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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