December 08, 2004
Okashi to the people!
What would Japan be without its great and various okashi (general word for Japanese sweets and snacks)? The rich and tasty daifuku (sweet bean paste in rice cake) that is green and floury. Yookan (chunky sweet bean jelly) which is usually very sweet and deep brown or purple. Ebi-sen (shrimp flavored fried flour sticks) that are a little salty and really tasty. Karintoo (fried sugar-coated dough) looks like brown sticks and are really sweet. Karikari ume (crunchy pickled plum) that wouldn’t probably appeal to most foreigners because it might taste weird at first, but I assure you it’s yummy.
Japanese snacks can be very sweet, so it goes well with the bitter green tea. Are you heading for Japan? Don’t miss out great stuff like: choko-reeto, sunakku and aisu (chocolate, snacks and ice-cream).
Daifuku break at work...