Natto is often considered to be the most unique and strange food experience when it comes to introducing Japanese cuisine to foreigners. It’s stinky, sticky, and reminds you of mucous. While as a singular food, natto may indeed be one of the strangest things you can eat in Japan, there…
In the mood of a traditional bento lunch today, I packed a sakura theme bento. Since I can’t bring actual cherry blossoms to me from Japan, I decided to make myself a sakura bento instead. Heh. I love the pink color theme in this bento. I made two onigiri rice…
Sakura Onigiri Bento. Bento perfect for ohanami~~ I was so totally thrilled when I received a set of Sakura goods from Nihon Ichiban, an e-store that carries literally anything from Japan, especially highly sought after goods by people living outside Japan. Sakura products are definitively one of the popular F&B…
This is a Tokyo style sakura mochi.Sakura means cherry blossom.Sakura mochi is a Japanese traditional sweet.It is pink dough and sweet red bean paste wrapped with sakura leaf.We have two style of sakura mochi.One is Tokyo style, and another is kansai area style. In this time, I introduce you Tokyo…
I have already introduced you Tokyo style sakura mochi.In this time, I introduce you kansai-area style sakura mochi.It is called “Domyoji mochi. Sweet red bean paste is covered with dough which is made from domyoji flour, sugar, food red and water, and wrapped with sakura (cherry blossom) leaf which is…
Kotobuki bento are Japanese style lunch boxes. The stacking two tiers keep foods and flavors separate and the top tier has a press on lid to prevent spills. Durable, attractive, and easy to clean. Made in Japan. Black with red and white cherry blossoms (-inch sakura-inch ) symbolizing beauty and…
