Sakura blossom wagashi: white manju topped with a salted pickled cherry blossom, and filled with a white bean paste also mixed with cherry blossom flowers to give it a pink color.
A little early for actual sakura season here in Yamanashi, but the color of the pickled flower makes me hope that the blossoms will [...]
Archive for March 9th, 2008
Wagashi: Sakura Blossom
Posted in Dessert, Japanese, wagashi, tagged anko, manju, sakura, wagashi on March 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kyuushoku: Bibimbap
Posted in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, School Lunch, tagged bibimbap, rice, shrimp, shumai, wakame on March 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Friday’s lunch, my favorite, bibimbap!
Clockwise from the top:
bibimbap: sadly without kochujang to spice it up, but still delicious. lightly pickled bean sprouts, carrots and greens, marinated stir fried pork, and julienned egg crepe on steamed rice.
commercially made Japanese style shrimp shumai ( 燒賣)
Japanese shumai contain a starchy shrimp paste filling, versus a shrimp and meat [...]