Mochi Mummy 👻 Japanese sweets (Vegan, gluten free)
Makkuro-kuro-mochi dressed up as a mummy for going to a Halloween party tonight.
Have fun in a safe environment.
japanese food
#StandWithUkraine
🇺🇦 “Японці – з Україною. Ми вас підтримуємо.”
By wishing the invasion of Ukraine ends soon I made two sweets in the colours of the Ukrainian flag with a sunflower. I don’t know any Ukrainian language but have learnt that the lines above means
“Japanese stand with Ukraine. We support you.”
Hope our voice reaches to all the Ukrainian people. #PrayForUkraine 💙💛
Happy New Year 2022！
Merry Christmas!
Today is Boxing Day here in the UK, so … belated
I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and wish you all “Happy New Year!”
Christmas Wagashi Sweets！
Just one week to go till Christmas! I know we live in uncertainty at the moment especially in the UK. However, how about having Japanese sweets with your family for this year’s Christmas? I know it will be difficult to gather with many friends but you can have a little cheerful time with your family by sharing these little festive sweets.
The four festive sweets have all different centre filling and are going to be in a box set.
The Wagashi members are
- Father Christmas: Nerikiri with smooth Adzuki (red) bean paste filling
- Rudolf: Mochi type with Sweet Chestnut filling
- Snowman: Mochi type with Yuzu flavoured filling
- Christmas Wreath: Nerikiri with Matcha flavoured filling
They are all Vegan and Gluten free.
The Christmas Wagashi Box are available to preorder from here now and you can collect it from the Havan Store (262 Kensington High St, London) between the 22nd- 24th December.
*PLEASE NOTE: This box set is for collection only!
Wagashi Workshop in London
Dear Wagashi Lovers,
Your long waiting is over! I am pleased to announce that the ‘Wagashi’ Japanese Sweets Making Workshop in London will be held next month. The theme of the workshop is “Autumn Colour” and we are going to make ‘Momiji’ Japanese maple, Ginkgo leaf and Chrysanthemum. All the sweets we will make are vegan and gluten free.
Although it will be held at our usual venue, the Havan Store, because of the concern regarding the pandemic, this time we’ll have two sessions of a smaller class with a limited number of participants.
Wagashi Making Workshop in Autumn
- Date: the 13th November (Saturday)
- Time: 11:30 – 13:00 / 14:45 – 16:15
The ticket sales have just started. For getting your seat could you please visit:
https://thehavan.com/product-category/event/
Hope to see you there.
It’s a Watermelon indeed!
In the previous post, I introduced my Mochi Watermelon. It’s a Mochi-type Japanese sweet which looks like a Watermelon on a tiny scale. So on this post, I’d like to show you what the inside of the sweet looks like.
The inside of Mochi Watermelon
So this is what the inside of the sweet looks like.
Mochi Watermelon in London
I have been creating several Japanese sweets with summer fruits. They are mochi with nectarines, coconut & pineapple etc and the newest version are these ones in the photo. It’s Mochi Watermelon.
Mochi Watermelon
They are Mochi type sweets in the shape of Watermelons. The centre filling was made with plenty of watermelon juice so it is not just the shape that the sweet is like a watermelon, but the flavour is the real too. For the fruit seeds I added some black sesame seeds inside. I was a little sceptical for adding coarse ingredient into a smooth sweet, however, it was a big delight to find out the little crunch of sesame seeds gives a great texture in your mouth.
These sweets are Vegan and Gluten free.
These Mochi Watermelons are one of the Japanese sweets available for you at the Havan Store (262 Kensington High St, London) weekends now with pre-order. Another available sweets are Matcha Strawberry Mochi Daifuku and Coconut & Pineapple Mochi.
God Save the Queen’s Corgi!
The quarter final match ‘England vs Ukraine’ of Euro 2020 is on tonight. I made the British bulldog with Japanese sweet for supporting England in the last World Cup so this time I created the Queen’s Corgi for supporting them. It’s a plant based edible Corgi.
COME ON ENGLAND!
Wagashi Day in 2021
Two days ago it was Wagashi Day.
Wagashi Day started dating back to the year 848 when there was an outbreak of plague in Japan. On the 16th of June the Emperor made the offering of sixteen confectionery to a shinto shrine as the greater purification of bad luck. He prayed for the end of the epidemic and good health. Since then this day became Wagashi Day.
Instead of making offering, I have been using the day as an opportunity to introduce my creations. Although Wagashi day passed two days ago, I’m going to show you my sixteen sweets I created in the year 2020 and pray for the end of this pandemic and great health to you all! 😊💕
So, belated Happy Wagashi Day! 😊💕
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