Kyoto Ice Cream: Soba Boro Cookie Ice Cream

April 15, 2009 7 Comments

Chibeta: Soba Boro (Cookie) Ice Cream そばぼうろアイスクリーム

Japan’s Answer to ‘Cookies and Cream’ Ice Cream: Soba boro is a crunchy cookie made of soba flour, sugar and egg, a little bit like a Japanese version of biscotti. Chibeta makes a delicious ice cream flavored with soba boro.…

Kyoto Ice Cream: Sakura Mochi Ice Cream

April 15, 2009 11 Comments

Chibeta: Sakura Mochi Ice Cream 桜餅アイスクリーム

Kyoto Handmade Ice Cream Shop Chibeta: While Japanese love ice cream and Häagen-Dazs is big here, handmade ice cream shops, the likes or which there are several in my hometown, are a rarity. Chibeta, located in Nishijin, the old weaving district of Kyoto, makes great ice cream in very novel flavors. Inspiration for flavors…

Wagashi: Sakura Mochi (Kansai-style)

April 14, 2009 8 Comments

Sakura Mochi (Kansai-style) 関西風桜餅

In Kyoto, this year’s sakura blossoms have begun to fade and fall, pavements are covered in pink petals and streams are covered with them to the extent that the water cannot be seen. The sakura season is not over for foodies though, we may still feast on sakura themed yummies for another few weeks. This is…

Yuzu Kokuto Marmalade

April 13, 2009 9 Comments

Yuzu Kokuto (Okinawa Brown Sugar) Marmalade 柚子黒糖マーマレード

I think I may have outdone myself here. Now I LOVE bread, and I LOVE butter and sugar and of course I LOVE yuzu. I put it all together. We made yuzushu (yuzu liqueur) recently and the yuzu fruit is only steeped for a short time and still has plenty of…

Nukazuke Report: Nanohana Nukazuke

March 31, 2009 6 Comments

Nanohana (Rape Blossom) Nukazuke 菜の花ぬか漬け

Homemade nukazuke is turning out to be one of my all time favorite foodie discoveries! I cannot stop! I have been pickling springtime vegetables like kokabura (baby turnip), uri and nanohana (rape blossom) in my nuka pot the last few weeks and having great fun.…

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