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November mini-challenge
Eat Japanese food
Easy-peasy.
I usually have sushi for lunch at least once a month from the nearby Safeway market. Yes, Safeway. Hey, don't knock it 'til you try it. They have sushi chefs who do a really good job of making fresh sushi everyday.
Above is lunch with my current Japanese read, Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto.
As for sushi restaurants, our current favorite in San Francisco is Oyagi restaurant. When we lived in Southern California, San Clemente, Nobu Sushi was the best hole in the wall located in a strip mall. And, when we lived in Connecticut, the place we frequented was Matsu Sushi in Westport.
I started my love of sushi when I went beyond the California Roll and tried other rolls during my college years. The soft-shell crab hand-roll is the bestest! Such flavors and textures delight!
For the challenge, I wanted to try something new along with the . I took a trip to Japantown over the weekend to check out the sweets and confections at Nippon-ya.Based on the wrapping and interesting descriptions, I picked out two treats. When I got home I brewed some green tea and shared my goodies with the hubby, daughter and daughter's playdate.
Yummy-ness all-around.Something savory:
The first treat was a box wrapped with a bunny image on the cover. The name of the product is in Japanese which I do not know. Let me know if you can translate it.
The box housed little bunnies made of a pastry mix with a sweet cheesy flavor. Inside the bunny shell was a subtle sweet white bean paste.
Something sweet:
The green wrapped box named Hokkaido Higumi contained cookies shaped as bear paws with a peanut buttery filling.
Amusing blurb on the wrapper:
Appear and Disappear Care!
Blogosphere bit:
Apparently, the boxed treats I got are known as omiyage which are regional Japanese edible snacks, in nice pretty wrappers given as gifts or sourvenirs.
*thanks Tanabata for the translation of the bunny treats
The writing on the bunny box says 'marui usagi' which translates as 'round rabbit'.
*part of my Hello! Japan mini-challenges
