November sweets and events

As usual, I prepare for the Halloween and nobody came to visit... really quiet day on the last day in October...

I had a bit of make up and special monster cupcakes... However, the weather was too good and bright. ... or because of the weather? maybe, my dressing up scare off my customers???

Anyway, this time I was too busy and tired to spend a lot of time for dressing up. I tried to be a evil mother of Snow White...

Well, I know I looked just tired and old.
Anyway, this photo will be in my album as I take my selfie really rarely. ww

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By the way, it's been really warm. Leaves on trees turn the colour really nicely.

In that autumn mid-day, temperature went up to 17. Some people working down the sunny street in short sleeve t-shirts. Is this really November???

Good thing doesn't end there. You can find really tasty crops this year.
You might have found some really fat meaty chestnuts in the near-by parks and woods.
I wonder if it is not too late? Please try to find some chestnuts in spiky shells. They are really sweet and tasty! (sometimes you may fight with squirrels, though...)

Pumpkin is one of the best crop this year.
We get really tasty Kabocha pumpkin from Organic farm "Namayasai" in Lewes.
I just steamed them after pealed and chopped. It's sooo sweet. You don't need to put any sugar. a bit of Dashi stock. It will make a side dish. Well, it's so sweet that it can be a dessert.

I made some sweets with those special autumn crops in November sweets. Please enjoy them.

Chestnuts Daifuku Mochi ￡1.50 each．
Mochi with Sweet Chestnuts in syrup with smooth Adzuki Beans.

Chestnuts Cake ￡1.８0 each.
Baked cake with a lot of butter and eggs. Filling is White bean paste and a lot of Chestnuts. This contains Wheat, Eggs and Dairy.

Chestnuts Dorayaki ￡1.50 each.
Chestnuts pieces with chunky Adzuki Bean paste. You will feel chestnuts in every bite. This contains Wheat, Eggs.

Kabocha pumpkin squres ￡1.50 each
Pumpkin without added any sugar is shaped into squarer using Agar flakes. Thin skin has some cinnamon flavor. You can find this sweets on Mondays and Thursdays.
This contains Wheat flour.

Daifulu Mochi (Smooth or Chunky Adzuki Bean Paste) ￡1.00 each

Sanshoku (3 colour) Danog or Mitarashi Dango ￡1.50 each
3 sweet rice dumpling on a skewer. They needs to be steamed after I get your order. It will take 15 min. You also can order by phone in advance.

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November Events!

We had to close the cafe yesterday due to the stuff training.

What's the training about?

Yes, it was Barista Training....

It's been 2.5 years after opening the cafe, but I could not buy the espresso machine as it was too expensive.

Now we can make a various cup of coffee as "Cafe". ... well, we believed our coffee was really tasty even we only had filtered coffee, but demands of Latte and Cappuccino was really strong.
We still use the same coffee beans and grind beans suitable for the Espresso and Latte each time.

Aaaand, now an-an can serve Matcha Green Tea Latte, too! I have a feeling that I drink it all the time in my cafe...

However, we still need a lot of practice. Ok, so let's have an-an's Cafe trial weeks!
If you buy Japanese sweets, you can get coffee £0.50 off till 18th November. Please try our really tasty coffee! i.e. single Espresso and Americano are £1.00 (normally £1.50), Regular Cappuccino and Latte are £1.50 (normally £2.00)
However, you may need to be waiting patiently for a good coffee...

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Night an-an Cafe will start soon.

Hun? Can I still call it Cafe? It's because the main products I will sell in the night cafe will be ...

OKONOMIYAKIIII--! yey!

Well, of course, I can serve Coffee if you like.

For now, if it goes as planned, I will start the night cafe from 6:30 to 9:30 pm (9:00 last order) on Thursday 10th November.
The Night an-an Cafe will be only open on Thursday night till the farther notice.
Night an-an will have a separate menu, so please pick up a copy when you pop in the cafe next.
＊Okonomiyaki will take longer than other menu in an-an. so it will be really helpful if you could make a telephone order in advance. 

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Here are more plan to come.

Saturday 17th December
Charity Christmas sale at Croydon Japanese School.
More detail will come in December newsletter.

Saturday 31st December... New Year's Eve.
an-an will open the cafe for Osechi box and Tempura Soba noodle for the day.

For the Osechi box, please order in advance.

It is just right size for 2 potions. You can eat it by yourself in twice, or you can share with someone.

£18.00 each Osechi Box. (This photo was from last year's Osechi in special box £25.00)

Please make sure if you can come to the cafe to pick it up between 12:00 to 17:00 on the 31st December. You can eat Tempura soba noodle in the cafe too.

Please order by sending text message (07923 900344) with your name and how many clearly written as soon as possible. The order won't be received after 15th December or once the order goes upto 30 boxes.

Sorry, recorded message is not acceptable.

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Looking forward to seeing you very soon!