Wednesday, June 11, 2008

OMIYAGE: Monaka

This is a mini version of a classic Japanese sweet filled with red bean paste and sandwiched between thin mochi wafers. This particular one hails from Sendai City, but you can find them most anywhere in Japan.





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5 comments:

glutster said...

that...was cool.

have you ever considered a job in the hand model industry? :)

Chubbypanda said...

Yay! I love monaka. When we were children, my siblings and I had a silly little song we sang every time we had some.

boody said...

I hope mikey likes cupcakes!!! See you there! yaye!!!

Pirikara said...

hmm, yeah, I should be a hand model!! Thanks Glut!

Clare said...

Pirikara: trying to email you...can you please email me?

Thanks!!
CK