Japanese Snacks

On Sunday, my husband came home from Osaka with lots of goodies.

Before this business trip, I specially reminded him to buy "Ajari mochi", a Kyoto specialty which can be bought only in Kansai area.

I first tried this mochi based cake with red bean filling in January and fell in love with it immediately. The texture of the skin is chewy and the red bean paste goes very well with hot Japanese tea.

Highly recommended if you are going to Kansai area. You should be able to find it in major departmental stores like Hanshin.


Besides the mochi, my husband also bought a variety of seafood flavoured rice crackers (senbei) as he knows that I don`t fancy the traditional hard type with soya sauce. These thinly sliced crackers were perfect for my afternoon tea.




Lastly, I have to mention these delicious madeleines baked by my mother in law. She woke up early on Sunday morning to bake these before my husband boarded the 8am bus from Osaka.

I bake madeleines too but hers were so moist with a pleasant lemon aftertaste. Looks like I still have a lot to learn from her.