

below is the world famous (?) Pucchin Purin by Gligo.
it's basically a custard with a caramelized layer on top.
the plastic container has a collapsable air-hole on the bottom,
so that you can put it upside down to serve it right side up
on a plate !!! genious!!!!!
this is a jello made from 'houji-cha' which is one type
of japanese tea. the tea jello has no sugar, so it is
coupled with a super sweet condensed milk syrup !!
this is called the 'bekko-ame'. i think it's the most
old fashioned candy in japan. very simple taste,
sugar and a little caramel coloring.
i found this at one of the P.A. on the freeway on
my way back from my grandfather's temple in Kiryu.
P.A. is like the 'rest area' on the U.S. freeway with
a lot more than just restrooms. there's many shops and
restaurants. and these are some of super sized japanese
snacks.
this is the 'kabocha montblanc' at Tully's which is
an increasing coffee shops around Tokyo.
the cake is made from japanese chesnuts cream on
top and pumpkin cream on bottom!
this is from another coffee shop called Doutor.
i like Doutor better than Tully's because they have
this : the 'mil-crepe'. it's a cake made from layers
and layers of crepe (super thin pancake) sandwitched
with whipped cream. super goooooood !!!
this was at a cute and small coffee shop in Nikko in Tochigi
called Meiji no Yakata. this is the 'rare-cheesecake'.
we got lucky because we got a lucky seat to be able to
enjoy these cakes as well as the snowy white mountains
from the cafe windows !!
i had this right after i had the above 'rare-cheesecake'
not just because i'm a sweet-tooth, but this was one
rare thing that i've never had before. this was the
'age-manjyu' which is the sweet red bean paste covered
with rice cake and deep fried. although i was pretty full
from the cake, this was nice and warm and good as
we walked around town in a cold weather !!!
i still have tons of food photos, but haven't decided
where to introduce them. (too many pics....)
hiro

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I used to eat mil-crepe at Doutor all the time!!
I miss Doutor sooooo much!!

I like Tully's too! I wonder why we don't have Tully's in LS. It's originallt from NYC!

Anonymous said...

Yoko,
i'd rather go to doutor than tullys
but there was way more tullys than doutor near my house. mil-crepe has been my favorite since long time!!