Wednesday 12 October 2022

Thursday evening is OkonomiYaki Evening!!

 

 OkonomiYaki Evening is open from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.(The last order is at 8:00 pm) every Thursday.

Please call 07923 900344 to order.

Eat in or Take away available.
Sorry we don't do delivery.
Collection Only.

Thank you!
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Monday 3 October 2022

October sweets and calendar

 

This year's Otsukimi date is very early.

Now, I know there is always a time difference between the lunar calendar and the Gregory calendar, but the first Saturday of October is the 13th moon night, the so-called chestnut moon.

However, the chestnut in the neighbour's tree are still green. 

I was going to do the presentation I did at Kew Garden last year at the café, but due to the Covid, I am still not in perfect health and will have to wait until the next time 😢.

We are very sorry for all the inconvenience and worry we have caused in the last two weeks. Even though after the test was negative on the seventh day, I was bedridden for almost two weeks with headaches, joint pains and fatigue due to breathlessness. I really thought I need to be a bit fitter...

What shocked me the most was the sense of taste gone somewhere... Everything tasted so funny. 

I thought I was going to go mentally crazy from the shock of the difference between the taste I expected and the taste when I ate it. Who said Covid made people loose weight... It was not my case at all. I was constantly looking for the taste I want to taste. As the result, I gained nearly 5 kgs😱

Now I am happy I can taste coffee, but I still can't taste Dashi. I can recognise the general taste of sweet, spicy, salty, sour, etc., but I don't think I have yet regained the sense of taste to guess what is used in the ingredients.

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October Sweets

Strawberry Daifuku £2.00 per piece 

As I could hardly make these in September, I will make them until the first week of October. If you missed An-an's strawberry daifuku this summer, this is the week to get them. If you have a large number, it would be helpful if you make a reservation in advance.

Bunny buns £2.00 each. 

We also make these until the 13th night of the moon. Rabbit buns with white bean paste are steamed and plant-based. Contains flour and gluten.






Otsukimi Rolled cake £3.00 per slice. 

A rich chocolate and banana roll cake that captures the full moon. Contains egg, flour, gluten and dairy.






Halloween cupcakes £3.00 each. 

We will be selling a variety of scary and cute decorated cupcakes again this year, available from the third week of October. Please look forward to seeing what the designs will be.

Made with flour (gluten), eggs and dairy products.


Autumn Mont Blanc £3.50 per slice. 

Sweet potato and apple Mont Blanc. Rich sweet potato cream wrapped around a fluffy sponge.
This contains 
Egg, flour (gluten) and dairy 

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October events.

Okonomiyaki nights are planned every Thursday from 13 October.



Please check our Facebook event page for more details and menu. (Both eat-in and takeaway are by appointment only).



Weekly lunch plans (with miso soup or one drink)

Week 1 Set A Yaki Soba, chicken cutlet or thick fried tofu
              Set B Beef bowl or Kitsune bowl


Week 2 Set A: Sushi set, seafood or veg. 
              Set B Neapolitan (with fried egg) Chicken or Veggie


Week 3 Set A Japanese salad (chicken or tofu) with onigiri
             Set B Omelette rice (chicken or mushroom)

 

Week 4 Set A Curry rice with chicken cutlet or autumn vegetables
              Set B Nagasaki Champon (Seafood or Veggie)

These plans are subject to change depending on the availability of ingredients.

Every Tuesday, we will announce the weekly lunch of the week on Facebook and Instagram. Please refer to our Facebook and Instagram pages.

I'd love to make more events for this month, but my health is not yet up to scratch, so I'll leave it at that for now. I'm also planning to hold various Christmas markets and traditional Japanese art workshops towards the end of the year, so I'll keep quiet until then.

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Well, everyone, it's getting colder, take care of yourselves💓.