Kitty Sponge Cake
Posted by harvey in Food on 03. Nov, 2006 | 8 Comments
Maybe this is old news and I’m just noticing it for the first time. Mini sponge cakes, or “baby castella(sp?)” (カステラ) as they call it in Japan, are famous snacks for sale during festivals. Usually, they are just mini bite-sized balls of cake that you buy by the bag. At a recent festival, I saw [...]
Chocolate Banana
Posted by harvey in Culture, Food on 01. Nov, 2006 | 15 Comments
At Kawagoe Festival in Saitama, we stopped by a chocolate banana vendor. Chocolate bananas, along with candied apples, takoyaki and whatnot are a typical festival snack in Japan. This booth in particular was interesting because they have a special deal. When you buy one chocolate banana for 200 yen, you get a chance to challenge [...]
