With tax and shipping it was about $45.
A little higher than T-farm’s price last year and 1 kilo less, but we look forward to enjoying these.
Kat & Satoshi's eating and traveling adventures around Japan (and sometimes Hawaii)
With tax and shipping it was about $45.
A little higher than T-farm’s price last year and 1 kilo less, but we look forward to enjoying these.
This year you had to buy an entrance ticket for 500 yen which they were pre-selling online.
Choose a time and date that you wanted to attend...11:00-13:00, 13:30-15:30, 16:00-18:00, Wednesday (2/1) to Sunday (2/5).
I chose Wednesday at 11:00-13:00.
I was happy that I could pay for this with my mobile payment account.
The check-in desk opened at 10:30, they checked our QR codes then had us stand in another line until 11:00 when the event opened.
We had to put this sticker on so they knew we had checked in (photo above).
You should know that there are two types of roasting textures…hokuhoku which is flaky and can be a little dry. The other type is nettori which is wet and sticky.
In the past all roasted potatoes were the hokuhoku type, but recently new varieties have popped up and when roasted they are nettori.
For this event, there are 15 vendors.
First stop, Souunmitsuimo, a shop from Okayama.This yakiimo had so much "sugar" coming out of it!
This variety was nettori and super sweet...800 yen tax included
They had a variety called Tomitsu.
I purchased their Tomitsu beniimo…500 yen, not as sweet as Souunmitsuimo, but still sweet and hokuhoku.
My last stop was Kobe Imoya Shinomoto, a shop from Kobe. They had an original variety called Satoura Gold…600 yen tax includedThis variety was slightly sweet and hokuhoku
Mitsuharuka…700 yen tax includedThis variety was sweet and nettori.
I’m glad I was able to purchase the varieties I wanted.
It was the first time for us to try these varieties.
I put most of these into the freezer for us to enjoy in the coming weeks.
I hadn't noticed before but noticed today that you can see Tokyo Tower from this park.Since most of the other vendors are from areas near Tokyo, I'll check them out in the future.A tiny cafe that we've been wanting to try.
It was kind of crowded, but we were still able to sit at a distance from others.
I had their napolitan...980 yen (tax included)...this was delicious and the sauce was not sweet.
My only peeve was that it was on a teeny plate, so you had to eat super carefully so as not to spill.
Satoshi had their thai shoyu ramen, he was asked whether he wanted rice noodles or egg noodles, he chose rice noodles.His lunch came with a mini gapao rice, which was also scrunched into a teeny bowl, making it hard to eat.
But he said he enjoyed his lunch...900 yen (tax included).
It is a pretty laid back place, so we look forward to trying other items on their menu...we'll be back.I noticed he was selling beets, so I bought a bag, 162 yen (tax included).
I roasted them and we'll eat them in the coming days.
He was done by about 4:30-ish.
Before "picking him up", I bought us dinner from Stivale so we could just jump on the train to go back home.
1530 yen (tax included) for both.
Delicious.
He had some pain but was able to eat AND had wine...
Have a good week.
ps we didn’t have snow, at least I didn’t see any
Four years ago we were trying 175 deno tan tan men
Eight years ago we were trying zabon-zuke
Thirteen years ago we thought spring was coming
Seventeen years ago we were talking about tsukiai and other things.
When it came time to line the muffin tin, I realized I inly had 3 muffin papers, so I used some parchment paper.
It was hard to fill with muffin batter, because the parchment didn't stay secure in the muffin tin.
Also while making the batter I only had a little mochiko, so I used half mochiko and half flour.
I put some yuzu peel that I had in the freezer, used up some chocolate chips and also added some cocoa powder
My baking powder expired but I used the hot water test and it still bubbled so I used it.
Even with all these obstacles, the muffins came out nice and will be good for breakfast or as a snack.