(click each for larger images)Look! This is called "Peco-chan Yaki". I went to this shop when I visited Tokyo last month. Peco-chan is a popular girl character from a famous confectionery called Fujiya with a long history in Japan. "Yaki" literally means "bake". It originally comes from a traditional Japanese cake with sweet beans filling called in general "dora-yaki".
Many confectioneries from fancy to local ones throughout the country make their own with a little bit of modifications in their ingredients and shapes.
Try it when you had a chance to visit Japan. You'll find it almost any cities and towns. You won't miss it at any food floors of the department stores. Some times you are supposed to join the line to get this sweet. When you see the line, it is a "delicious" sign!
Like this "Peco-chan Yaki". They have several different fillings of the season besides sweet beans such as custard cream, cheese cream, green tea cream, mushed sweet potato,mushed pumpkin and several more.
There is one Japanese traditional confectionery on the Fifth Ave. New York and I heard not only the Japanese living there but also other local residents love this "dora-yaki". I didn't expect that people besides the Japanese love this sweet beans paste. I think sweet beans paste is rather authentic and unique that I thought sweet beans filling just don't appeal to their taste. But it's fun to see on TV some fans of Japanese sweets enjoy eating "dora-yaki" while walking along the New York streets after they get them from the shop. Just like they eat burgers!
5 comments:
Now that looks yummy!! Thanks for your kind comments... I love reading them! Hugs~
Oh yummy! I'd love to try some. WIll check downtown in KL.
Oh! DORAYAKI! I knew it from Doraemon and until today I thought it was because doraemon loves it, hahaha!!! xD and I didn't know it really existed! I should try it sometime later! :D
Looks all soooooooooo yummie :-)
I wish I could try one ......
Send you hugs :))
These look divine. Filipinos also have sweets with bean paste. My mother is from the Philippines and I remember eating it when I was a little girl. And Koreans use it a lot too, I have had quite a few Korean desserts with Brian's family with bean paste. I really like it!
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