CURRY -PAN

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Japanese bread, CURRY-PAN.

This is a CURRY-PAN.
CURRY-PAN is written in Japanese as カレーパン.

CURRY-PAN is a type of bread which is a deep-fried bread with thickened curry inside.
The curry has has various types,mild curry,spicy curry,beef curry,vegetable curry etc.
I like the CURRY-PAN with mild curry inside.

It is to be had at any bakers, supermarkets, convenience stores in Japan.
Please try the nationally popular CURRY-PAN !!

A specialty of Kitakyusyu,Sukesan udon "Botamochi"

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Sukesan udon which I introduced before.

Today I'd like to introduce one of my recommended menus.

This is my recommended menu, "Botamochi".
Botamochi is a real popular menu at Sukesan Udon.

Botamochi is a rice ball coated with sweetened red beans.
It is sweet, but it has some salty tastes.
This is  very  delicious.

You can eat Botamochi at the restaurant and take out it.
You should try it.

A specialty of Kitakyusyu,Sukesan udon "Niku Bukkakeudon"

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Sukesan udon which I introduced last time.

Today I'd like to introduce one of my recommended menus.

This is my recommended menu, "Niku Bukkakeudon".
Niku means meat in Japanese.
Bukkakeudon means a kind of Udon, Bukkakeudon are chilled Udon noodles eaten with cold soup broth.

The characteristic of Niku Bukkakeudon is the topping material.
The topping materials are Goboten and Shigureni.
It is a characteristic of Fukuoka that perform topping of Goboten on udon.

Goboten means Japanese deep-fried dish of burdock root.
Shigureni means meat has been cooked in soy sauce and mirin.
Goboten is very crisply and Shigureni is sweet and salty.

This is very tasty.
I love it !!

A specialty of Kitakyusyu,Sukesan udon

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce a specialty of Kitakyusyu, Sukesan udon.

Sukesan udon is a chain restaurant for udon, it has 37 restaurants in Fukuoka prefecture.
Sukesan udon is famous for cheap and is delicious.

Most Sukesan udon restaurants are open 24 hours.
It is very convenient, so Sukesan udon is always crowded.

Sukesan udon restaurants consist of tables and chairs,and Japanese style tatami room.
Japanese style tatami rooms are popular for elderly people and families with babies.

I'll introduce recommended menus at Sukesan udon, next time.

KitKat "Deep fragrance of the cacao"

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce a new KitKat,"Deep fragrance of the cacao".

This is a new KitKat,"Deep fragrance of the cacao".
The new KitKat is on sale in Japan.
This KitKat is the product for adults.
The reason is the KitKat is made of bitter chocolate.

This KitKat tastes slightly bitter and sweetness.
It is very delicious.
You should try it.

Recently, many sweets companies sell sweets for adults in Japan.
When a new KitKat is released, I'll introduce the KitKat again.

Raspberry KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce a Raspberry KitKat.

This is the Raspberry KitKat.
This is a product released for adults in May, 2014.

It has a strong sour taste of raspberry.
This KitKat is sweet-sour and tasty.

KitKat "Custard pudding"

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce a KitKat,"Custard pudding".

This is the KitKat,"Custard pudding".

As the name suggests, the taste is the custard pudding.
It is sweet and delicious.
However, it has the another way of eating.

This KitKat is eaten toasted by oven.
This way of eating is more delicious !!

It is a newer way of eating KitKat.
You should try it.

Passionfruit KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce "Passionfruit KitKat".

This is Passionfruit KitKat.
This was the time-limited product which was sold in about the summer of 2013.

This KitKat was the product for adults.
The reason was the KitKat had refined sweetness and mellow fragrance of passionfruit.

This KitKat had a refreshing sour taste of passionfruit.
It was very delicious.
I liked it.

White peach KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce "White peach KitKat".

This is White peach KitKat.
This was the time-limited product which was sold in about 2007.

This KitKat was made of white chocolate which had white peach flavor.
The white peach flavor was so good.
It was light and delicious.

It was a KitKat for summer.

Blood orange KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce "Blood orange KitKat".

This is Blood orange KitKat.
This was the time-limited product at Seven-Eleven only.
It was sold in about 2007.

This KitKat was made of dark chocolate which had orange flavor.
The orange flavors matched bitter taste of the dark chocolate very well.
It was very delicious.

I want this KitKat to be sold again.

Kiwi fruit KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors before.

Today I'd like to introduce "Kiwi fruit KitKat".

This is Kiwi fruit KitKat.
This was the time-limited product which was sold in about 2008.

This KitKat was made of white chocolate which had kiwi fruit flavor.
This chocolate had a flavor such as melon.
It was a novel taste.

Cherry KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.


Japanese KitKat has various flavors.
I introduced Green tea KitKat and Green tea milk KitKat so far.

Today I'd like to introduce "Cherry KitKat".

This is Cherry KitKat.
This was the time-limited product which was sold in about the spring of 2007.

This KitKat was made of white chocolate which had cherry flavor.
This white chocolate with cherry flavor and Strawberry chocolate were similar.
It was a springlike KitKat.

Green tea milk KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Last time, I introduced that Japanese KitKat has various flavors.

Today I'd like to introduce "Green tea milk KitKat".

This is Green tea milk KitKat.
This was the time-limited product which was sold in about 2007.

It was a KitKat which was blended green tea chocolate with white chocolate.
This KitKat tasted strongly of white chocolate,I did not feel the taste of green tea.
I've not seen this KitKat after 2007.

I think that it was not popular.

Green tea KitKat

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce "Green tea KitKat".

KitKat is the world-famous chocolate snack.
There are various flavors of KitKat in Japan.
One of the flavors is this Green tea KitKat.

This Green tea KitKat has 3 packs,this is small one.
I bought it at the convenience store.
There are large bags of Green tea KitKat at the supermarkets.

The chocolate of KitKat has flavor of green tea.
The wafer is very crunchy.

It is very delicious.
You should try it.

Fukuchi find festival, croquante

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.

Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.
I bought other baked confectioneries at this event.

I bought a croquante.
The croquante was a kind of baked confectioneries which danish pastry baked with cashew nuts and walnuts.



This croquante was very crunchy and the flavor of nuts was so good.
It was delicious and filling!!

This event made me happy!!
I hope that the event will be held again.

Fukuchi find festival, baked doughnuts

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.

I bought a lots of cakes, so I decided to buy some baked confectioneries at this event.

I bought some baked doughnuts.
The baked doughnuts is a kind of baked confectioneries which baked its in doughnut-shape.

These baked doughnuts were made using oil of cholesterol zero.
That's healthy !!

I ate a baked doughnuts which coated with chocolate.
It was very moist and delicious.

It was healthy and delicious.
What a wonderful sweets !!

Fukuchi find festival, patisserie Kurumino-ki

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.
There was a display of patisserie which was famous for having delicious Mont Blanc cakes.

This was the display of patisserie, "Kurumino-ki".
The sweets shop is located in Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

the display was very popular,so there was a long line of people.
My sister got in that line and she purchased some Mont Blanc cakes.



That was the famous Mont Blanc cake.
It looked like a mountain.

The Mont Blanc cake had strong taste of the chestnut and refined sweetness.
It was excellent!!

I want to try other cakes at this patisserie !!

Fukuchi find festival, patisserie Alapaysanne

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.
I found that my favorite patisserie displayed at this event.

This was the display of my favorite patisserie, "Alapaysanne".
Alapaysanne is in Onga-cho, Onga-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.

This patisserie is famous for having delicious Baumkuchen.
I purchased some cakes,not a Baumkuchen at this event.

I bought cakes of Chiboust and Mont Blanc.
The cake of Chiboust with apples was very sweet, but it had tartness of apples.
The cake of Mont Blanc had heavy taste of the chestnut.
Both cakes were very delicious!!

That's my favorite!!

Fukuchi find festival, a custard pudding

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.

I went to the event, and I bought a custard pudding.
The custard pudding was unique.

This was the unique pudding,it was the soy sauce pudding!!
The soy sauce pudding was made by adding soy sauce.

It looked like a normal pudding.
The fragrance was not different from a normal pudding.

The pudding had some salty tastes by soy sauce, but it was a heavy pudding.
I felt sweetness and saltiness.
It was delicious !!

A event of sweets, Fukuchi find festival, a cream puff

Hello.
This is May in Japan.


On Oct.5, a event of sweets was held in Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun, in Fukuoka Prefecture.



I went to the event with my family.
Today I'd like to introduce the event,"Fukuchi find festival".

Over 40 sweets shops in Fukuoka Prefecture had gathered at this event.

We arrived at the event place around 10:00, but people were lined up in front of famous sweets shops.

There were many people who were lined up in front of the most famous sweets shop in Fukuoka, "16-ku".
A patissier who is the owner of 16-ku,he is very famous that he arranged Dacquoise in Japanese style.

It was hard for me to line up,so I went to a sweet shop that I could purchase sweets without lining up.
I bought a cream puff.

The flavor of this cream was very rich, and it was good.

I loved it.

I will introduce a pudding on the next time !!

The famous confection of Okinawa, Chinsuko

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce "Chinsuko".

Chinsuko is a famous confection of Okinawa prefecture.

Okinawa prefecture is located in the southwestern part of Japan.
It is a prefecture consisting of 363 islands.

Okinawa is in a subtropical region, and popular resort area.

This is "Chinsuko".

Chinsuko is a kind of cookies and traditional sweets cooked in Okinawa.
It is crunchy and delicious.
Chinsuko is made of lard, not butter, so it gives you heartburn when you eat too much.

Be careful of eating too much !!


As well as Kyushu and Okinawa, there are lots of famous confections in Japan.
I will introduce famous confections of other areas at the next opportunity.

The famous confection of Nagasaki, Kasutera

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce "Kasutera".

Kasutera is a famous confection of Nagasaki prefecture.

Nagasaki prefecture is located in the west end of Kyushu Island, and it is famous that Nagasaki city have been bombed with nuclear weapons in World War II.

Nagasaki historically traded with Europe and China in olden times,so Nagasaki has a culture that is a mixture of East and West.

This is "Kasutera".
It is a kind of sponge cakes which is baked with honey added.
Kasutera is moist and soft.
It is sweet and delicious.

Kasutera is loved as Japanese confectionery throughout Japan, but I think that Kasutera of Nagasaki is the most delicious !!

You should try it.

The famous confection of Kagoshima, Shirokuma

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce "Shirokuma".

Shirokuma is a famous confection of Kagoshima prefecture.
In reality,Shirokuma isn't a famous confection,it is a famous local specialty.

Shirokuma is the frozen sweets which is originally from Kagoshima.
It is shaved ice having condensed milk on top with fruits.
Shirokuma is sweet and is delicious.

This is the restaurant where is the origin of Shirokuma, "Mujaki".
Shirokuma means a white bear, because the arrangement of this frozen sweets looks like the face of a white bear,

You can always eat Shirokuma in Kagoshima.
Try it !!