August sweets and events

an-an's summer holiday is finished.
I am sure each an-an girls had had a lovely time and now refreshed.
an-an has been ope. this week.

one Good thing, no need to bear with the heat in the cafe on the sunny afternoon!

another Good thing, an-an had group wagashi workshop for both children and adults. That was fun! (although it was really hard work)
Let's do it more❤

This is the British garden's popular one, Japanese anemone.

 



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Events in August
Thu 15th、Okonomiyaki night & cafe 18:30ー21:00
               Please reserve a table if you would like teppan.
Sat 17th、Cafe open 12:00 - 16:00 Okonomiyaki available for lunch time.
Thu 21st、Okonomiyaki night & cafe 18:30ー21:00
               Please reserve a table if you would like teppan.
Sat 24th、Cafe open 12:00 - 16:00 Okonomiyaki available for lunch time.
Mon 26th、Cafe is closed for Bank Holiday.

Thu 29th、Cafe is closed for staff shortage. sorry for the inconvenience.

Sat 31st、Cafe open 12:00 - 16:00 Okonomiyaki available for lunch time.


we will do this again!
LagoonFestival @ HoveLagoon on 7th September.
this year, an-an is serving lunch and sweets. please come to see us.
Here is some detailー＞ー＞

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August sweets

Strawberry Mochi ￡2.00 each

British straw erries are still tasty.

Nothing ca beat this...

Mizu Yokan （Match or Smooth Azuki bean）  ￡1.50 each
sorry I haven't got the image and sweets, yet. I am making it right now!
its agar jelly with azuki bean paste or matcha green tea.
yum in hot weather... where has British  summer gone???

Sweet fish £1.50

yuzu flavored Mochi in pancake. 

This contain eggs, wheat and honey.

there are mochi and dorayaki at shop through year, but if you would like to purchase more than 5 sweets, please order at least 2 days in advance.

is this the end of this PC, or not?

😥

this 7 year old laptop PC is not letting me type on key board. i ma struggling to write this month's news letter... please bear with me.

an-an's Summer Holiday

Cafe an-an is closed for Summer holiday from 29th July to 12th August.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

We will open from 13th August and business usual. We look forward to seeing you then.
For the Saturday opening hours and date of Okonomiyaki is announced on the August Newsletter issued soon.

Hope you will have a lovely Summer days!
Thank you.
an-an Girls

July Sweets and Events

It had been a bit cooler since the rain few days ago. 
How hot it was!!!  Cafe does not any vents apart from the front door. Moreover, the cafe is facing to West, so it was deadly scorching inside of kitchen, which recorded 32 degree in an early evening. 

As my brain overheated to get on all the work and take photos, but I am missing all the photos to upload on here and Facebook. (I still don't know how to upload photos on Instagram, though...)
Now it's been already one week since July started!!!
So now I am uploading this photo.

This month's sweets, Fruits An-Mitsu with strawberries and peach/apricot slices. You can get a scoop of Vanilla ice cream on top paying 50p more.

It's the Summer pudding in Japanese style!

It's been 3 moths (already!) since I started opening on Saturdays. There were so many new customers, who told me they live just around a corner and had never known about an-an!!!)
The first Saturday opening, I had one group of customer... Now I have customers filling up tables around lunch time. Thank you so much!!!

Now, I am planning to open till late on Saturday evenings... to see what is customers' reaction like. There were so many request opening Saturday evening, so I want to know who many customers are actually interested in. 

To start with only two Saturday night cafe every month opens. I have to get my team's help on Saturdays. I never waist this beautiful English Summer evenings.

on Saturday 13th and 27th, I will open at 11:30am as usual and keep opening till 9:00pm. Okonomi-yaki service will starts around 6pm.

尚、Instead, the cafe is closed at 2:30pm on Fridays. 

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July Sweets

Strawberry Mochi　￡2.00 each

British strawberries in a field is the top. 

I often go to the PYO farm, which also have rally tasty strawberries. Natural Sun light makes every thing so tasty and nutritious. 

Fruits an-mitsu　£2.50each（+50p Vanilla Ice cream）

Seasonal fruits, strawberries and peach or apricot slices, served on agar jelly cubes. The Azuki bean paste is not beaten by the flavour of homemade black syrup. 
If you like to choose white syrup instead if black, please let us know on the order.
suitable for take away.

Sweet Fish　£1.50 each

One of summer sweets, fish shaped pancake with Yuzu flavoured Mochi inside. 
Please try with a bitter cold sencha or Matcha.

Dorayaki (Smooth or Chuncky Adzuki bean paste or Matcha green tea flavored bean paste), Daifuku (Smooth or Chuncky Adzuki bean paste) can be purchased anytime from the cafe. However, if you like to buy more than 5, please order two days before the picking up date. 

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Events in July

Thu 11th　Okonomi Yaki and Night Cafe 18:30 - 21:00 
                　Please make a reservation for use of a hotplate.

Sat 13th Open and Open from noon till 9pm! (Trial Weekend night cafe!)

　　　　　 Please pop in and tell me what your thought is!

Thu 18th　Okonomi Yaki and Night Cafe 18:30 - 21:00 

                　Please make a reservation for use of a hotplate.

Sat 20th　Big Wagashi Sales at Acton Summer festival!

　　　　　Various sweets at Maeda Gakuen Nursery Ground.
               Raffles and Games, Flee Markets of Japanese goods, too!
               Time: 12:00 - 16:00 (A few pounds for admission)
               Place:Maeda Gakuen Yochien　（Queen's Dr, London W3 0HT）

Thu 25th　Okonomi Yaki and Night Cafe 18:30 - 21:00 

                　Please make a reservation for use of a hotplate.

Sat 27th Open and Open from noon till 9pm! (Trial Weekend night cafe!)

　　　　　 Please pop in and tell me what your thought is!

Cafe an-an is closed for Summer break from Mon 29th July to Mon 12th August. Usual opening hours from Tue 13th August. 
Thank you and sorry for the inconvenience. 

5 years ago at Cafe an-an...

５years ago today, I had a small place in a small shopping high(?) street. I cannot believe I still have this lovely place.
5年前の今日、この小さな町のショッピング通りの片隅にカフェを持つことができました。そして、今もまだまだこの小さなカフェは同じメニューで皆様をお待ちしています。

To say a "Big thank you" to my customers, only in this special birthday week, the most popular menu item have traveled back in time to 2014 prices!
感謝の気持ちを込めて、この特別な一週間だけ下記のメニューのみ5年前の価格で提供させていただきます！

Any Japanese curry £3.90
Any Yakisoba fried noodles £3.90
Any Spicy Yakisoba noodles £4.20
Chicken Katsu lunch

Ebi Fry lunch

Pumpkin/Beef&Potato Korokke lunch

Chicken/Tofu Teriyaki lunch £4.20 each.

*£1.00 plus for large size.
£1.00増しで大盛にでます。

To get this offer, you need to Bring Your Own (BYO) container and bag. They need to be at least 650 ml for normal, 750 ml for large size for hot food. They also need to be clean for you to have your lunch packed in them! If they are not safe and clean enough, we may refuse to pack.
この特別価格は、お持ち帰りで詰める容器を持ってきてくださった方のみに提供させていただきます。耐熱性で、普通盛り６５０ml、大盛り７５０ml以上の内容量の入れ物なら何でも大丈夫です。こちらで洗浄できませんので、必ず清潔なそのままお食事が詰められる状態の容器をお持ちください。熱いお食事を詰めるのに安全でないと判断した場合、お断りする場合がありますので、ご了承ください。

For telephone orders, you need to mention you will BYO container, so we prepare but we don't pack your order before your arrival. Please note, once we use our disposable container, normal price will be applied.
お電話でのご注文には、必ずご注文の際に容器持参の旨をお伝えください。取りに来られる折にすでにこちらの容器で詰め終わっている場合には、通常価格でお買い上げいただきます。

looking forward to see your Bento box😘
皆様のご自慢のお弁当箱にあん庵のご飯が詰められること、楽しみにしております。🤗

June Sweets and Events

I thought May had 31 days in the month...
It was too quick ...
I know almost all the weekends I was attending events and preparing for those events in between...
It the end I got a cold ... I planned too many thing in such a small space.
I will slow down a bit this month.

Please don't tell me I spend so much time for entertaining friends, my staff and myself... It's a part of my job, too!!!?

Although I open on Saturdays from April, some of Saturday needs to be closed as I was away for events sales in London. I will organize a bit better for opening Saturdays.
Summer has come and I start making Summer Sweets, too.
Well, before that, please make a note on your calendar for an-an's 5th birthday event💛

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June Sweets

Kuzu Mochi　￡1.50(in)/£2.00 (out)

Enjoy cooling sweets dressed with home made black syrup and Kinako (Roasted Soy flour). I am sure you will like it!

*this contains Soy.

Sweet fish　￡1.50 each

Yuzu flavored Mochi rolled up by pancake. The shape of Ayu, which is a kind of fish swim up streams powerfully this season.

*this contains Wheat, gluten, eggs and honey.

Strawberry Mochi　£2.00 each
British strawberries are at the best season!
This is the sweets "must" try.

I make this sweets every day, but this contains fresh strawberries. Please eaten on the day of purchase.

Minazuki　White・Matcha green　￡1.50 each
The turning point of the year, 30th June is the day for this sweets. You will shake off all the bad luck and get ready for another half of the year in a good shape.

this available between 20th to 30th June.


We also have the following sweets
Daifuku Mochi（smooth・chunky）￡1.00 each
Dorayaki pancake sandwich (smooth azuki、chunky azuki 、Matcha green）￡1.50 each　*Contains Wheat, Gluten and eggs

If you would like to purchase more than 5 sweets, I strongly recommend to order at least 3 day in advance.

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June Events

Saturday 1st  Open(ed) from 11:30 am -2:30 pm

Thursday 6th 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
                     Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe
                     (please reserve a table if you like to use Teppan Hot plate.)

Saturday 8th  Open from 11:30 am -2:30 pm (maybe!)

Thursday 13th 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
                     Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe
                     (please reserve a table if you like to use Teppan Hot plate.)

Saturday 15th  Open from 11:30 am -2:30 pm (maybe!)

17th~22th       Cafe an-an Birth week!

　　　　　　　　Our signature menu, Chicken Katsu Curry and Tofu Curry will turn back the time! We offer them with the price of 5 years ago!!!　

Thursday 20th 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
                     Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe
                     (please reserve a table if you like to use Teppan Hot plate.)

Friday 21st    　Cafe an-an Birthday Pary!

　　　　　　　　BYO Sweets buffet!
                       £5.00 pp or free if you bring your own cake (large enough to share), Kids eat free with one drink purchase. Time will be announced soon.

Tuesday 25th Due to Staff training, Cafe is closed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thursday 27th 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
                     Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe
                     (please reserve a table if you like to use Teppan Hot plate.)

Saturday 29th  Open from 11:30 am -2:30 pm (maybe!)

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Please take care and be happy💛

May Sweets and Events

As I was writing the report of the last week's event in London... and I realized.

I have forgotten to publish this May newsletter in English!!!😱
I am so sorry!　I have written it but most of all the contents are already out of date...😥

So I shall put down the plans in May and more as well as sweets this month!

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May Sweets

Kashiwa Mochi　￡2.00 each
Please choose from
Smooth Azuki bean paste
Chunky Azuki bean paste with Japanes Mugwort
Miso with White bean paste

Waka Ayu (Sweet Fish)　￡1.50 each
A bit earlier than usual, but this fish is on the list now.
A soft Mochi with Yuzu Jam is wrapped in a Pancake.

This contents Wheat, Gluten, Honey and Eggs.

Strawberry Mochi　£2.00 each
Very very tasty British Strawberries are out!
This sweets only last one day.
Please please consume on the day of purchase.





Daifuku Mochi（Smooth Azuki or Chunky Azuki）￡1.00 each
Dorayaki (Smooth、Chunky、Mattcha Green Tea）￡1.50 each
 　This contents Wheat, Gluten, Eggs and Honey

If you like to purchase more than 5 sweets, please order at least 2 days before the picking up date.

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May Events

Thursday 23rd Okonomiyaki & Night Cafe
                        18:30~21:00

　　　　　　Please reserve a table if you would like to use Tappan hot plate.

Saturday 25th Cafe is closed for attending Event in London.
                         Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sunday 26th Japanese Afternoon Tea -Reiwa-

                                  Please check Here for the detail.

Monday 27th Cafe is closed for Bank Holiday

Cafe is Open as usual during May half-term break.