One of my favourite things to eat are sweet things. Desserts basically. So when I went to Japan I made sure to sample all they had to offer, which was a whole culture of flavours, filling, and cooking and eating techniques. I fell in love with manju (pounded rice) bitten into with a glass of milk, and steamy hot taiyaki devoured in the mall, pocky was crunched down in the packet-fulls, and anko paste became I well-treasured dessert, despite how overly-sickly sweet it tasted at first.
MANJU
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| Different styles and flavours of manju (pounded rice cakes) Image thanks to Daily Feed |
TAIYAKI
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| Taiyaki (the fish-shaped ones) being cooked with anko (sweet red bean paste) filling. Image thanks to Japanese People, Japanese Life. |
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| A taiyaki.. about to be eaten The Asia Trip: Japan Taiyaki |
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| A Taiyaki shop in the mall The Asia Trip: Japan Taiyaki |
POCKY
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| Box of the eponymously branded (and much reproduced under pseudonyms) POCKY Asian Food Grocer |
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| Pocky in a glass mmmyum... confectionaries |
Here are the photos of some sweet things I ate while in Japan - because when you eat something in Japan, you take a photo of it. Don't question it, it's amazing. YUM :D
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| Chocolate coated bananas studded with lollies |
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| Lindt bunnies (mailed from Australia for Easter) |
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| Matcha and adzuki bean sauce, with lots of cream; and macaroons |
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| Sponge, cream, fruits, crepe encased Birthday cake. Ah-yum |
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| Cakes in a window |
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| Toffee Strawberry |
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| Crepes menu |
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