Due to COVID-19…

Dear Customers and friends,

After tonight's announcement about COVID-19 from the Government, an-an will be closed until further notice.

Some of you asked for delivery, however, we don't want to put anybody on the frontline by deliverying our food, and also it is too short notice to sort out the payment system.

It is unfortunate to announce like this, but after the closure of an-an, we will move our shop to 94 Boundary Road (ex. the Coffee Station). It is on the other side of Boundary Road, but still on Boundary Road!!!

As we move, we will have a larger kitchen to cope with demand (hopefully!) and a separate customer area, so we are planing to register with some of the delivery companies.

When the time is right, we will announce more detail about the new business.

Please stay safe at home; I will keep you upto date with our progress here! A lot of comments appreciated!!!

an-an girls

taking order for Osechi

we start taking order for 'Osechi for one...ish'this year.

only 30 sets will be available so please book it hurry!
￡20 per set.
If you bring in your own container, we fill your container with 10 % off. Please bring container, which is about 25cm x 25cm in 8ne layer, before 15th December.

they are all very typical foods which brings fortune in the coming year. for example;
sweet Brack beans - Mamemameshiku = being healthy and cheerful
pickled White radish and carrot - White and red is symbol of cerebration.
pickled lotus roots - see through the future through the holes.
sweet chestnuts and sweetpotate - symbol of gold and wealth
datemaki (sweet rolled egg omelet) - resemble shape of old Japanese rolled documents, so hoping for knowledge and success in study.
gomame (tadukuri) - hoping a big harvest in the coming year.
Prawns - live long till our back hunched.
...etc, etc...
so many lucks you can get out of this big bento box!

Please come to pick up on the 31st December between 12pm to 5pm.
there will be Toshikoshi Soba noodle and Japanese sweets on sale.

(lease leave text message on an-an cafe's telephone. no.with your name, how many sets and what time you will come to pick up. any other notes for food for you to avoid will be useful, too.

* advance apology. this is not suitable for vegetarians.

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。🤗