Sunday 22 October 2017

Half-term


Due to the half-term, Cafe an-an close at 2:30 till Friday, 27th. Sorry for the inconvenience. 
Okonomiyaki night won't be happen unless I receive any booking.

Friday 13 October 2017

World Vegan Day




an-an wants to celebrate World Vegan Day on 1st November.

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It's the afternoon tea time! As I make a lot of traditional Japanese Vegan Sweets, I would like to introduce all about Wagashi (和菓子Traditional Japanese Sweets).

You can choose one your favorite Tea/Coffee or any other drink under £2.00 to go with your tea.

Then, a small Vegan Bento box (懐石Kaiseki) with many seasonal vegetable, followed by 4 of Seasonal sweets (季節菓子 Kisetsugashi) and 2 of special sweets (上生菓子Jo Namagashi) for tea ceremony. (extra £2.00 for Matcha Tea)


            
            



£12 per person.

Please choose the session below and make a booking.
Only 8 seats for each session available.

Morning Tea ;10:00 - 11:30
Afternoon Tea ; 16:30 - 18:00
High Tea ; 18:30 - 20:00

I look forward to seeing you on the day!



October sweets and events

It's already in the middle of October!
I thought I have just had a long holiday in Japan, but I feel I need to have another one very soon!!! 😆

After the autumn equinox, the day gets shorter and shorter...
So, it's the beginning of the long dark season in the UK.

No way! We have so many events to look forward to! So I am standing at the kitchen of an-an and cooking away comforting meals for you (almost) every day!

There are two news this month... well, one of it seems to be postponed to the next month, though...

At first, Cafe an-an had a training to serve Small Batch Coffee! Of course, it's official!

About these few weeks, I was practicing making coffee which I was trained to make with tasty Small Batch Coffee beans. Sometimes, I fell in caffeine over-dose, Sometimes had a bit of stomach clump...But I made it!

So, you may find it's funny to serve Small Batch Coffee at an-an, although there is the Small Batch Coffee Roaster around the corner?
Yes, we are at the short distance which we can smell when the coffee is roasted.
That's really handy to us.
We can get the freshest roast coffee from the roaster, anytime.
More over, our beans are from SBC, but we serve coffee from the beans different from one they serve at their cafe.
We get supply of coffee thought to go with Japanese sweets, Wagashi.
It taste less sourness and simple and deep. I like it with milk or soy milk.
I hope you find it interesting to find SBC in an-an style.

The second news is ... all about redesigning menu!
I was going to issue the new menu on thee 1st October, but ... but.. but...
I am still working on it!!!
More Vegan menu
Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe menu added
and some information about starting the an-an royalty card scheme.
It will be A3 size Jumbo sized menu!!!
Just watch this space!!!

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October sweets

Otsukimi Dango £1.00 each
Japanese Moon Festival last until 1st November, which is the 13th night moon.
It will be different from the completely round moon on 15th night moon on 4th October. It wouldn't be round. Japanese feels a little missing moon is really beautiful. The moon was shining in the sky beautifully on 4th October, so hopefully another clear sky on the night of 1st November.

Rabbit Maju £1.50 each
This is another sweets from Moon Festival. Japanese believe a rabbit live on the moon. Steamed wheat cake with white bean paste inside. (this contains gluten.)




Kimi Shigure £1.50 eacg
This steamed custard cake like sponge crumble out in your mouth. (This contains eggs)




Daifuku Mochi (Smooth or Chunky) £1.00 each

Dorayaki(smooth・Chunky・Green tea) £1.50 eacg
This contains Egg, Wheat, Gluten and Honey。

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Events in October
Thursday 19th Sorry No Okonomiyaki night as private function is planned.









Tuesday 31st It's Halloween! Planning to bake tarts and sweets with Pumpkin.
You might find something interesting in front of the shop... maybe.

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Japanese style afternoon tea is planed on the 1st November.
There will be another blog to announce with the detail of the afternoon.
Let's have fun and enjoy autumn festivals for now!

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