wagashi : 3 Recipes
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Ume plum blossoms for an early Spring tea
Ume (Japanese sour plum) trees are blossoming in Osaka. Their fragrance is like in a dream. Old style yatsuhashi sweets (from a shop, not home-made). They are a specialty tea cake of Kyoto, whose production started in Yatsuhashi[...] |
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Day 16: Macarons, wagashi and farewell
Hokkaido dome brekky #4. One last time. The contents of my green milk tea (courtesy of the hotel): Macarons from Bakerzin, Paragon Mall #02-09. 6 macarons for SGD5.00 (~AUD5.45). It was a Feb promotion consisting of the prepacked 6 for SGD5.00 or[...] |
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At Life's Crossroads, Rekindling Childhood Moments
My childhood may not be the world?s happiest. But every so often, I still can?t help but to yearn for those innocent days bygone. Lately, the pang of nostalgia has grappled a good part of me even more. It must have been the painful struggles this[...] |