Comments on: Wagashi: Shiruko (Red Azuki Bean ‘Soup’)

By: diva

diva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:12:05 +0000

yay daimonji!
ah what a clever way to prepare this just by breaking it up and pouring hot water over. LOVE shiruko.

By: Tess

Tess — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:29:22 +0000

Those look beautiful, and I’d surely love to taste, but I have an off-topic question. A reader of mine is looking for a recipe for “milk senbai.
He says,”They were the traditional sweets sold by Japanese Kamishibayia street storytellers prior show.” I’ve posted the question on my site, but I wonder if you have heard of them?

By: Forager

Forager — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:56:04 +0000

What a novel way of packaging and eating red azuki bean soup. I can almost taste the roasted flavour.. but I can’t. Your blog makes me want to travel in Japan!

By: Natasha - 5 Star Foodie

Natasha - 5 Star Foodie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:39:45 +0000

Wow, what a neat dessert! I would love to try this if I can find it!

By: Peko Peko

Peko Peko — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:09:16 +0000

Hello Arun, Shiruko often is available in attractive paper bag and cup-like packages. Edible ‘packages’ are not unknown, but this one is pretty neat. I agree, the branded characters and pictograms on the monaka shell is very nice.

Hello nova, Thanks for stopping by KyotoFoodie and commenting!

By: nova

nova — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:07:18 +0000

that is very cool. i love how it is so simple and is packaged so ingeniously!

By: Arun

Arun — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:39:11 +0000

That looks lovely! It must be also a pretty unique preparation of oshiruko, I’ve never seen anything like it! I love how the characters look almost branded onto the shell.