Mini-Osechi Box Booking start！

 It's December and getting colder and colder.

Due to Corona and Brexit, we are struggling to get ingredients from Japan.

So I was wondering if I could make the "Ohitori-sama Nanchatte Osechi (Mini-New Year Dinner Box for one)" again this year, which I make every year and you all love.  I had a customers inquire about it and said "I would like to have some Osechi Box, even if it's only what you can make." By then, I've already had a couple of customers asked me same, so I've decided to give it a go.

So please understand that the contents may be a little different from the Osechi in the photo.  I will make sure the changes only to something of a same or semilar value.

So, this is our annual Osechi.

This can be eaten by two people as one meal, and two meals for one person, morning and evening on New Year's Day.

Ojuu(layered box)

 is not included in this price. 

Kraft box will be used.

However, please note that from this year, we no longer serving into the Ojyu box. Last year we had an accident which a customer's precious Ojyu was broken, and due to our reasonable pricing not allowing us to have it's specific insurance, we have decided to discontinue the Ojyu service.

￡25.00 per box

（This year we are including two single packets of Mochi from Sato!

You can use them to make ozoni, etc.）

Closing date: Wednesday 15 December 2021

　How to register : By mobile message only

       07923 900344

Orders by phone, email or verbally will not be accepted as it is first come, first served.

We will be handing over Osechi and New Year's Eve Soba (Eat in and Take Away) from 12pm on Friday 31 December, but this may change according to the government's decision on Covid-19. If there are any changes, we will announce them on Facebook and Instagram by 29th December.

Please note that we don't do outbound deliveries, so you can only order if you can pick up your order from the cafe between 12pm and 6pm on 31 December.

Let's all have a happy Christmas and New Year by wearing masks, washing hands and observing social distance.

Thank you!

November Newsletter!

 

It is now November and the leaves are changing colour beautifully in the UK.

Unfortunately, unlike in Japan, we don't get many sudden drops in temperature, so the ginkgoes and the autumn leaves are slowly changing colour.

It's been an incredibly busy October and we've been away a lot. I'll be writing more about the events at Kew Gardens in the next newsletter.

With Halloween over, it's easy to get caught up in the month of November when we're preparing for December, but we're also busy with 🌰chestnuts.

I'll be busy peeling chestnuts one by one to spend the long autumn nights. We hope you have already enjoyed the first chestnut daifuku of the year, but after the "Boar's Day 亥の日" on the 11th, we are getting ready for the chestnut manju and the chestnut steamed yokan in December.

Don't miss out on our Boar Rice Cake which is only available until the 11th of November!

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Sweets in November and December

Sweet potato Mont Blanc
A soft and fluffy sponge baked with brown sugar and filled with purple sweet potato cream. The sweetened apples with a surprising sourness and a hint of cinnamon come out from inside, making this cake twice or thrice as delicious.

Chestnut Mont Blanc
This is a classic. However, the chestnuts are made from Japanese sweet chestnuts, so they are less sweet and more flavorful. The cake is made of fluffy white sponge and chestnut cream, decorated in white. This one is a little more mature and has a touch of sake. Please be careful.

Spiced Toffee Apple Cake
A spicy sponge filled with apple. And a generous amount of toffee on top.... Warm or cold... as you like.

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Inoko Mochi (Baby boar Mochi) 

A rice cake in the shape of a baby boar, eaten on the first Boar's Day in November. The rice cake is made in the shape of a baby boar. The inside of the rice cake is filled with koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) and the rice cake is kneaded with tsubuan (sweet red bean paste) and covered with fragrant home-roasted yellow soybean flour. *It is made from soybeans.

Chestnuts Mochi
Yes, Daifuku mochi filled with chestnuts and smooth adzuki bean paste.

Satsuma Mochi

The month of December brings the Christmas spirit. Christmas is all about tangerines and cinnamon (IMO ^-^). When it comes to health, vitamin C and cinnamon just make sense, don't they? So, in December we will start making it!

Baked Chestnuts Cake

These buns are filled with chestnuts and baked in the oven. It is very popular with green tea and coffee. Contains eggs, dairy products and wheat flour. Contains gluten

Steamed Chestnuts cake

This yokan is steamed with a lot of chestnuts. *Contains wheat flour. Contains gluten

We also have Daifuku (sweet bean paste), Tsubukusa Daifuku and three kinds of Dorayaki.

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November Events

Please note that we will continue to be closed on Sundays and Mondays. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

We are planning to have a Christmas market on the last weekend of November.

If you would like to set up a stall and sell your goods, please contact us at info@an-an.co.uk. Please note that only Japan-related items will be allowed.

Also, from mid-November we will start taking pre-orders for our annual "Ohitori-nyu-teki-otte-obushi". We are still not sure how many ingredients we will have available, so please wait a little longer. Please note that from this year onwards, we will not be able to take care of the Ojyu.

Cafe is closed on Saturday 4th September

 

It's already 3rd day into September and we would love to write our September newsletter, but the catering job for the first Saturday in September has become bigger than we planned and we are not able to keep up with the workload, even though we are working at full capacity.

Therefore, we are sorry to inform you that the café will be closed on Saturday the 4th of September.

This is short notice and may have upset your schedule.

Sorry.

However, we are so short-staffed that we may have to open fewer days for a little while.

We will let you know about this in the newsletter on Sunday when we will be issuing loyalty cards to those who donate in the kitchen trailers, as well as our plans for the future.

This year's Moon Festival is 25th September.

We will be making some sweets to mark the occasion.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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I've changed the title a bit, but the style hasn't changed at all (laughs).

We are now in August, is summer over? It was kind of "hot" and serious for only 4 or 5 days, wasn't it? Will it come back as Indian Summer...?

So, the CrowdFunding is over, and the Trailer, as you may have seen, is now in a corner of the car park of an-an.

It looks like this. It's tiny. It's already full when one person stands to cook.

And finally, the electricity is connected, but the gas is not yet on.

I hope to have it cleaned up by the end of August, and have the gas man come and use it, and then we can have a party to show it off at the beginning of September. Oh, and we're working on the loyalty cards and will send out an email to all donors by the beginning of September.

Thank you all so much for your support. I'm so happy to have your support!

Well, it's been a tough couple of weeks, reminiscent of last year's Eat Out Help Out. We've sold out of everything, and we're sorry to those of you who couldn't buy meals.From September, we will serve hot foods from the trailer. So hopefully we can avoid running out Chicken Katsu at least!!

We will be closed for a week from the 16th to the 21st of August for the summer holidays. and for the rest of the month of August, we will be serving minimal meals to prepare for our reopening. We apologise for the inconvenience, but we will do our best to make the café even better from September, so please bear with us.

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Sweets in August

Strawberry Daifuku Mochi  ￡2.00/pce

Tasty British strawberries are still here. Plant Base

Mizu-Yokan　Smooth Adzuki・Matcha Green Tea　£1.80/each　

Please eat cold. Made of only bean paste and Agar and water... and a bit of salt. Simple is the best! PlantBase

Plum liqure Jelly　￡2.00/each　(slightly alcholic）PlantBase

Plum liqure, Umeshu, is sweet and refreshing. I made agar jelly for you to enjoy. 

Kuzu mochi with Green kinako ￡2.50/cup　PlantBase  Contains Soy

Made with good quality Kuzu starch. Please enjoy with green Uguisu Soy flour.

Sweeten with black syrup to taste. 

Fruits An-Mitsu　（Eat in only）　￡4.50　(+50p for cream)

It's a fruitsful monts, so why not have plenty of fruits with healthy Agar blocks?

Plant base without cream. 

Dorayaki　Smooth Adzuki・Chunky Adzuki・Matcha an　￡1.50/each

Includes Eggs, Wheat, Gluten and Honey

Daifuku Mochi　Smooth Adzuki・Chunky Yomogi　￡1.30/each　PlantBase

Note：The production of wagashi is slower than ever... To avoid disappointment, please pre-order wagashi 2-3 days in advance. Thank you for your cooporation. 

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Events in August

Breakfast service is now available.

Please see the blackboard for the menu. (We are working on the menu now💦)

Breakfast will only be served between 9am and 11am.

The cafe will be closed from 16th to 21st. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

30th - Summer Bank Holiday. By this date we will have sent an email to all those who have donated to the crowdfunding of the trailer. If you have not heard anything from us by this date, please contact us. And on this day we might hold an event to introduce the trailer in the cafe.

Announcements will be made on our Instagram or FB page, please follow us.

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Finally

Recently we have been getting very good reviews not only for our chicken Katsu but also for our cakes and Japanese sweets, Wagashi.

We are very grateful.

But the most recent one I received on Google was a compliment on our coffee.

Although we have taken barista lessons, we were always very nervous. So here it comes, we know now we can make a good cup of coffee! we will continue to work hard and devote ourselves to this, thank you!

Sweets and Events in June

The sun has finally come out and it's suddenly summer.
That's England!

Our "Special Lunch Set of the Week" started last week and has been very popular.

The Teriyaki Lunch Set includes

You can choose chicken or tofu, miso soup or a drink.

The price is £9.00.(till 5th June）

We say "this week", but we change the menu every fortnight, so if you missed it last week, don't worry. We will do it again this week.

We will be using local food as much as possible, so please support us.

From this month, we will list up Japanese style cakes (diffent from Wagashi). we also inform whats on our display on Facebook and Instagram. Please follow them, too.

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Sweets in June

Sweet Fish 　￡1.50/each

This sweetfish pastry has a yuzu-scented gyuhi inside.

It is made with egg and flour.

Kuzu Mochi　￡2.00/a bowl

Cool starch cake made from honkuzu, served with plenty of home-roasted organic yellow soybean flour and home-made kuromitsu. (If you want to take it home, there is an additional charge of +30p for the container. Contains soya beans. (Plant base)

Mina Duki　￡1.50/slice

This is a sweet eaten on 30 June to pray for good health for the rest of the year. It is available from mid-June. (Plant base)

Strawberry Mochi ￡2.00/a piece (Large ￡2.50)

This year's strawberries have been delicious, but we seem to be getting a lot of large strawberries, which means we are getting larger than usual. Enjoy the extra large strawberry daifuku that you can't get enough of even with your mouth full.

Strawberry shortcake ￡3.00~/slice

This is a Japanese style decoration cake made with lots of seasonal strawberries. Enjoy the fluffy sponge and less sweet cream with a generous amount of strawberries.

Strawberry Mille Crepe ￡3.00

13 to 15 thinly cooked crepes filled with fresh cream and strawberries. Sometimes it is a white mille crepe, sometimes a chocolate mille crepe.

We also have daifuku and dorayaki.

If you want to buy more than 5 pieces of Japanese sweets, please make a reservation 2 days before your visit. Please note that we may not be able to provide wagashi on the day of your visit. Thank you for your understanding.

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Events in June

1 ～ 5th　We will be having a Japanese used book sale. Prices start from £1.00 per book.

14th ～ 19th　We will be temprarily closed. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

We will start serving breakfast on the 21st!
We will announce the menu as soon as we have it.

"Special Lunch of the Week"

https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASP5P3K4CP5JULFA005.html

Is this a worldwide problem...? Since last week we have had to increase the prices of some of our menu items at this time of year when everyone is struggling. Now, the price increase from the wholesalers is so steap. The other side of the story is the news above.

 

The fried shrimp menu will increase by £1 to £2.

We try to use as much local produce as possible and most of our food is homemade, but we also use a lot of imported food from Japan.... The main products affected are prawns, breadcrumbs, rice and soy sauce. Sooner or later, soybeans will also become unavailable, and the price of tofu products will not be far behind. If this continues, I think we will have to change our menu quite a bit. Anyway, we are going to resume our "Special Lunch of the Week" where we can offer you a Japanese menu using locally available ingredients. This week, it's either "Chicken Teriyaki Lunch" or "Fried Tofu Teriyaki Lunch (v)". Look forward to seeing you there!

May Wagashi and Events

   Is it really May? 😖

It's still cold in the mornings and evenings here on the south coast of England.

But the days are flying by, so we're trying to enjoy the moment and keep up with the calendar.

The Brighton Art Festival, held every year in May, seems to be going ahead, and we decided to turn cafe an-an into a private art gallery while the inside seating is unavailable. This is an exhibition and sale by a group of Japanese artists called the Koshukai. They will be exhibiting and selling their vibrant Japanese paintings, coloured with mineral paints and pine resin, as well as traditional Japanese paper cut-outs.

The exhibition will be held until Saturday 15th, so please feel free to come along.

From 17 May onwards, we would like to offer art workshops and other activities after 3 o'clock, so that people can sit in the cafe. To protect our social distance, we have a small capacity, but we will let you know the timetable and other details in the next newsletter, so stay tuned.

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May's Japanese Sweets

Cherry Blossom Mochi ￡2.00 per piece　

In early May, the double-flowered cherry trees are still in bloom. No, I think they've all fallen in today's storm.... Plantbase is Gluten free. Plantbase, Gluten free, salted cherry leaves are edible.

Kashiwa Mochi with Koshi-an, Kusa-tsubushi and Miso-an￡2.00 each　

5 May is Children's Day. Plantbase, Gluten free. Oak leaves have long been used as a dish to stop dcay. So you can't eat these leaves.

Strawberry Daifuku ￡2.00 per piece　

These Daifuku are made with delicious British strawberries. Occasionally we get strawberries that are too big and we turn them into Jumbo strawberry daifuku (￡2.50 each). They are almost double the weight, so they are very satisfying. Plantbase, Gluten free.

Wakaayu - ￡1.50 per piece

These sweets are shape of young ayu fish swimming upstream in a clear stream. The rice cake with yuzu in it is refreshing. It will be on sale around the middle of May. It contains gluten, wheat flour and eggs.

Kuzumochi ￡2.50

This plump jelly is made from good quality Japanese kuzu. Plantbase, Gluten free. Plantbase, Gluten free, made with soya beans.

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Events in May

Monday 2nd May Closed for Bank Holiday.

Tuesday 3 May Private Art Gallery 'Kamorukai' Sale (until 15 May)

7(Fri) & 8(Sat) mini second hand book sale. If you have not been able to buy second-hand books due to the lack of events in Japan, we are sorry to hear about it. We will be selling not only books but also Japanese tableware and other items. The proceeds will be used to pay for free breakfast and lunch for the children. Donations are also very welcome.

Fri 14th & Sat 15th mini second hand book sale.

Monday 17th Food and drink will be allowed in the cafe. However, please wear a mask outside the tables.

Monday 31st Closed for Bank Holiday.

More information about coffee mornings, after school and evening workshops will follow in the next blog!

Stay tuned!

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Due to the increase in the price of food imported from Japan, we will be offering new prices from the 17th of May. Please understand that we will do our best to keep serving you delicious meals.

We are also pleased to announce that breakfast will be served from next month (June). We hope you enjoy your morning from 9am to 11am. Please come and join us.

Outside table service has started!

 At last. Yes, finally. It's like coming out of a long hibernation.

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We've started serving outside tables in the café, but everything is not going as planned and we're getting impatient. Well, we don't have the money, so we have to do things in a jiffy, but even that is not enough and we don't feel like we are making any progress.

So the evolution of an-an is still stagnant, but we hope to make it a place where everyone can relax in between shopping and work soon, so please watch over us with a big heart.

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Seating in the cafe is not yet available.
The service on the terrace will be as follows

Opening at 9am Drinks and sweets are always available for purchase.

11.30am - 2.30pm Lunch service

Closing at 3 o'clock

When you arrive, please place your order at the counter. Once you have placed your order and paid for it, you will be shown to your table.

We will continue to sell Japanese food, second hand books and Jack & Mei accessories in the shop. We ask that you enter the shop one group at a time and use masks and hand sanitisers.

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During the holidays we will be offering the Kids' Free Meal that you bought tickets for last year. Please make sure you bring your child with you when you come to pick them up by the 10th. Please make sure you bring your children with you when you come to pick them up. 

Forget about games and TV for a while!

Please let them know if there are parents who needs to bring their children, and please feel free to bring your Guardian/Parents and sit together as it is a no purchase necessity.

 I'll let you know if there are any changes.

For now, this is my dream plan. I wonder what will happen....

April's Sweets and Events

It feels like the long winter is finally over.
I think we may need more time to wake up from our long hibernation.

Anyway, people around us are getting vaccinated more and more, and it is easy to get excited, but the basic thing is to wash your hands and wear a mask. But the basic rule is to wash your hands and wear a mask. This will prevent the spread of germs other than COVID19.

However, we would like to think that this is the last time we will have a lock down, so we will be releasing the meal vouchers for the children that have accumulated and not yet been used, during the Easter school holidays.

This time we will be offering 3 different menus for the price of 2 meal vouchers. Choose from our medium hot curry with chicken Katsu, chicken Katsu lunch or chicken Katsu yakisoba.

For vegetarians, seasonal roasted vegetables (leeks, broccoli & asparagus) will be served in place of the chicken Katsu.

The only condition is that you come and collect the meal with your school child(en) under 10. We will give you a tickets on your arrival.

Now that the weather is finally pleasant, we want you to forget about TV and games and come outside as much as possible. This free hot meal will be available until Saturday 17th, or as soon as we finish 100 meals. Please feel free to use this service.

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Sweets in April

Rabbit bun（PB）￡1.50 each

Steamed for Easter. Made with Adzuki-an (bean paste).
This contains Wheat and Gluten.

Chick Cake　￡1.50 each

Baked for Easter. Made with white-an (bean paste).
This contains Wheat, Gluten, Eggs and dairy.

Cherry blossom Mochi（PB）　￡2.00 each

Please enjoy this mochi with aroma of pickled cherry leaves.

Uguisu Mochi（PB）￡1.50 each

Smooth adzuki Koshi-an is wrapped in smooth mochi. The aroma of Green Soy flour relax you.
This contains Soy.

Hanami Dango（PB）￡1.50 each

Daifuku Mochi with Koshi-an or Tsubu-an (PB)　￡1.30 each

Dorayaki（Koshi-an・Tsubu-an・Green Tea an）￡1.50 each

Kashiwa Mochi will start from the last week of April. 

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Events in April

Friday 2nd April (Good Friday) Open with a selection of Easter cakes.

Saturday 3rd  Open from 9am until 3pm.

Sunday 5th & Monday 6th Closed for Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.

Tuesday 7th Closed instead of Good Friday.

Wednesday 8th Start opening as normal.

Monday 12th we will be open for table service on the terrace. 
When you arrive, we will show you to your table. We regret to say we won't be able to take table booking. 

Saturday 17th End of hot free meals for school holidays.

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We still have a lot of work to do on the terrace seating and inside the cafe, but we will do our best. (But first, we need to get the website up and running 💦.

We will continue to do our best to give you a taste of a real Japanese home and atmosphere. Because I am an experienced housewife for over 20 years💓.

Easter Opening Hours

 The winds are still cold, but the sunny spots are indead "spring has come".

How are you dealing with the Clock Chager during the weekend? I just cannot get used to. I get something like a jet lag with this 1 hour shift. It will take about 2 weeks to adjust to this Summer time. 

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Here is the Easter Opening Hours 2021!

Good Friday 2nd April  - Open- from 9am to 3pm.

Saturday 3rd April - Open - from 9am to 3pm

Easter Sunday 4th April -Closed-

Easter Monday 5th April - Closed -

Tuesday 6th April  - Closed -

Wednesday 7th April - Open - from 9am to 3pm. 

Sorry for the inconvenience it may cause. 

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Let's go picnic with a Bento!

Mix Katsu Lunch is very popular！

We use compostable packages. 

Please rinse and dry for recycling, 

otherwise, please bin into a compost bin or general bin.

Thank you.

Home delivery to 18th March

 At last the daffodils and cherry blossoms have started to bloom and it is beginning to look like real spring.　The days are getting longer and we are very much looking forward to open the terrace tables in April.


And as the lockdown draws to a close, this will be the last time we will be offering a home dlivery service. This time, I will deliver Namayasai's Organic vegetable box to your home, too.　We only deliver the following area; Brighton, Shoreham, Worthing.

To place an order, please email to order@an-an.co.uk and quote "delivery service for 18th March". Orders will be accepted until midnight on Tuesday (16th).

Once we have received your order we will send you an email with the total price and bank transfer details. If you do not receive an email confirming your order, please send us another email. Best regards.

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Ibuki rice (Italian Japonica variety) ￡2.00/kg　
Ibuki Rice (Italian Japonica) 20kg bag ￡35.00
Brown rice (Italian organics) ￡2.30/kg

Breadcrumbs 200g ￡2.20

1kg dried red beans (organic) ￡2.00
1kg dried soya beans (organic) ￡2.00
Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　
Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20
125g organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) ￡7.00
Home-Roasted Soy Flour (Organic) 100g ￡2.00

50g dried wakame seaweed ￡1.00
50g dried hijiki ￡2.00
Sushi Nori (7 sheets made in Japan) ￡3.30

1 litre Yamasa Soy Sauce ￡5.80 (few left)
Rice vinegar (Clearspring) 250ml ￡3.30
Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　
Tonkatsu sauce 1.8 litres ￡8.50　
Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50
Kewpie mayonnaise 500g ￡3.80
Kombu dashi powder 7g x 6 ￡2.50
S&B Golden Curry medium hot 240g ￡4.20
S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.20

(Frozen) Okame Natto 3 Pack ￡2.00
(Frozen) 12 pieces of fried tofu for inari sushi ￡2.40
(Frozen) 24pcs Gyoza skins ￡1.80
(Frozen) 5 uncooked pumpkin croquettes £4.00
(Frozen) Butcher's Beef Croquettes - 4 (uncooked) £4.00
(Frozen) Fried Prawns - 10 pcs (uncooked) £5.50
(Frozen) chicken cutlets (uncooked) ￡1.00/100g
(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles  ￡1.00 per bowl
(Frozen) 2 thin pieces of deep-fried tofu Abra Age￡1.50
(Frozen) Edamame  400g ￡1.80

230g dried Banshu soba noodles ￡1.80　

Fukushinzuke (pickles) 100g ￡1.00
Shiba pickles 100g ￡1.00
Red ginger 100g ￡1.00
Sushi Gari 100g ￡1.00
Takuwan 100g↕￡1.00

(Frozen) 15 steamed prawns for sushi ￡3.50
(Frozen) Salmon fillet for fresh eating ￡2.50/100g
(Frozen) Fresh squid ￡3.00/10 slices
(Frozen) boiled octopus for sushi (sliced) ￡3.00/10 slices
(Frozen) Tobiko 50g ￡2.50
Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama Furikake (sprinkled with Noritama) 30g ￡2.50

Matcha green tea (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00
Aloe (not too sweet) ￡2.00

Daifuku with red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece
Daifuku (rice cake): ￡1.30 per piece
Uguisu Mochi ￡1.50 per piece　
Cherry rice cake ￡2.00 per piece
Bota Mochi (koshi/tsubu/ soy flour) ￡1.50 each
Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece
Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece.
Dorayaki (green tea bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece
Sanshoku dango ￡1.50 per piece

(Frozen) Koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00
(Frozen) Tsubu chunkey red bean paste 300g ￡3.00
(Frozen) white bean paste 300g ￡3.00

Pocky almonds ￡2.80
Wasabi peas 45g ￡0.50

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Namayasai's Organic Japanese vegetables box

Ashitaba (Japanese Angelica), Red mizuna or karashina, Rocket, Lettuce (Light green butter head type), New Zealand spinach, Kujo-negi (Japanese spring onion), celeriac, mini daikon

One box is £13. 
Depending on the growing conditions, the actual content may differ.

You can also buy some extras.

Pickled daikon (pickled in beer - no alcohol left) £2/bag
Rainbow chard £2/200g
Beetroot £2/550g

Deliveries will start at approximately 3pm on Thursdays.

It would be helpful if you could include your telephone number with your order so we can contact you when it is approximately time.

Thank you.

 After a few spring days in March, it's gone back to winter.

It's raining today, which is a shame.

Now that the children have started school this week, An-an is going back to its original opening hours.

From the 15th of this month we will be open from 8am to 3pm Monday to Friday and from 10am to 3pm on Saturdays

If all goes well, from the 12th of April the café will be open for food and drink on the terrace, so the lockdown delivery service and okonomiyaki nights will stop.

However, you will still be able to buy Japanese food in the café and we hope to run the okonomiyaki as a one-off event, so please look out for that next time.

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Japanese sweets in March

Uguisu Mochi (￡1.50 per piece)

These are small but filling sweets with the aroma of green soybean flour. The filling is sweetened with red bean paste.

Plant Base.

Contains soybeans.

Sakura Mochi (￡2.00 per piece)

This sakura mochi is a Kansai-style Domyoji. It is wrapped in fragrant salted cherry leaves. The leaves may or may not be eaten.

Plant Base.

Ohagi (￡1.50 each)

This is a three-coloured o-hagi with koshi-an (sweet red bean paste), tsubuan-an (sweet red bean paste) and yellow flour. The yellow flour is filled with koshi-an.

Plant Base. The yellow flour rice balls contain soybeans.

Black rabbit Manju (￡1.50 per bun)

A steamed bun in the shape of a rabbit, in honour of Easter. It is made with a brown sugar flavoured dough and filled with a smooth sweet bean paste.

Plant Base.

Contains wheat and gluten.

Chick Manju (￡1.50 per bun)

In honour of Easter, these chick buns are baked in the shape of a chick. White bean paste is wrapped in a rich buttery dough and baked to perfection.

Contains wheat, gluten, eggs and dairy products.

Hanami Dango (￡1.50 per dumpling)

These dumplings are a typical springtime treat. We buy the green mugwort from Namayasai, an organic Japanese vegetable shop in Lewes.

Plant Base.

Daifuku (￡1.30 each from Plant Base) and various dorayaki (￡1.50 each) (contains wheat, gluten and eggs). Please come and visit us in the shop.

We also have a selection of cakes and other delicacies that are only available at an-an.

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Events in March

14th (Sun) Mother's Day - no cafe. We will be serving lots of cakes on the Saturday before so please come along.

Friday 12th Okonomiyaki Night Take Away! 5pm to 9pm (last order at 8pm)

Monday 15th Back to normal opening hours. Hot food lunches will be available for purchase between 11.30am and 2.30pm. (Please note that breakfast will be available from 12 April. Please wait a little longer)

Thursday 18th This is the last home delivery service of this lockdown. Please refer to the newsletter for the price list which will be sent out later.

Friday 19th The last Okonomiyaki night of the lockdown, Take Away! from 5pm to 9pm (last order at 8pm). Don't miss this opportunity!

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Home delivery on 25th February and 3rd March

  

As announced, we will be delivering Japanese food on Thursday evening 25th.

To place an order, please email us at order@an-an.co.ukまで and quote "delivery service on 25th February". Orders will be taken until 5pm on Wednesday (24th).

Once I received the order email, I will send you the confirmation with total cost and bank detail. If not, please send the email again.

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Ibuki rice (Italian japonica) ￡2.00/kg　

Ibuki rice (Italian japonica) 20kg bag ￡35.00

Brown rice (Italian organics) ￡2.30/kg (very few left)　

Panko 200g ￡2.20

1kg dried red beans (organic) ￡2.00

1kg dried soya beans (organic) ￡2.00

Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　

Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20

125g organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) ￡7.00

Home-Roasted Yellow Flour (Organic) 100g ￡2.00

50g dried wakame seaweed ￡1.00

50g dried hijiki ￡2.00

Sushi Nori (7 sheets made in Japan) ￡3.30

1 litre Yamasa soy sauce ￡5.80

250ml rice vinegar (Clearspring) ￡3.30

Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　

Tonkatsu sauce 1.8ℓ ￡8.50　

Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50

Kewpie mayonnaise 500g ￡3.80New

Kelp soup stock powder 7g x 6 ￡2.50New

S&B Golden Curry Medium Hot 240g ￡4.00

S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.00

(Frozen) Okame Natto 3 Pack ￡2.00

(Frozen) 12 pieces of fried tofu for inari sushi ￡2.40

(FROZEN) 24pcs Gyoza skins ￡1.80

(Frozen) 5 uncooked pumpkin croquettes £4.00

(Frozen) Butcher's Beef Croquettes - 4 (uncooked) £4.00

(Frozen) Breaded Prawns - 10 pcs (uncooked) £5.50

(Frozen) chicken cutlets, uncooked ￡1.00/100g

(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles ￡1.00 per bowl

(Frozen) 2 thin pieces of deep-fried tofu ￡1.50

(Frozen) Edamame 400g ￡1.80

230g dried Banshu soba noodles ￡1.80　

Fukushinzuke (pickles) 100g ￡1.00

Shiba pickles 100g ￡1.00

Red Ginger 100g ￡1.00

(Frozen) 15 steamed prawns for sushi ￡3.50New

(Frozen) Salmon fillet for fresh eating ￡2.50/100gNew

(Frozen) Squid for fresh eating ￡3.00/10 slicesNew

(Frozen) boiled octopus for sushi (sliced) ￡3.00/10 slicesNew

(Frozen) Tobiko 50g ￡2.50New

Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama Furikake (furikake) 30g ￡2.50

Matcha green tea (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00

Aloe (not too sweet) ￡2.00

Daifuku with red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece

Daifuku (rice cake): ￡1.30 per piece

Uguisu Mochi ￡1.50 per piece　

Cherry rice cake ￡2.00 per piece

Dorayaki (sweet bean paste smooth) ￡1.50 per piece

Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste Chunky) ￡1.50 per piece

Dorayaki (green tea bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece

Sanshoku dango ￡1.50 per piece

Hishi mochi (for Girls' festival) ￡1.50

(Frozen) koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00

(Frozen)  Tsubu-an (chunky red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00

(Frozen) white bean paste 300g ￡3.00

Pocky Crushed Strawberry ￡2.80

Pocky almond ￡2.80

Wasabi Peas 45g ￡0.50

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Hina Matsuri Afternoon Tea Sets will be available for sale or delivery (Brighton Worthing area only) on Wednesday 3 March.

One set £15 (delivery is from a minimum order £25). Please order in conjunction with the other items listed above).

The closing date for orders is 12 noon on Friday 26 February.

This is a 3 tiered set, the first tier contains a sushi set, the second tier contains 4 types of Japanese sweets including Hishi Mochi (diamond-shaped rice cakes) and Sakura Mochi (cherry blossom rice cakes), and the third tier contains Ohinasama and Odairisama (Japanese doll).

  We are into another lockdown month. How are you doing?

Since the last week of January, the café has been running three days a week (Thursday, Friday and Saturday).

We've been spending the first half of the month updating the café website and thinking about how we're going to run it. Occasionally we'll open the cafe for a few events, so keep an eye on our blog, Facebook and Instagram for updates.

This year, for the first time in 124 years, Setsubun will be on the 2nd of February. It's one day earlier than usual.
It makes us feel good. Spring will come a day earlier. So I thought we have to celebrate this day with ehomaki.

That's why Japanese sweets are also turning into spring colour. Pink and green really make you feel lighter.

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February Wagashi

Steamed Inaka Manju　￡1.80 each

This is a steamed bun with tsubuan (sweet red bean paste) and sweetened chestnuts wrapped in a thin skin of yam dough. It looks like melting snow on a rock. I can't wait for spring.

Plant base.

Ume no ka　￡1.50 each

White bean paste with plum vinegar kneaded into it, wrapped in pink gyuhi. A slightly salty taste that will leave you wanting more. 

Plant base.

Three coloured Dango　￡1.50 each

Sanshoku Dango, also known as Hanami Dango, is a dumpling in pink, white and green, and is available.  Plant base.

Kosi an Daifuku、Tsubu kusa Daifuku　￡1.30 / each　Plant base 
Dorayaki pancake sandwich with Koshi-an, Tsubu-an, Green tea flavour ￡1.50/each　(contains Egg, wheat and honey）

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February Events

2nd (Tue)  Setubun. The direction for good luck is South-South East this year. Please order Ehomaki before 3pm.

14th (Sun)  Valentine's Day💓 Strawberry Daifuku and some sweets will be available on 12th and 13th.

16th (Tue)  ... However, it's the Pancake Day.... Cafe is closed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

OkonomiYaki Night are on this month, too!!!
Every Friday 5pm to 9pm.(Last order is at 8:30 pm or till running out ingredients.)
Please book your picking up time on the phone call for order.

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an-an Cafe has some parking space in front.
Please use the parking space for picking up. We will bring your meals to your car. Plese call us on your arrival with your car's type and colour.

Let's carry on Washing hands, Wear masks and Stay at home. Then we will beat it!