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Happy New 2018!

January 1, 2018 / Mutsumi

New Year 2018

🎍 Happy New Year! 🎍

Another New Year has arrived.

Thank you all for visiting this Blog and supporting me.

I wish you all have a very Happy 2018!!

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Tasty Eats Ronit Penso

January 1, 2018 at 16:09

Happy New Year to you too. 🙂

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- Mutsumi
  
  January 9, 2018 at 14:58
  
  Happy New Year! Thank you💕
  
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Sam

January 2, 2018 at 12:42

Happy New Year! All the best for you.

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- Mutsumi
  
  January 2, 2018 at 14:17
  
  Happy New Year!!🎉
  Thank you very much. 🙂
  
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Rotwein Wanderer

January 7, 2018 at 14:56

Happy New Year, Mutsumi-san! Kotoshimo yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

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- Mutsumi
  
  January 8, 2018 at 19:13
  
  Happy New Year!!
  Kochirakoso kotoshimo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! 😉
  
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Wisteria, Japanese Sweet This is the 3rd version of my Wisteria sweet this year. After I made the first two sweets some idea came up to my mind so I wanted to create another Wisteria sweet one more time. * Basically I thought that the number of flowers on the previous sweets were not many enough to call it as Purple Shower. I wanted to create more flowers but these five were the maximum so far. You think this version is better? * * #wagashi #wisteria #flowers #japanesesweets #sweets #sweetstagram #japanesedessert #dessert #Japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #food #instafood #Foodphotos #foodphotography #foodart #fooddesign #foodpics #londonfood #londoneats #vegan #veganjapanese #japanesevegan #glutenfree #lovefood #matcha #matchalover #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Happy Wagashi Day 2019!! Today, the 16th of June is the Wagashi Day. By following the custom of making sixteen sweets as the offering to the God since the Heian period I re-introduce sixteen sweets among all the Wagashi sweets I have created in the previous year here. * Hope our world is going to reshift towards a better direction! * * #wagashi #japanesesweets #sweets #instasweets #sweetstagram #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesedessert #dessert #dessertstagram #lovefood #lovesweet #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #kawaiifood #vegan #japanesevegan #veganjaoanese #glutenfree #foodart #fooddesign #foodstyling #foodphotos #foodphotography #foodpics #japan #和菓子 #和菓子作り

Lilac, Japanese Sweet I know it's far too late for the season but this is the Lilac flower sweet I created a little while ago. It is one of the early spring flowers that provides us a brilliant colour and gorgeous scent. * Originally I wanted to make a much simpler design with a few small flowers, however, the plant gets lots of clumps of flower and it was unavoidable not to create a design like the one in this photo. * It is vegan and gluten free. #wagashi #lilac #flowers #edibleflowers #japaneaesweets #sweets #sweetstagram #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesedessert #dessert #dessertstagram #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #Vegetarian #vegan #vegandessert #veganjapanese #japanesevegan #glutenfree #foodart #fooddesign #foodstyling #foodpics #foodphotos #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Dorayaki with Strawberry & Cream, Japanese sweet 🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓🍓 * This 'Dorayaki' pancake is actually a sub-product from the food market that I had a stall last Sunday. I just combined three separate ingredients which were left over from the market and had it for my today's tea. Yes, I know it was quite big but I have to say it was a great combination and I needed it after the hard work!😉 * Since finishing the market I received several messages from the people who bought my sweets saying that they enjoyed the sweets very much. Although setting up a food market is quite tiring, hearing such warm words makes me feel very satisfied. I really appreciate your coming to my stall and would like to say thank you for your support! #wagashi #dorayaki #pancake #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesesweet #sweet #sweetstagram #instasweet #japanesedessert #japanesepancake #dessert #instadessert #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #londonlife #food #foodphoto #foodpics #foodphotography #foodstagram #instafood #instayummy #lovefood #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活 #どらやき

A Big thanks to everyone who came to my Mochi Stall yesterday. lt finished rather successfully and I hope you liked my sweets. * For the last few years I heard that so many people saying "I looove Mochi!" but I was wondering "How much do they really love Mochi?". Well, I have met many Mochi Lovers yesterday so it is true that people "Looove" Mochi! * I also met many people who are interested in all sorts of Japanese culture. I am particularly impressed with a very young girl about 4 years old who can write some Japanese 'Hiragana' characters. Amazing! * I decided about this market quite suddenly and it was very tiring to prepare huge quantity of sweet in such a short period of time, but I enjoyed chatting with lovely people and it was a wonderful day for me. Cheers! 😊💕 * #wagashi #mochi #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesesweets #sweets #sweetstagram #japanesedessert #dessert #instasweet #crouchend #crouchendfestival #london #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #londonevents #londonlife #foodpics #vegan #veganjapanese #japanesevegan #vegetarian #japanesevegetarian #glutenfree #matchalover #mochilovers #和菓子 #ロンドン生活

'Mochi Heaven' Stall will be in North London! * * Hello Mochi Lovers! I have great news for you. We're going to have a Mochi stall in a Food Market Tomorrow. Although I am making as many Mochi as possible, the number is limited so please come early to avoid disappointment. * At: Stationers Park (Mayfield Rd, London N8 9LP) On: the 9th June (Sunday), 11:30am - * See you there then! #wagashi #mochi #japanesesweets #sweets #japanesedessert #dessert #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #food #foodstagram #instasweet #london #londoneats #londonlife #londonevents #lovefood #japanesevegan #vegan #veganjapanese #foodmarket #foodfestival #londonfoodie #londonfood #crouchend #muswellhill #kawaiifood #crouchendfestival #和菓子 #ロンドン生活

Mochi Stall in Food Market this Sunday! This is rather short notice but I have just recently decided to have a stall in a local festival. It is as a part of the Crouch End Festival in North London which is actually the biggest community festival in the whole Britain and lasts over a week in this village-like community. * In the last three years I heard so many people saying 'I looove💖 Mochi!' So I am going to serve mainly Mochi in this market to find out how much they love it.😊 I am preparing Mochi in several flavours at the moment. Please come to see if you can find your favourite one on the table! * Food Market in Crouch End ON; the 9th of June (Sunday), 11:30am - AT; Stationers Park (Mayfield Rd, London N8 9LP) * I know the venue is not the easiest location to reach if you are not from this area, but if you a Mochi Lover and free this Sunday, please come to my Mochi Stall. See you this Sunday! * * #wagashi #mochi #japanesefood #japanesefoodlover #ilovejapanesefood #japanesesweets #sweets #sweetstagram #japanesedessert #dessert #dessertstagram #crouchend #london #londoneats #londonlife #londonfood #londonfoodie #foodfestival #lovefood #japanesevegan #vegan #veganjapanese #vegetarian #glutenfree #crouchendfestival #foodmarket #food #foodstagram #和菓子 #ロンドン生活

Choisya ternata, Japanese Sweet 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 * Finally!! Finally I made this sweet! Choisya is the shrub which flowers the earliest every spring in my garden. The plant gets numerous number of tiny white flowers which have marvellous orange blossom like scent. No wonder the plant's called Mexican Orange Blossom as the common name. * Every spring when I see and smell the Choisya flowers I wanted to create it as a Japanese sweet, however, the timing was always wrong somehow and never managed making it. I know the flowers are actually gone already this spring. I have made this sweet a little while ago but I could not have time to write an article about it on my Blog until now! * I tried to create the shrub's characteristic done-like shape and covering it with as many white flowers as possible. Placing the oval leaves here and there was quite tricky. 😉 * It's Vegan and Gluten free. * * * #wagashi #choisya #plants #garden #japanesesweets #sweets #japanesedessert #dessert #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #foodart #foodstyling #fooddesign #foodphotos #foodphotography #foodpics #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #vegan #sweetstagram #glutenfree #japanesevegan #matcha #matchalover #lovefood #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Wisteria ver2, Japanese Sweet **************************** This version of my Wisteria sweet is very similar to the one I posted a week ago. The difference is that the flower patterens were created by using different tools. * For this version I used the new tool I had gained recently. Aaaaah, so difficult to use this tool well. I know it's far from perfection but I publish it here as a record for myself. I know that what I need is just practice, practice and more practice!! * * #wagashi #wisteria #flowers #edibleflowers #japanesesweets #sweets #japanesedessert #Japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #londonfoodie #londonfood #londonlife #londoneats #foodart #fooddesign #foodphoto #foodpics #lovefood #foodstagram #vegan #vegandessert #veganjapanese #japanesevegetarian #japanesevegan #glutenfree #matchalover #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Wagashi Making Workshop in London 🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸🌷🌸 * The last week's Wagashi Making Workshop went rather well. I had a wonderfully mixed group of people at the new venue of a lovely interior shop which located in a quiet courtyard in North London. * We continued making 'Nerikiri' sweet in the spring theme and made Sakura Cherry Blossom, Wisteria and the free designing spring sweet. * Making Sakura shape is always popular and the seasonal Wisteria was a fun shape to make too, but what I enjoyed the most was the seeing all the participants showing a lot of creativity in their free designig task. Each attendant made completely different design! I loved that! * I am going to join in an event in two weeks time, which I will announce soon, but another Wagashi Making Workshop will be coming soon after. If you are interested in making your own sweet, please join me for next one. * * #wagashi #japanesesweets #sweets #edibleflowers #instasweets #japanesefood #japanesefoodlover #ilovejapanesefood #japanesedessert #foodstagram #instadessert #londonfoodie #londonlife #lovefood #workshop #londonworkshop #cookingclass #londoneats #londonevents #londonfood #vegan #veganjapanese #Vegetarian #glutenfree #sakura #matcha #matchalover #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Mochi Tulip, Japanese Sweet 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 * * There are many Japanese sweet made into a flower shape, but most of them are made with sweet called 'Nerikiri' which has a soft versatile marzipan like texture. I wanted make a flower shaped sweet without using Nerikiri this time. * I experimented on making a Tulip with 'Mochi' type sweet. Mochi is soft & gooey, however, it is not easy to make it into a thin layer for making a shape like a petal. * I made this Tulip by having the image of a white Tulip with a big green leaf on its side in my mind. As I mentioned it was a casual experiment and I know the result is far from the perfection but does it look like a Tulip? I will try doing it again.😊 * * #wagashi #mochi #tulips #flowers #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesesweets #japanesedessert #sweets #instasweets #dessert #londoneats #londonfood #londonfoodie #food #lovefood #foodart #fooddesign #foodpics #foodstagram #foodphoto #foodphotography #vegan #veganjapan #japanesevegan #veganjapanese #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Steamed Cross Manju with Whipped Cream & Tsubuan Azuki (Red) Bean Paste It was quite a while ago that I introduced Steamed Cross Manju. It is tasty to eat as it is but this is the way I like to have it. * 1. Cut the Manju in half 2. Put some whipped cream on the each cut side 3. Put some Tsubuan Azuki (Red) Bean Paste on the cream 4. Sprinkle some 'Kinako' toasted soya bean powder on top. * 'Kinako' has an aromatic nutty flavour and goes well with Azuki Bean Paste and any sweetness, but a tiny amount of salt brings up the flavour. Please try ! 😊 * * #wagashi #japanesesweets #sweets #sweetstagram #instasweets #japanesedessert #dessert #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #food #foodstagram #instafood #foodphoto #foodpics #foodphotography #londonfood #londonfoodie #foodlove #lovefood #londoneats #japanesecakes #instayummy #teatime #afternoontea #steamcake #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活 #まんじゅう

Wisteria, Japanese Sweet The Purple Shower! This is what peple call it. The sight where hundreds of Wisteria flowers are hanging down from a pergola or over a fence. Its scent is marvellous too and atracts lots of bees. * Although this flower is quite a traditional design as a Japanese sweet, this was my first time that I have tried making a Wisteria sweet. I made it in several ways and this one here is the first one. * I started making this sweet in my Wagashi Making Workshop. Let me know if you want to make your own one.😊 * It's Vegan snd Gluten free. * * #wagashi #wisteria #flowers #japanesesweets #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #japanesedessert #sweets #sweetstagram #dessert #food #foodart #foodstyling #fooddedign #foodphotos #foodpics #foodstagram #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #vegan #Vegetarian #veganjapan #veganjapanese #japanesevegan #matcha #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

🍊 Clementine Daifuku 🍊 Looks like a normal Orange fruit? It's a Clementine Daifuku, fresh Clementine hidden inside Mochi outer layer with Sweet White Bean Paste! #wagashi #mochi #japanesesweets #sweets #japanesedessert #dessert #japanesefood #ilovejapanesefood #japanesefoodlover #foodart #fooddesign #foodvideo #lovefood #foodlove #londonfood #londonfoodie #vegan #japanesevegan #veganjapanese #veganjapanesefood #vegetarian #japanesevegetarian #glutenfree #foodstagram #instasweets #matchalover #instayummy #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

Butterfly 🦋 Japanese Sweet Oh, we are back to Spring again! It's so great to have this lovely weather after finishing my Wagashi Making Workshop last night. It is very relaxing! I had a group of great people who were all so creative! I will write a report about the evening soon but for now I think I deserve chilling out a little after the hard work.😊 * * #wagashi #butterfly #japanesesweets #japanesedessert #japanesefood #japanesefoodlover #ilovejapanesefood #sweets #foodphoto #foodpics #foodart #foodstyling #londonfood #londonfoodie #londoneats #vegan #veganjapanese #japanesevegetarian #japanesevegan #vegetarian #glutenfree #foodlove #instasweets #instafood #sweetstagram #foodstagram #kawaiifood #和菓子 #和菓子作り #ロンドン生活

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