Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Unusual products of Dorayaki : White chocolate dorayaki

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Dorayaki" before.
Today I'd like to introduce one of unusual Dorayaki "White chocolate dorayaki".


This is an unusual Dorayaki,"White chocolate dorayaki".
It is sold at Koufukudo's shop.
Koufukudo is a Japanese confectioner chain and it has many shops in Japan.


The point unlike a normal Dorayaki is the pancake.
It is made of powdery cocoa.
So,the color of the pancake is black.


White bean paste is used for this Dorayaki.
This white bean paste is mixed with white chocolate.

This Dorayaki is a half foreign style sweet and it's delicious !!
It's so unique !!

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Unusual products of Dorayaki : Nama-Dora

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Dorayaki" before.

Today I'd like to introduce one of unusual Dorayaki "Nama-Dora".


This is Nama-Dora.
Nama means fresh cream.
This Dorayaki filled with fresh cream and bean jam.
It seems like a kind of Western sweets.


This is Dorayaki with bananas.

It is like a cake!!
This Dorayaki is really delicious !!

Nama-Dora is very popular among young women.
I love it. too !!

Monday, February 9, 2015

Unusual products of Dorayaki : Ichigo-butter-dora

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Kabocha-butter-dora" last time.
Today I'd like to introduce one of unusual Dorayaki "Ichigo-butter-dora".


This is an unusual Dorayaki,"Ichigo-butter-dora".
It is also sold at Sakaeya's shop where I introduced before.
The blog article, please click this → The famous confection of Fukuoka,"Nanban Orai"

This product is limitation in the spring.


Ichigo means strawberry.
This Dorayaki filled with sweet strawberry paste and butter cream.

This sweet strawberry paste is not strawberry jam.
It made from sweet bean paste and strawberry syrup.

This sweet strawberry paste and butter cream match well.
It is good !!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Unusual products of Dorayaki : Kabocha-butter-dora

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Dorayaki" last time.
Today I'd like to introduce one of unusual Dorayaki "Kabocha-butter-dora".


This is an unusual Dorayaki,"Kabocha-butter-dora".
It is sold at Sakaeya's shop where I introduced before.
The blog article, please click this → The famous confection of Fukuoka,"Nanban Orai"

This product is limitation in the fall and winter.


Kabocha means pumpkin.
This Dorayaki filled with sweet pumpkin paste and butter cream.

The salt taste of the butter cream goes well with a sweet taste of the pumpkin paste.
It is very delicious.

It is a semi-Western style sweet!

Saturday, February 7, 2015

Japanese confectionery: Dorayaki

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Dorayaki.


This is Dorayaki.
It looks like a pancake.


Dorayaki is one of  Japanese confections.
It has two small pancakes with bean jam in between.
It is sweet and delicious.

The origin of the name Dorayaki is because the shape is similar to a Chinese gong called a Dora.


And also, it is famous that Japanese national animated cartoon, "Doraemon" loves Dorayaki.
Everyone loves Dorayaki !!

Friday, February 6, 2015

No more Pokemon ! The next-generation popular character is this !!

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Do you know what this character is?


The name of this character is Jiba-nyan.
This is a character to come up for the anime called Yo-Kai Watch.


Yo-Kai Watch is a series of role-playing video games.
It is great popular to Japanese children after an animated cartoon started on TV.

The story:
One day, the main character boy "Keita", he gets a ghost watch which can watch ghosts.
He makes friends with ghosts appearing everywhere, and works together to solve the problems of the people.

The character goods of Yo-Kai Watch are sold at everywhere in Japan, and these are popular amongst kids.
Pokemon is already out of date.
The next-generation popular character is this !!

Thursday, February 5, 2015

Pocky demitasse

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Pocky" before.

Today I'd like to introduce the new product of "Pocky".


This is the new product,"Pocky demitasse".
It is a new product released on January 13, 2015.


It is very small !!
It is as small as a cigarette box.


It has little inner capacity, but it sells for 130 yen, it's a high price.


This Pocky is shoter than a normal Pocky.
This chocolate is included cacao ingredient 1.7 times more than a normal Pocky.
So, this Pocky is slightly sweet.


It has a very bitter taste, so it's for adults.

It is a luxurious Pocky !!
Try it !