April Sweets & Events

The weather has become a bit crazy again...
Here in Hove, weather did not go up to the record in London, but it was warm enough to feel hot under cherry blossoms. I had to rush friends to finish some foods I took. ww

I know, April is almost gone, but here is the reminder of opening hours.

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(Although you may have already eaten…💦）
April's sweets

Sakura Mochi　£1.50/each(at cafe)　£1.80(on delivery）

Uguisu Mochi　£1.50/each

Please enjoy the roasted green soy bean's aroma and taste. smooth azuki bean paste with soft mochi around is the best.

This contains Soy beans.



Sanshoku Dango　£1.50/skewer

3 colours balls represents lawns, air and cherry blossoms. How about a picnic under beautiful cherry blossoms with dangos?
We also have Mitarashi Dango on equest.



Dorayaki　£1.50/each
You can choose filling, chunky azuki bean past, smooth aduki paste or Matcha green tea flavored white bean paste.
※　These contain wheat, Gluten, eggs and Honey.

Daifuku mochi　£1.00 each
Please choose from chunky or smooth azuki bean paste filling.

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(Although it is almost end of...💦）
Events in April

Open as usual till the end of April.
Mon 23rd ーThu 26th 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Thu 26th 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm　OkonomiYaki & night cafe (you can bring your favorite alcoholic drink with £1/bottle extra charge.)

Fri 27th 11:30 am - 17:00


(Finally a bit more of...)
Events in May

Thu 3rd　Okonomiyaki & night cafe is closed. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Fri 4th　Japanese style afternoon tea. The theme is "Tango no Sekku"
             Please book a session time from 10 am or 4 pm.
             Maximum booking seats are 8 people per session.
             We may ask for sharing tables.
　　　 　Please contact by text on 07923 900344.

Sat 5th  "the Day of Children" event. 
             Selling a lot of sweets in the event in South London (am) and West London (pm).

Mon 7th Open for Lunch!
              Although it is Bank Holiday, an-an is open.
             We are waiting for you with the usual menu and sweets.
             Take away is also available.

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Please take care on the change of season, and enjoy this beautiful weather!

Thursday Evening Alteration

Due to family circumstance, this Thursday's Okonomiyaki Night is cancelled. 
I am so sorry for the inconvenience.

Instead, I will open the night cafe with Okonomiyaki on 29th... Easter Friday Eve.
As the cafe will be into a long holiday after that, there will be a sale for sweets on the evening.

Well, as I will have afternoon session, I won't be able to open in the evening on 22nd...
So, next Okonomiyaki Night is 29th March.
Thank you.

March Sweets & Events

"Spring has come!"

Did I really say that?
Here comes icy winter again.
Today wasn't too bad.
Tomorrow? I am not sure if I can open Cafe safely.

I finally bought another heater.
It is hidden under one of the bench near window. so please be careful not to burn your bag or your heals.
It was such a different to use another 3kW heater... I am a bit worried what kind of bill I am going to get.

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There are so many events in March and I don't know when to squeeze the afternoon session in. So, it will happen on two days just before the Easter Holiday starts. Please book seats for your suitable date and time.

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March Sweets

Cherry Blossom Mochi £1.50
Organic Cherry leaves from Namayasai are ready for the sweets. Pickled with only Sea Salt. You may taste a bit of bitterness, however, it is a natural taste of Cherry leaves.
Gluten free, suitable for Vegan.

Umeno ka ￡1.50
Plum flower shaped mochi with white bean paste. Umezu (juice from pickled plum) gives a lovely flavor. Gluten free, suitable for Vegan.






Uguisu Mochi ￡1.50
Smooth azuki bean paste is wrapped by soft silky mochi. Green flour is Green Edamame flour. Enjoy the aroma. The name is from the colour of bird, Japanese bush warbler.
Gluten free, suitable for Vegan. This contains Soy.

Hanami Dango￡1.50
This three sweet rice dumpling balls represent Green grass, Air and Pink cherry blossoms. Green one is with Yomogi, Japanese mugworts, from Namayasai.
Gluten free, suitable for Vegans.
Please order 15 min in advance for steaming.

Daifuku (smooth or chunky azuki bean paste) ￡1.00 each
Gluten free, suitable for Vegans.

Dorayaki (smooth or chunky azuki / Matcha Green tea and white bean paste) ￡1.50 each
This contains wheat, gluten and eggs.

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March Events

Thursday 1st Okonomiyaki Night
      There is a warning of big snow falls tomorrow. Please call the cafe before visiting. 

Friday 2nd 　Hina-Matsuri eve!　Pre-celebration of Girl's festival. a Set of Nerikiri avairabe. 1 set £6.00. Business till 5pm (if the weather allows. )
　　　　　　　
　
Thursday 8th　OkonomiYaki night　6:00－9:00ｐｍ

Thursday 15th 　OkonomiYaki night　6:00－9:00ｐｍ

Saturdayy 17th　Japanese Club Openday　12:00－4:00pm
　　　　　　　＠St. Paul's Primary School (Please check the poster below for more detail.)
　　　　　　　
Tuesday 20th 　Japanese Style Afternoon tea　10:00amー15:00pm
　　　　　　※Please book a seat.

Friday 23rd　Japanese Style Afternoon tea　10:00am－11:30pm
　　　　　　※Please book a seat.
　　　　　　※Close the cafe at 3pm. Sorry for the inconvenience. 

Easter Holiday = Closed.  (30th March to 2nd April)

Opens again on Tuesday 3rd April.　

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Spring has come to an-an!

Here is a news!
Spring has come to the cafe and around!

A few years ago, Cllr Robert run for raising money for lifting up the street. if you remember I also ask for some donation at that time. 

The project kept going and finally one of the planter was placed in front of the cafe on 24th February. 

an-an donated a cherry tree which already have a lot of buds.

other plants were from the project. Primrose is blooming, cherry blossoms and azalea will be following... we can enjoy it for long every year to come.

... and just on time for my birthday today💛

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※This cake is last year's. something similar cakes for this year.

Today I am preparing some cakes to share my birthday. A free piece of cake for ones who had lunch today.

please celebrate my birthday with me!

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A big apology!

I didn't issue the February newsletter in the end, as I was so ill while I was translating it... I will make sure I will write English one for March before Japanese one! 

Unplanned closure of an-an

Although it's Half-term break...

Although it's OkonomiYaki Week...

Although it's almost Valentine's day...

Cafe an-an is closed.

Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th.

I am so sorry for the inconvenience.

The owner, who prepare most of foods and sweets, is in bed suffered from really strong flu, and although she had got over the worst period, she is still trying to gain her strength back at the moment.

First of all, it's no-no to prepare and serve food under the influence of flu virus. Therefore, the cafe is re-open on Wednesday 14th after the complete recovery of the owner.

Cafe is waiting for you with a lot of tasty foods and OkonomiYaki & Strawberry Mochi for Valentine's Day!!!

Thank you.

Saturday Opening! on 3rd February

This Saturday, Cafe an-an is open from 1:30 pm to 5:00 pm.

It's Setsubun (the first day of Spring) on Japanese Calendar.

I have just noticed I will open on Saturday often this year... as there are so many Japanese events on Saturdays!!!

However, as I need to take my children to London Japanese school in the Saturday mornings. The opening hour is a bit later than normal.... at 1:30pm ish!

Wagashi table top sales at Bazaar in Croydon Japanese School on 3rd February.

I don't know which sweets I can prepare, yet. However, I am bringing a lot of spring themed sweets.

Even if your children are not studying at the school, you can still go into the bazaar during the following hours; 9:50～10:40 and 11:25～12:00.

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And we need to celebrate Setsubun on the 3rd February!!!

an-an will serve Big rolled Sushi with 7 kinds of staffing. It's  representing 7 gods, sichihuku jin. There are 4 kinds of Rolled sushi. Some sushi is available, but I recommend to order rolled sushi. You just need to eat facing to a certain direction, South-Southeast for 2018.

Cafe opens at 1:30 pm, but Ehoumaki (Big ralled Sushi) will be available from 3PM. Please order Sushi in advance.

Cafe will be run with limited menu on the day. Sushi, Drinks and Japanese Sweets are available.

Fresh Ehoumaki　£6.00
Sushi Prawn、raw squids、raw salmon、Seabass(or black seabreams）、Flying fish's row 、smorked mackerel、cucumper

Classic Lucky Rolled Sushi　£4.50
Steamed Prawn, Smoked Mackerel, Cucumber, Japanese Egg Omlette,  Freeze Dried Tofu, Sea-sticks and Shiitake mushrooms.

Salad Lucky Rolled Sushi　£4.50
Breaded Prawns、Lettuce、Cucumber、Salad Cress、Carrots、Japanese Egg Omelette、Pickled Plum Mayo

Vegetarian Lucky Rolled Sushi　£4.50
Japanese Egg Omelette、Freeze Dried Tofu、Cucumber、Spinach、Roasted red pepper、Shiitake Mushrooms、Kanpyou or Daikon Radish

＊Avocado will be used instead of Japanese Egg Omelette for Vegan.

We also have Roasted soy beans for throwing in the air.
 50p for 100g.

I wish you will have good Setsubun Day with all the happiness rolled up!

Oh, yes. Remember not to speak any words while you are eating the rolled Sushi. your happiness might run away from your mouth.

January Sweets and Events

Happy New Year! (Sorry, it's a bit too late?)

The final day of 2017 was really busy as usual.
It becomes annual event to get together at the cafe and greets for the new year.
This time, I prepared quite well for the New Year's Eve "Over the year Soba noodles". I hope I didn't make people waiting very long. (I was really sorry because the weather was really bad!)
But the day finished with a bit of burnt out feeling.

Here is my the new year's breakfast, Osechi.

I thought I could relax a bit on the New Year's Day, but it was not so easy.
The cafe is open and business as usual from 2nd January!

an-an will work really hard in 2018, so just watch out what kind of events are coming up on this blog.

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January Sweets

Kuromame (black beans) Daifuku Mochi ￡1.50 each

Black Beans means "Healthy" in Japanese, so Sweetened black beans are one of staple dish in New Year''s Day. I put 7 Black beans, representing 

"Seven Deities of Good Luck"

Chuncky Adzuki Bean Paste inside.

Flower Petal Mochi　￡1.80 each

This is a common sweets for the first tea service in Tea, Sa-dou. Made from Miso seasoned white bean paste and candid Burdock root wrapped by white and pink Mochi. 

This contains Soy. 

This is available till 15th January. 

Sweet Adzuki Bean spoup　£2.00 per cup

The coldest season has arrived. 

This soup will warm up you from inside. 

It's really filling with 2 pieces of Mochi.

Daifuku Mochi (Smooth or Cunky) ￡1.00 each

Dorayaki Pancake Sandwich　（Smooth、Chunky、Green Tea bean paste）　￡1.50 each

This contains Wheat flour, Gluten, Eggs and Honey.

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January Events

Japanese Afternoon Tea is coming on 19th January!

This time, the scheme is "New Spring".

It will be in the style of Cha Kaiseki (茶懐石) and meals and sweets are in Vegan.

£12 per person. fixed menu.
Please mention if you have any allergy or food you don't take.
You can chose time slot from below.
Each slot can accommodate 8 people max. 

Morning Tea ; 10am to 11:30 am
Afternoon Tea ; 4pm to 5:30 pm
Evening Tea ; 6:00pm to 7:30 pm

Please apply at info@an-an.co.uk

I look forward to seeing you.