Outside table service has started!

 At last. Yes, finally. It's like coming out of a long hibernation.

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We've started serving outside tables in the café, but everything is not going as planned and we're getting impatient. Well, we don't have the money, so we have to do things in a jiffy, but even that is not enough and we don't feel like we are making any progress.

So the evolution of an-an is still stagnant, but we hope to make it a place where everyone can relax in between shopping and work soon, so please watch over us with a big heart.

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Seating in the cafe is not yet available.
The service on the terrace will be as follows

Opening at 9am Drinks and sweets are always available for purchase.

11.30am - 2.30pm Lunch service

Closing at 3 o'clock

When you arrive, please place your order at the counter. Once you have placed your order and paid for it, you will be shown to your table.

We will continue to sell Japanese food, second hand books and Jack & Mei accessories in the shop. We ask that you enter the shop one group at a time and use masks and hand sanitisers.

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During the holidays we will be offering the Kids' Free Meal that you bought tickets for last year. Please make sure you bring your child with you when you come to pick them up by the 10th. Please make sure you bring your children with you when you come to pick them up. 

Forget about games and TV for a while!

Please let them know if there are parents who needs to bring their children, and please feel free to bring your Guardian/Parents and sit together as it is a no purchase necessity.

 I'll let you know if there are any changes.

For now, this is my dream plan. I wonder what will happen....

April's Sweets and Events

It feels like the long winter is finally over.
I think we may need more time to wake up from our long hibernation.

Anyway, people around us are getting vaccinated more and more, and it is easy to get excited, but the basic thing is to wash your hands and wear a mask. But the basic rule is to wash your hands and wear a mask. This will prevent the spread of germs other than COVID19.

However, we would like to think that this is the last time we will have a lock down, so we will be releasing the meal vouchers for the children that have accumulated and not yet been used, during the Easter school holidays.

This time we will be offering 3 different menus for the price of 2 meal vouchers. Choose from our medium hot curry with chicken Katsu, chicken Katsu lunch or chicken Katsu yakisoba.

For vegetarians, seasonal roasted vegetables (leeks, broccoli & asparagus) will be served in place of the chicken Katsu.

The only condition is that you come and collect the meal with your school child(en) under 10. We will give you a tickets on your arrival.

Now that the weather is finally pleasant, we want you to forget about TV and games and come outside as much as possible. This free hot meal will be available until Saturday 17th, or as soon as we finish 100 meals. Please feel free to use this service.

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Sweets in April

Rabbit bun（PB）￡1.50 each

Steamed for Easter. Made with Adzuki-an (bean paste).
This contains Wheat and Gluten.

Chick Cake　￡1.50 each

Baked for Easter. Made with white-an (bean paste).
This contains Wheat, Gluten, Eggs and dairy.

Cherry blossom Mochi（PB）　￡2.00 each

Please enjoy this mochi with aroma of pickled cherry leaves.

Uguisu Mochi（PB）￡1.50 each

Smooth adzuki Koshi-an is wrapped in smooth mochi. The aroma of Green Soy flour relax you.
This contains Soy.

Hanami Dango（PB）￡1.50 each

Daifuku Mochi with Koshi-an or Tsubu-an (PB)　￡1.30 each

Dorayaki（Koshi-an・Tsubu-an・Green Tea an）￡1.50 each

Kashiwa Mochi will start from the last week of April. 

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Events in April

Friday 2nd April (Good Friday) Open with a selection of Easter cakes.

Saturday 3rd  Open from 9am until 3pm.

Sunday 5th & Monday 6th Closed for Easter Sunday and Easter Monday.

Tuesday 7th Closed instead of Good Friday.

Wednesday 8th Start opening as normal.

Monday 12th we will be open for table service on the terrace. 
When you arrive, we will show you to your table. We regret to say we won't be able to take table booking. 

Saturday 17th End of hot free meals for school holidays.

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We still have a lot of work to do on the terrace seating and inside the cafe, but we will do our best. (But first, we need to get the website up and running 💦.

We will continue to do our best to give you a taste of a real Japanese home and atmosphere. Because I am an experienced housewife for over 20 years💓.

Easter Opening Hours

 The winds are still cold, but the sunny spots are indead "spring has come".

How are you dealing with the Clock Chager during the weekend? I just cannot get used to. I get something like a jet lag with this 1 hour shift. It will take about 2 weeks to adjust to this Summer time. 

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Here is the Easter Opening Hours 2021!

Good Friday 2nd April  - Open- from 9am to 3pm.

Saturday 3rd April - Open - from 9am to 3pm

Easter Sunday 4th April -Closed-

Easter Monday 5th April - Closed -

Tuesday 6th April  - Closed -

Wednesday 7th April - Open - from 9am to 3pm. 

Sorry for the inconvenience it may cause. 

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Let's go picnic with a Bento!

Mix Katsu Lunch is very popular！

We use compostable packages. 

Please rinse and dry for recycling, 

otherwise, please bin into a compost bin or general bin.

Thank you.

Home delivery to 18th March

 At last the daffodils and cherry blossoms have started to bloom and it is beginning to look like real spring.　The days are getting longer and we are very much looking forward to open the terrace tables in April.


And as the lockdown draws to a close, this will be the last time we will be offering a home dlivery service. This time, I will deliver Namayasai's Organic vegetable box to your home, too.　We only deliver the following area; Brighton, Shoreham, Worthing.

To place an order, please email to order@an-an.co.uk and quote "delivery service for 18th March". Orders will be accepted until midnight on Tuesday (16th).

Once we have received your order we will send you an email with the total price and bank transfer details. If you do not receive an email confirming your order, please send us another email. Best regards.

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Ibuki rice (Italian Japonica variety) ￡2.00/kg　
Ibuki Rice (Italian Japonica) 20kg bag ￡35.00
Brown rice (Italian organics) ￡2.30/kg

Breadcrumbs 200g ￡2.20

1kg dried red beans (organic) ￡2.00
1kg dried soya beans (organic) ￡2.00
Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　
Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20
125g organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) ￡7.00
Home-Roasted Soy Flour (Organic) 100g ￡2.00

50g dried wakame seaweed ￡1.00
50g dried hijiki ￡2.00
Sushi Nori (7 sheets made in Japan) ￡3.30

1 litre Yamasa Soy Sauce ￡5.80 (few left)
Rice vinegar (Clearspring) 250ml ￡3.30
Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　
Tonkatsu sauce 1.8 litres ￡8.50　
Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50
Kewpie mayonnaise 500g ￡3.80
Kombu dashi powder 7g x 6 ￡2.50
S&B Golden Curry medium hot 240g ￡4.20
S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.20

(Frozen) Okame Natto 3 Pack ￡2.00
(Frozen) 12 pieces of fried tofu for inari sushi ￡2.40
(Frozen) 24pcs Gyoza skins ￡1.80
(Frozen) 5 uncooked pumpkin croquettes £4.00
(Frozen) Butcher's Beef Croquettes - 4 (uncooked) £4.00
(Frozen) Fried Prawns - 10 pcs (uncooked) £5.50
(Frozen) chicken cutlets (uncooked) ￡1.00/100g
(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles  ￡1.00 per bowl
(Frozen) 2 thin pieces of deep-fried tofu Abra Age￡1.50
(Frozen) Edamame  400g ￡1.80

230g dried Banshu soba noodles ￡1.80　

Fukushinzuke (pickles) 100g ￡1.00
Shiba pickles 100g ￡1.00
Red ginger 100g ￡1.00
Sushi Gari 100g ￡1.00
Takuwan 100g↕￡1.00

(Frozen) 15 steamed prawns for sushi ￡3.50
(Frozen) Salmon fillet for fresh eating ￡2.50/100g
(Frozen) Fresh squid ￡3.00/10 slices
(Frozen) boiled octopus for sushi (sliced) ￡3.00/10 slices
(Frozen) Tobiko 50g ￡2.50
Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama Furikake (sprinkled with Noritama) 30g ￡2.50

Matcha green tea (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00
Aloe (not too sweet) ￡2.00

Daifuku with red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece
Daifuku (rice cake): ￡1.30 per piece
Uguisu Mochi ￡1.50 per piece　
Cherry rice cake ￡2.00 per piece
Bota Mochi (koshi/tsubu/ soy flour) ￡1.50 each
Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece
Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece.
Dorayaki (green tea bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece
Sanshoku dango ￡1.50 per piece

(Frozen) Koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00
(Frozen) Tsubu chunkey red bean paste 300g ￡3.00
(Frozen) white bean paste 300g ￡3.00

Pocky almonds ￡2.80
Wasabi peas 45g ￡0.50

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Namayasai's Organic Japanese vegetables box

Ashitaba (Japanese Angelica), Red mizuna or karashina, Rocket, Lettuce (Light green butter head type), New Zealand spinach, Kujo-negi (Japanese spring onion), celeriac, mini daikon

One box is £13. 
Depending on the growing conditions, the actual content may differ.

You can also buy some extras.

Pickled daikon (pickled in beer - no alcohol left) £2/bag
Rainbow chard £2/200g
Beetroot £2/550g

Deliveries will start at approximately 3pm on Thursdays.

It would be helpful if you could include your telephone number with your order so we can contact you when it is approximately time.

Thank you.

 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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Home delivery on 25th February and 3rd March

  

As announced, we will be delivering Japanese food on Thursday evening 25th.

To place an order, please email us at order@an-an.co.ukまで and quote "delivery service on 25th February". Orders will be taken until 5pm on Wednesday (24th).

Once I received the order email, I will send you the confirmation with total cost and bank detail. If not, please send the email again.

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Ibuki rice (Italian japonica) ￡2.00/kg　

Ibuki rice (Italian japonica) 20kg bag ￡35.00

Brown rice (Italian organics) ￡2.30/kg (very few left)　

Panko 200g ￡2.20

1kg dried red beans (organic) ￡2.00

1kg dried soya beans (organic) ￡2.00

Potato starch 500g ￡3.00　

Tapioca flour (organic) 500g ￡2.20

125g organic kudzu starch (Clearspring) ￡7.00

Home-Roasted Yellow Flour (Organic) 100g ￡2.00

50g dried wakame seaweed ￡1.00

50g dried hijiki ￡2.00

Sushi Nori (7 sheets made in Japan) ￡3.30

1 litre Yamasa soy sauce ￡5.80

250ml rice vinegar (Clearspring) ￡3.30

Shinshu white miso 1kg ￡3.00　

Tonkatsu sauce 1.8ℓ ￡8.50　

Okonomiyaki sauce 1.8ℓ ￡10.50

Kewpie mayonnaise 500g ￡3.80New

Kelp soup stock powder 7g x 6 ￡2.50New

S&B Golden Curry Medium Hot 240g ￡4.00

S&B Golden Curry Sweet 240g ￡4.00

(Frozen) Okame Natto 3 Pack ￡2.00

(Frozen) 12 pieces of fried tofu for inari sushi ￡2.40

(FROZEN) 24pcs Gyoza skins ￡1.80

(Frozen) 5 uncooked pumpkin croquettes £4.00

(Frozen) Butcher's Beef Croquettes - 4 (uncooked) £4.00

(Frozen) Breaded Prawns - 10 pcs (uncooked) £5.50

(Frozen) chicken cutlets, uncooked ￡1.00/100g

(Frozen) Sanuki udon noodles ￡1.00 per bowl

(Frozen) 2 thin pieces of deep-fried tofu ￡1.50

(Frozen) Edamame 400g ￡1.80

230g dried Banshu soba noodles ￡1.80　

Fukushinzuke (pickles) 100g ￡1.00

Shiba pickles 100g ￡1.00

Red Ginger 100g ￡1.00

(Frozen) 15 steamed prawns for sushi ￡3.50New

(Frozen) Salmon fillet for fresh eating ￡2.50/100gNew

(Frozen) Squid for fresh eating ￡3.00/10 slicesNew

(Frozen) boiled octopus for sushi (sliced) ￡3.00/10 slicesNew

(Frozen) Tobiko 50g ￡2.50New

Sushi Taro (4 servings) ￡8.00

Noritama Furikake (furikake) 30g ￡2.50

Matcha green tea (500ml plastic bottle) ￡2.00

Aloe (not too sweet) ￡2.00

Daifuku with red bean paste ￡1.30 per piece

Daifuku (rice cake): ￡1.30 per piece

Uguisu Mochi ￡1.50 per piece　

Cherry rice cake ￡2.00 per piece

Dorayaki (sweet bean paste smooth) ￡1.50 per piece

Dorayaki (sweet red bean paste Chunky) ￡1.50 per piece

Dorayaki (green tea bean paste) ￡1.50 per piece

Sanshoku dango ￡1.50 per piece

Hishi mochi (for Girls' festival) ￡1.50

(Frozen) koshi-an (sweet red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00

(Frozen)  Tsubu-an (chunky red bean paste) 300g ￡3.00

(Frozen) white bean paste 300g ￡3.00

Pocky Crushed Strawberry ￡2.80

Pocky almond ￡2.80

Wasabi Peas 45g ￡0.50

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Hina Matsuri Afternoon Tea Sets will be available for sale or delivery (Brighton Worthing area only) on Wednesday 3 March.

One set £15 (delivery is from a minimum order £25). Please order in conjunction with the other items listed above).

The closing date for orders is 12 noon on Friday 26 February.

This is a 3 tiered set, the first tier contains a sushi set, the second tier contains 4 types of Japanese sweets including Hishi Mochi (diamond-shaped rice cakes) and Sakura Mochi (cherry blossom rice cakes), and the third tier contains Ohinasama and Odairisama (Japanese doll).

  We are into another lockdown month. How are you doing?

Since the last week of January, the café has been running three days a week (Thursday, Friday and Saturday).

We've been spending the first half of the month updating the café website and thinking about how we're going to run it. Occasionally we'll open the cafe for a few events, so keep an eye on our blog, Facebook and Instagram for updates.

This year, for the first time in 124 years, Setsubun will be on the 2nd of February. It's one day earlier than usual.
It makes us feel good. Spring will come a day earlier. So I thought we have to celebrate this day with ehomaki.

That's why Japanese sweets are also turning into spring colour. Pink and green really make you feel lighter.

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February Wagashi

Steamed Inaka Manju　￡1.80 each

This is a steamed bun with tsubuan (sweet red bean paste) and sweetened chestnuts wrapped in a thin skin of yam dough. It looks like melting snow on a rock. I can't wait for spring.

Plant base.

Ume no ka　￡1.50 each

White bean paste with plum vinegar kneaded into it, wrapped in pink gyuhi. A slightly salty taste that will leave you wanting more. 

Plant base.

Three coloured Dango　￡1.50 each

Sanshoku Dango, also known as Hanami Dango, is a dumpling in pink, white and green, and is available.  Plant base.

Kosi an Daifuku、Tsubu kusa Daifuku　￡1.30 / each　Plant base 
Dorayaki pancake sandwich with Koshi-an, Tsubu-an, Green tea flavour ￡1.50/each　(contains Egg, wheat and honey）

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February Events

2nd (Tue)  Setubun. The direction for good luck is South-South East this year. Please order Ehomaki before 3pm.

14th (Sun)  Valentine's Day💓 Strawberry Daifuku and some sweets will be available on 12th and 13th.

16th (Tue)  ... However, it's the Pancake Day.... Cafe is closed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

OkonomiYaki Night are on this month, too!!!
Every Friday 5pm to 9pm.(Last order is at 8:30 pm or till running out ingredients.)
Please book your picking up time on the phone call for order.

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an-an Cafe has some parking space in front.
Please use the parking space for picking up. We will bring your meals to your car. Plese call us on your arrival with your car's type and colour.

Let's carry on Washing hands, Wear masks and Stay at home. Then we will beat it!