EhouMaki - 2nd February is Setsubun, the last day of winter.

  Kansai people think of Setsubun as...

Ehomaki

And this year's direction is south-southeast.

In order not to spill the seven blessings we receive from the mouth, we eat the whole roll without talking, facing the direction of Ehou (where the luck comes from). Do not use a knife, so as not to cut off the good fortune. If you want to make it smaller, you may want to roll it with half the size nori before make it.

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It's the day after tomorrow and it's urgent, and the cafe is supposed to be closed, but ... I will make them!

Please call the café to place your order. If you order directly from the cafe, you may have to wait outside the cafe for about 30 minutes. Thank you for your understanding.

07923 900344

Please place your order by 3:00 pm on Tuesday and pick up at the cafe by 6:00 pm.

Please provide your order, name, and pickup time.

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Kaisen Ebomaki £6.50

Steamed shrimp, squid, salmon, seasoned tobiko, smoked mackerel, Seasticks and cucumber.

Classic Ebomaki £6.00

Steamed prawns, smoked mackerel, cucumber, rolled egg, dried tofu, crabmeat and shiitake mushroom.

Salad Ebomaki £5.00

Fried Shrimps, Lettuce, Cucumber, Kaiware Daikon, Carrot, Dashimaki Egg, rocket

Vegetarian Ebomaki £5.00

Dashi-rolled egg*, dried tofu, cucumber, boiled spinach, boiled red bell pepper, shiitake mushroom, kanpyo (or radish)

*For vegans, replace the egg with avocado in the vegetarian ehomaki.

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We will also have a "Make Your Own Ehomaki Set" available.

Classic ehomaki kit for two (includes one sushi mat) ￡15.00

Vegetarian ehomaki for two (includes one sushi roll) ￡13.00

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Now is the time to make your body healthy and strong enough to beat the virus with "Fuku wa Uchi, Oni wa Soto (bring in lucks and getting rid of evils) !"

Home Delivery on 28th Jan.

 We now have these items at the shop. 

Please order by 9pm on Wednesday 26th January for this weeks delivery to BN1,2,3 and Portslade, Southwick, Shoreham, Lancing and Worthing area.

We only accept the order on info@an-an.co.uk
(please do not order on phone call, text or messenger)

Subject; Hove delivery on 28th Jan.
Please clearly give me your name, delivery address and your mobile number.

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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 

Bread flour (panko) 200g ￡2.20

Dried red beans (organic) 1kg ￡2.00

Dried soybeans (organic) 1kg ￡2.00

Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　

Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20

Organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) 125g ￡7.00

Home-roasted yellow rice flour (organic) 100g ￡2.00

Dried wakame seaweed 50g ￡1.00

Dried hijiki seaweed 50g ￡2.00

Sushi seaweed (7 sheets, made in Japan) ￡3.30

Yamasa soy sauce  1L￡5.80

Rice vinegar (Clearspring) 250ml ￡3.30

(Frozen) Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　

Tonkatsu sauce 1.8ℓ ￡8.50　

Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50

S&B Golden Curry medium hot 240g ￡4.00

S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.00

(Frozen) okame natto (fermented soybeans) 3 pack ￡2.00

(Frozen) fried tofu for Inari sushi 12pcs ￡2.40

(Frozen) gyoza skins (24 pieces) ￡1.80

(Frozen) Pumpkin croquettes 5 pcs (uncooked) £4.00

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

(Frozen) Breaded prawns, uncooked, 10 pcs ￡5.50

(Frozen) Chicken Katsu, uncooked ￡1.00/100g

(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles  ￡1.00 per package

(Frozen) Deep-fried tofu (2pcs) ￡1.50

(Frozen) Edamame  400g ￡1.80

Soft tofu in Tetra pack (clearspring) £2.00 

Dried Backwheat soba noodles 230g ￡1.80 (few left)

Fukujinduke (pickles for curry) 100g ￡1.00

Cucumber & augergene pickles (Shiba Duke) 100g ￡1.00

Red ginger (Beni shoga) 100g ￡1.00

Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama furikake (sprinkle on rice) 30g ￡2.50

Green tea with Matcha (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00

Ramune (glass bottle) ￡2.00

Aloe (reduced sugar) ￡2.00

Daifuku mochi with smooth red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece

Daifuku mochi with chunkey red bean paste in green mochi ￡1.30 per piece

Black bean Daifuku mochi ￡1.50 per piece　

Inaka Manju (steamed) £1.80 per piece

Chestnuts Manju (baked) £2.00 per piece

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

*Please check on Facebook/Instagram for available cakes.

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

(Frozen) grained bean jam 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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Minimum shopping for delivery to your door step is £20.00.
No minimum for collection from the cafe. 

We only accept the order on info@an-an.co.uk
(please do not order on phone call, text or messenger)

Thank you.

Lockdown opening hours re-reviewed...

 Thanks for visiting us at the cafe for fresh take away coffee or ring and collect lunches...

Due to staff shortage and family affairs, I came to the conclusion of opening reduced hours during this lockdown.

The new opening hours till the next notification is;

Monday - Closed

Tuesday - Closed

Wednesday - Closed

Thursday - Open 9am to 3pm & Home delivery*

Friday - Open 9am to 3pm & 5pm to 9pm (Okonomiayaki Night)

Saturday - Open 11am to 3pm

*We deliver only Japanese food ingredients, not hot food, within Brighton and Worthing area. Please check on more detail on next newsletter.

Link for Menu of Hot lunch & Okonomiyaki Dinner
(please click here↑)

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please keep safe and healthy.

Thank you.
an-an staff

Japanese food Home dlivery starts!

 At last, a request for unnecessary curfew has been issued. 😢

Even though the lockdown has started, the number of people coming out is not much less than the lockdown in March, so I can understand why the infection is still spreading.

When I think about what I can do to help, I thought the best thing I can do is to restart the delivery service for Japanese cooking ingredients so you don't have to come out. (Please note that Hot Food cannot be delivered.)

We will have our first delivery service every other Thursday.

This Thursday, the 14th, we will be delivering towards West from the cafe (from Portslade on BN41, 42 to Worthing on BN11, 13). Next Thursday, the 21st, we will be delivering twards East from the cafe (BN1, 2, 3).

Orders can only be placed by email at info@an-an.co.uk. The confirmation of orders received by Wednesday night will be sent to you with bank transfer details and other information.

Please refrain from placing orders by phone, messenger, or text, as it may confuse me...

Also, due to instability and price changes, such as deliveries from wholesalers, this list will be changed sequentially. Thank you for your understanding.

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Here is the list of items.

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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 (only a few left)　

Bread flour 200g ￡2.20

Dried red beans (organic) 1kg ￡2.00

Dried soybeans (organic) 1kg ￡2.00

Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　

Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20

Organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) 125g ￡7.00

Home-roasted yellow rice flour (organic) 100g ￡2.00

Dried wakame seaweed 50g ￡1.00

Dried hijiki seaweed 50g ￡2.00

Sushi seaweed (7 sheets, made in Japan) ￡3.30

Yamasa soy sauce  1L￡5.80

Rice vinegar (Clearspring) 250ml ￡3.30

Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　

Tonkatsu sauce 1.8ℓ ￡8.50　

Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50

S&B Golden Curry medium hot 240g ￡4.00

S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.00

(Frozen) okame natto (fermented soybeans) 3 pack ￡2.00

(Frozen) fried tofu for Inari sushi 12pcs ￡2.40

(Frozen) gyoza skins (24 pieces) ￡1.80

(Frozen) Pumpkin croquettes 5 pcs (uncooked) £4.00

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

(Frozen) Breaded prawns, uncooked, 10 pcs ￡5.50

(Frozen) Chicken Katsu, uncooked ￡1.00/100g

(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles  ￡1.00 per bowl

(Frozen) Deep-fried tofu (2pcs) ￡1.50

(Frozen) Edamame  400g ￡1.80

Dried Banshu soba noodles 230g ￡1.80 (few left)

Fukujinzuke 100g ￡1.00

Shiba pickles 100g ￡1.00

Red ginger 100g ￡1.00

Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama furikake (sprinkle on rice) 30g ￡2.50

Green tea with Matcha (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00

Ramune (glass bottle) ￡2.00

Aloe (not too sweet) ￡2.00

Daifuku with red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece

Daifuku grained herb ￡1.30 per piece

Black bean Daifuku ￡1.50 per piece　

Hanabira mochi ￡2.00 per piece

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) grained bean jam 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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Reviewed Opening time during the Lockdown.

it's been one week since this lockdown started.

it is very quiet.

So we reviewed opening time till this lockdown is eased. 

I also attached the menu, please click on the image to enlarge.

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Lunch time service

Monday to Friday  from 11am to 3pm

Saturday  from 11:30am to 3pm

Evening time service

Friday from 5pm to 9pm

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You must wear a face mask (not only face shield) to enter the cafe.

Please wait for our service if you do not wear the face mask.

Please use hand gel dispencer to enter and exit the cafe.

We are planing to start Japanese food home delivery (not hot food) and Free Japanese craft kits for children.  I hope they will help your family life to enjoy the lockdown at home. 

let's make the most of this difficult time! Please don't forget face masks, washing hands and eat well & sleep well!!!

January Sweets and Events

Happy New Year to you all.

It's 2021, the year of the Ox.

And...it's Tier 4😢.

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Who would have thought that we would suffer so much with Covid-19?

When it was miraculously announced in December that only Sussex was Tier 2 and everything else was Tier 4, we were so happy. However, as Christmas was over, it was announced that it would be Tier 4.

So, an-an is going back to being a Take Away and Japanese food store for now.

Anyway, we are really lucky to be able to stay open. We will do our best.

During the month of December, we continued to have a shortage of Japanese ingredients and the wholesale companies kept running out of them. There are still many things that are missing, though...

To be honest, December was not not really me, at all... We underextimated how much work need to be done for eating in. Moreover, purchasing and preparing Osechi for the new year's was so stressful. I was always running around and did not have any moment to calm down.  It made me realize how inexperienced I really am. 

Now that I've had three days off for the New Year's vacation, I hope to offer better service and prepare delicious Japanese and Western sweets and snacks.

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Japanese sweets for January

Hanabira mochi ￡2.00 per piece

This is one of the tea cakes to celebrate the New Year. It is available until the 15th.

Contains Soy

Black soybean Daifuku ￡1.50 per piece

This is a mame daifuku with black soybeans, a staple of Osechi, in a rice cake. It is a wish for good health this year.

Contains soy and gluten.

Mikan Daifuku ￡2.00 per piece

Due to requests, this product is only available in the beginning of the month. It contains whole Clementine oranges.

Inaka Manju ￡1.50 per piece

This is a country manju wrapped in a thin skin of grated yam. It is a steamed sweet with sweetened red beans and chestnuts. It will be on sale from the second half of the month.

Sales of chestnut manju and steamed chestnut yokan will end when the stock runs out.

Koshi-an Daifuku, Tsubukusa Daifuku, and three kinds of Dorayaki are also always available.

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Events in January

4th (Mon): Start of work We will be selling hot drinks such as coffee and tea, and Take Away for lunch. We will also have Japanese foods available in the store. Please ask about frozen and refrigerated foods.

We will be waiting for you at the following business hours

Monday - Friday 8am - 3pm (lunch service from 11:30am)
Saturday 9am - 3pm (lunch service from 11:30am)

We will let you know as soon as we decide on the evening Take Away.

So let's all do our best to fight with COVID-19 with washing our hands, wearing masks and eating fermented foods!