April sweets and events

There was announcement of the name of next era (for the next emperor).
It's called

Reiwa(令和)

My impression of this word in Kanji is like the era in 8 Century... the I found out the word is made up with two character in old poem made in 8-9 Century. So my guess was not so far away...

Here Summer time has started and brighten up. Well, a bit strange. Plum and Cherry are blooming at the same time, if you see ground, daffodils, tulips and camellia are blooming beautifully... in one go. Now bluebells are coming so fast.
Then someone told me that it will go cold again 😢

So, before all the cherry blossoms finish, I would like to hold Japanese Afternoon Tea for cherry blossoms. As it is very short notice, it will be a bit simplified.

Number of seats are limited. Drop in welcome between 2pm to 5pm.
Although there is no need of making reservation, if you don't want to disappoint, please leave text message with name and contact number, for how many people on Cafe's telephone. I won't be able to listen if you leave message recorded.

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April Sweets

Chick cake　￡1.50 each
Easter Sweets for April this year. This rich sweets goes with Cafe Latte very well.
Each chick has different face and expression.
This sweets contains Wheat, Gluten, Eggs and Daily

Bunny Cake　￡1.50 each
Rabbit is also a star of Easter season. However brown rabbit is for Easter, so it has Smooth azuki bean paste in brown skin.
This contains Wheat and Gluten.

Cherry blossom Mochi　￡2.00 each　

Please enjoy the aroma of pickled Cherry leaves.






Hanami Dango　£1.50 each

Pink is cherry or plum blossoms, white is Spring morning mist, Green is new shoots on the ground. That is the meaning of this three colour rice balls on skewers. Fresh flavor of real Organic Japanese Mogwort gives a lovely aftertaste. Please take this to the picnic under cherry blossoms.

Daufuku (Smooth or Chunky Azuki bean paste) Mochi and Dorayaki with Adzuki bean paste or White bean paste with Matcha green tea are available at cafe any time.

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April Events

Thursday 4th Okonomiyaki Night Cafe 6:30 pm to 9 pm
　　　 Please make a reservation for use of Teppan hot plate.

Friday 5th Mini Japanese Afternoon Tea - Cherry blossoms
                2pm to 5pm No need of reservation. More Detail Here       

Saturday 6th Open between 11:30 am to 5 pm.
                Mini Japanese Afternoon Tea - Cherry blossoms

Thursday 11th Okonomiyaki Night Cafe 6:30 pm to 9 pm
　　　 Please make a reservation for use of Teppan hot plate.

Saturday 13th SANDS Charity Day
          Holding a sushi workshop a part of the charity event in Southwick for Mum of twins who left this word too quickly.
　　　 I will take some Japanese sweets, too. Please come around!

Therefore, cafe is closed this Saturday.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Sunday 14th Brighton Marathon Day!
　　　　　　　To cheer up runners, Cafe is open on this Sunday!
                    All drinks and cakes, sweets and breakfast are available.　　　　

Thursday 18th Okonomiyaki Night Cafe 6:30 pm to 9 pm
　　　 Please make a reservation for use of Teppan hot plate.

19th - 22nd Closed for Easter.

Thursday 25th Okonomiyaki Night Cafe 6:30 pm to 9 pm
　　　 Please make a reservation for use of Teppan hot plate.

Saturday 27th Open 11:30 am to 3 pm
　　　　
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Please check up the detail of Afternoon tea here.
https://an-an-brighton-en.blogspot.com/2019/04/mini-afternoon-tea-sakura.html

Mini Afternoon Tea - Sakura

Oops、the cherry tree's buds are getting bigger everyday.
It's been too warm so the cherry tree in front of the cafe is blooming soon!

So, I would like to have a bit simplified afternoon tea quickly before the cherry blossom finishes... and this will be also the celebration of the first Saturday opening, too.

Time：Friday 5th and Saturday 6th April  2pm to 5pm on both day
No need of making reservations, however, number is limited. Please leave your name and contact number on Cafe's telephone, if you like to book seats.

Menu：Drink which you like（up to £2.00, additional charge applied if you order drink more expensive than £2.00）
　　　Vegan Sushi Set（Inari Zushi、Red pepper Nigiri、Avocado ship、Cucumber roll）
　　　4 Wagashi themed of Sakura

Price：£10.00 per person.　

All are plant based, so suitable for Vegan.
Please let me know on order if you have any allergy.

I am looking forward to seeing you then.

an-an

　　　

New Saturday Opening Hours!

This is the result of the survey last week. Thank you for participating this survey.

The new opening hours on Saturdays is;

11:30 am to 3:00 pm

(Then, when I used to run Saturday lunch hours, I will open in the evening from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm)

I thought people are busy on Saturday lunch hours as they go out or shopping in the city... it was unexpected.

Then the runner is Okonomiyaki night, which made me happy as Okonomiyaki is my hometown's soul food!!!

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I would like to answer some of questions and request on Q2.

Q: Please sell Wagashi (Japanese sweets) and Afternoon Tea!
A:　Of course, we sell a lot of Wagashi on Saturdays. I am thinking about  "Mini Afternoon Tea" on this Friday and Saturday as the promotion.
Its's pop-in, so no need of booking seats. However, I have so much sweets I can make for one day, so please let me know if you want to reserve the afternoon tea. The detail will be on the next newsletter.

Q: How about Okoknomiyaki night on Friday?
A: To be honest, I thought about which is better on Friday night or Saturday night for Okonomiyaki night. Well, the reason of choosing Saturday night is... because I don't need to wake up next morning early. So, If I don't need to wake up early on Saturday morning, I might start Friday night, too???

Q：All Day Breakfast？
A：I am really interested in, but currently we have limitation of how many dishes we can prepare. IF.... just if we can move to a bigger place with bigger kitchen, we will do it. So for now... we will serve breakfast on occasions. (When shall I plan next?)

Q：Are there Vegetarian and Vegan menu on Saturday, too?
A：Of course, we will serve Vegetarian and Vegan menu as usual lunch hours. If you choose Vegan, please let us know on the order. If you have any food allergy/ intolerance, please let us know on the order, too. We will do our best to meet to your needs.

Q：Do you take online order? Do you do home delivery?
A：No we don't. Our kitchen is too small to deal with the demands online. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Anyway, I would like to see and hear my own customers. Please come to my cafe and chat with me💛

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Thank you for leaving so many warm messages.
Yes, we will do our best!
We are so happy to have you in my small cafe at this location.

We are looking forward to seeing you at my cafe on Saturdays.
an-an girls xxx

Japanese Afternoon Tea - Spring Equinox

The day before yesterday, large hail　came　down　from the bright sunny sky...　made　me　really　surprised.
We say This unsettle weather is until the Equinox week.

This Friday is the day for Spring Equinox Afternoon Tea.

There is not enough time to prepare, so we only have two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. One session last about one and half hour and morning session is from 10am, and the afternoon session starts from 4:30 pm.

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Menu

The first 
SoupーMini turnip broth
Small dishーAsparagus and Silkey Tofu Salad
　　　　　　Steamed Water cress and Rocket
MainーGrilled Deep Fried Tofu
RiceーRice with bamboo shoots

The second
Putit Botamochi　(Cherry flower bean paste, Sesame Seeds, Green Agar)
Higan-Dango　(Sweet Soy Sauce）
Mochi with Japanese Mogworts

The third
Suhama　（Roasted Soy flouer)
Rapeseed flower　（Nerikiri)

One drink of your choice（Upto £2.00）　
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£12.00　PP
Additional would be charged if you order drink more expensive than £2.00．

I look forward to seeing you.

March sweets and events

As soon as March starts, Brighton is in the extream weather. Once really nice and warm spring and now stormy winter again... I feel sorry for the cherry blossoms stay in wind not to releasing any petals...

I was feeling a bit down and not myself since the end of February and it's already in mid March! I need to put my self together again and do what I can do now.

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March Sweets

Uguisu mochi　£1.50 each

It is named after the bird letting us know the arrival of spring, Japanese bush warbler. The green soy bean flour is just like the olive colour of the bird.
Smooth azuki bean paste is in smooth sweet mochi. The fresh Spring aroma of the green soy bean flour spread in you mouth.
This contains Soy.


Sakura Mochi　￡2.00 each

Smooth Azuki bean paste is wrapped by coarsely pounded sweet rice, it representing cherry blossoms. The pickled real cherry leaves can be eaten with the mochi. It adds fresh aroma and a bit of savory touch.



Bota Mochi　￡1.50 each
The seven days around the Spring equinox is the time to think about our ancestors. Japanese eat this sweets after offering to our own ancestors.
Smooth and Chunky azuki bean paste ones have coarsely pounded rice ball inside. Roasted soy bean ones have smooth adzuki bean paste wrapped by coarsely pounded rice inside.
This contains Soy.（Roasted soy bean one only)

Hanami Dango　£1.50 each

Pink Dango ball represents flowers such as cherry or plum flowers. White one is Spring fog, and green one is fresh shoots on the ground.
Please take this to the picnic under cherry blossoms.




Daifuku Mochi and Dorayaki can be parchased anytime of the year.


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March Events

14th(Thu）6:30 - 9:00 pm (Last order)
                  Okonomiyaki pancake and night cafe
                  The table is fully booked.

18th(Mon)~24th(Sun)　7days around the Spring Equinox

21th(Thu）6:30 - 9:00 pm (Last order)
                  Okonomiyaki pancake and night cafe
                  　One table is left for booking.

22th(Fri）　Japanese Afternoon Tea for Spring Equinox
　　　　　　　　The detail comes after this newsletter.
　　　　　　　　（Most probably on this day...(;^ω^)）

28th(Thu)　6:30 - 9:00 pm (Last order)
                  Okonomiyaki pancake and night cafe
                  　Please book a table if you would like to use Teppan hot plate.

Japanese Drum Concert！Brighton and Hove Japanese Club 20th Anniversary Open Day!

The longest ever the title of this blog, but I don't know how to show my excitement for this event!!!

Japanese TAIKO Drum Artist Mr. Joji Hirota is coming 

to B&H Japanese Club again!!!!

Then, an-an will be participating to this special big event have a stall.

Time : Sunday 10th February

　　　12:00~16:00
Place: Brighton and Hove High School Montpelier Road BN1 3AT
It is about 10-15 min on food from Brighton Station.
There is no parking space for guests in the premise.

Admission fee : Adult : £1, Children : free
(no top up admission fee for Japanese Drum performance! Please don't miss this opportunity!)

an-an will have a large stall for Wagashi (traditional Japanese sweets) .
There are also calligraphy, Origami workshops, Japanese food and Cake stales
More over, you can have your portrait by professional Manga artists!!!

Cannot be better!!!

This time, ruffle prizes are really gorgeous for the 20th anniversary!
One prize from an-an is ...

Invitation two people for Japanese sweets Wagashi Workshop with a meal... worth £50!!!

Please take part in the ruffles!!!

The leaflet is at my cafe, so please come and take one for you.

January Sweets and Events

Happy New Year!
I will try my best to fill up my small cafe with everybody's smiley faces this year, too!

I cannot believe it's already 10 days into 2019!!!
Christmas decorations are taken away and towns are back to normal.

I hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year holidays.
I was working really hard in night and days till the New Year's Eve and sleep all day on the New Year's Day.

This year is Wild-bore's year (Pig year in Chinese). Wild-bore is known as "cannot stop dashing towards something once it's find the aim". But I am not going to act like that. I know I need to be more carefully find the "it"... just like a pig finding truffle under the ground.

Well, Cafe an-an is going to have 5th anniversary in June. Maybe, maybe something will happen...((((；ﾟДﾟ))))ｶﾞｸｶﾞｸﾌﾞﾙﾌﾞﾙ

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January Sweets

Petal Mochi　£1.80 each

This is a special sweets served at tea ceremony during this New Year's period. Miso seasoned white bean paste is wrapped in pink and white Mochi. You can see candied burdock root can be seen from the both ends, which add an interesting texture and flavor into this sweets. （Vegan)
This contains Soy.

Black bean Mochi　￡1.50 each

This each mochi has 7 Black soy beans for good luck. People also eat this sweet black soy beans in the New Year's period for hoping a good health in this coming year. Chunky Adzuki Bean paste inside（Vegan)
This contains Soy.

Sweet Adzuki Bean soup　£2.00 a bowl
This is a hot warming soup with three mochi.（Vegan)

Sweet Adzuki Bean soup with Ice cream　£2.50 a bowl
Ice on top of hot soup with seasonal fruits. （Non-Vegan)
This contains Milk.

Dorayaki　￡1.50 each
Please chose the filling from Smooth or Chunky Adzuki Bean, or Matcha Green Tea paste.
This contains Eggs, Wheat (Gluten) and Honny.

Daifuku Mochi（Smooth・Chunky）　￡1.00 each

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January Event

Thursday 17th　Okonomi Yaki & Night Cafe　
　　　　　　Please reserve table for use of Hotplate.
Thursday 24th　Okonomi Yaki & Night Cafe　
　　　　　　Please reserve table for use of Hotplate.
Thursday 17th　Okonomi Yaki & Night Cafe　
　　　　　　Please reserve table for use of Hotplate.

Saturday 2nd February
               　Croydon Japanese school holds second hand markets. I will have the last sales at this school. from 10:00 to 12:00 (No public entrance between 10:50 and 11:30)

Sunday 10th February 　Brighton and Hove Japanese Club Open Day

　　　　　　Annual event for Japanese Saturday School. Please see more detail on this page nearer time. It will be the 20th anniversary, so I may do something specall...

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Japanese afternoon tea was planned sometime in January or early February. However, as I have two large events in early February, it will be postponed to the late February. Sorry for the inconvenience.