Sunday 20 July 2014

Pink, Yellow, Green and Purple...

It's been very hot and humid... It's a bit like Japanese wet season just before summer. 
How are you? I hope you can get good sleep at night. 

I just hope this is not THE British Summer...
Hopefully, dry and sunny days to be followed.

So, I would like to introduce some cool stuff before Summer finishes.

It's Frozen Smoothy!

I actually want to do flavored shaved ice, but I don't have right machine to make, so given up. 

Instead, I started making smoothies with frozen fruits, so it must be better than flavored shaved ice.

Drinking Shaved Ice!

Here is the list.

Pink!
Strawberries and Bananas, Milk or Soy milk. If you want to make it sweeter, you can have it with a touch of honey. If you feel a bit tired, Strawberries' Vitamin C and Banana's Potassium will treat you right.

Yellow!
Mango & Peach, Apple juice
Mango's Vitamin A and Carotene will treat your tired eyes and protect them from strong sun shine. Folic Acid will prevent to damage brain cells... so, good for preventing dementia...Is it true?



Green!
Kiwi, Cucumber and Mint, Apple juice. Honey can be added as an option. 
Unexpectedly tasty. Very refreshing. 
It's full of Vitamin C! Mint will bring you apatite you lost because of this heat...


Purple!
Blueberries & Blackberries, Milk or Soy milk. You can add Honey optionally. 
Blueberries and Blackberries have plenty of "anti-aging" chemicals. Zinc from Blueberries and manganese from Blackberries encourage your own immune system. Hair growth and reproduction system will have some effect. they will help metabolism if you take with good quality proteins, such as milk or soy milk. 

It's hard to take a good amount of nutrients in this hot weather, so you should try these smoothies! 
however, please note there are some allergen in the ingredients. Please tell me if you want to opt out any ingredients you may have reactions. We cannot be responsible towards any allergic reactions causing out products.

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Sunday 6 July 2014

It has already been two weeks... but still two weeks.

Only 10 days... only 4 hours on each day...

It's nothing if I put in numbers...

But I feel it had been much longer than two weeks.
I really underestimated what involves to run a cafe.

Thankfully, I already got some hard-core repeat costumers, who buy Ichigo Daifuku and Chicken Katsu Sando almost every day , and supported by the people who works in shops on the same street.

I was a bit worried that I only serve Filtered Coffee, instead of Italian style Cappuccino or Latte. But whoever tried the coffee, they said it's really good. Of course! I chose a good Colombian coffee for filter coffee as Japanese Cafes do. I am not a keen coffee drinker, but this coffee does not need any sugar nor milk to enjoy. It has just right bitterness and sourness.

Why don't you try Iced coffee???

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This Saturday, 12th July, an-an will join the Summer Festival 2014 at Maeda Gakuen in Acton. This will be the 4th year to be there. It's so much fun.

I am not sure how many sweets I can make now, but I will do my best that many, many children can taste my handmade sweets.

The event is fab every year. There are so many things for children to do!!!
Games and tasty Japanese foods!!! It's just so much fun to just look around.

I wonder if Nagashi Somen (thin noodle coming down a cold stream. catch and dip in sauce to enjoy.)
will be there this year, too! Never forget Bon Odori (Japanese Dance)! All remind me of Japanese Summer Festival.

an-an also bring a lot of Summer Sweets!

Anmitsu (Agar Jelly with fruits and sweet Azuki paste)
Kuzu Mochi (Jelly eaten with black syrup and roasted soy flour)
Mizu Yokan (Agar Jelly with sweet Azuki paste or Green tea flavour)
Ichigo Daifuku (.... well, you know by now?)

I have a support member this year.
He cooks Taiyaki at the festival. He uses an-an's Azuki paste.
Let's see how hot the weather is going to be...

Anyway, I really hope to see you on the ground of Acton Maeda Gakuen on Saturday!

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Place   Acton Nursery Play ground 
        Queens Drive Playing Field, 
        Queens Drive, Acton 
        W3 OHT

Time Saturday, 12th July 2014  
     11:30 Gate open
     12:00 program starts
     16:00 program finish
     17:00 Closing gate

                Admission  adult£3.00

                  children free