Koganeimo

Photo: Wrapped up Koganeimo

Voila! I managed to take some pictures of the treat I saved for Te-chan yesterday before it was gone. Here are some pictures of Koganeimo, or golden sweet potato.
The filling is made of sweet bean paste colored with turmeric. Then it is coated with powdered Cinnamon sugar. Mmm… Decadent!

Koganeimo

Photo: Inside the [...]

Sweetfish

Sweet Ayu

I bought this fish from my favorite window-shopping spot in Ningyocho on the way home from my tea lesson today.
Kotobukido, in Ningyocho, specializes in delicate Kyogashi sweets that always fascinate and lure me to stop and stare in the window. They have such simple but eye-catching displays of seasonal items. This time of the [...]

Underwater world in a little piece of yōkan

I wish I could say that I had made this exquisite yōkan or jellied sweet that captured the underwater world so perfectly–fish are swimming through clear water over a mossy green riverbed paved with pebbles. This was a creation of students in the wagashi or Japanese sweets cooking class that meets next door to my [...]