On Sunday we went to a Plum Festival. The plum trees are starting to flower already, believe it or not. This festival continues into March, but there are several others around the city. I got the camera away from Gen and took some pictures of the food I've been talking about. The first pic is grilled squid on skewers. You know you're in Japan when you see little kids walking around with
squidsicles instead of ice cream cones.
This is the
takoyaki (octopus balls)! Gen said I need to stop saying octopus balls because I'm scaring people. Octopus fritters, then? All the ingredients are laid out in front, then they make the batter and form it into the round shape with a long toothpick.
This is
yakitori, skewered chicken. We went a little early so we weren't really hungry yet. I didn't take a picture of this, but we got rice that had been formed around a skewer, brushed with sauce, and then grilled. It was a tasty breakfast.
Then we got some of these little cakes. They were basically meringues that had been brushed with caramelized sugar. It was good, but really sweet. You really only needed a couple of bites. The best thing we had was
mochi (pounded rice cake) filled with sweet red bean paste. They were steaming them on site. I have had a cake like that before, but never hot and it was delicious. Hands down the winner of the day.
On Sunday we went to a Plum Festival. The plum trees are starting to flower already, believe it or not. This festival continues into March, but there are several others around the city. I got the camera away from Gen and took some pictures of the food I've been talking about. The first pic is grilled squid on skewers. You know you're in Japan when you see little kids walking around with squidsicles instead of ice cream cones.
This is the takoyaki (octopus balls)! Gen said I need to stop saying octopus balls because I'm scaring people. Octopus fritters, then? All the ingredients are laid out in front, then they make the batter and form it into the round shape with a long toothpick.
This is yakitori, skewered chicken. We went a little early so we weren't really hungry yet. I didn't take a picture of this, but we got rice that had been formed around a skewer, brushed with sauce, and then grilled. It was a tasty breakfast.
Then we got some of these little cakes. They were basically meringues that had been brushed with caramelized sugar. It was good, but really sweet. You really only needed a couple of bites. The best thing we had was mochi (pounded rice cake) filled with sweet red bean paste. They were steaming them on site. I have had a cake like that before, but never hot and it was delicious. Hands down the winner of the day.
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