Anyway, whenever there are festivals here you can see vendors selling baby castella, these are castella baked in miniature molds. Sometimes they are in the shape of cartoon characters, like Doraemon.
Most times they are just cylindrical in shape.
He was selling "holland-yaki" and when we passed by, he was quickly flipping them out of the mold with a toothpick.
Satoshi and I looked at each other and turned back to buy some.
These sweets were being sold in different amounts and we bought the smallest, 18 for 525 yen (about US$5.25).
After he gave us 2 to sample, the vendor said he also put a little extra into our bag.
When we got home, we had them with coffee, he actually gave us 4 extra (I counted...a total of 6 when you include the samples).
I looked at the back of the package and one of the ingredients is white miso, though you can't taste it at all.
Not sure why these are called Holland-yaki but these were delicious, so easy to eat them in one sitting...which we did.
Love the sentence, "Satoshi and I looked at each other and turned back to buy some." I imagine a bell going "bing" at that moment. Makes me laugh.
ReplyDeleteThese look delicious! Remind me of mini sponge cakes :).
ReplyDeleteJalna, "bing" :)
ReplyDeleteThanks CG, it was like mini cakes :)
Take care you two.
Kat
Never been a fan of castella. Guess it reminds me of sponge cake, which is my least favourite cake. Castella seems to be very popular all over Japan and you can find different varieties in different parts of Japan.
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They look perfect with a cup of tea or coffee.
ReplyDeleteHappy Easter! (OK, well it is still Easter here anyway!) ;-)
oh these look tasty new to me
ReplyDeleteFill it with creamy filling and you get a big Twinkie!
ReplyDeleteI used to love castella. At school we'd often have it as it was a common omiyage.
ReplyDeletevery popular indeed J-A.
ReplyDeletehappy easter Deb in Hawaii!
hope you get a chance to try them Rebecca!
they aren't THAT big Nate :)
hope you can get some when you come to Japan Melanie :)
Take care everyone.
Kat
Good morning Kat... this is SUGOI oishisooooo.... I really, really want to eat this right now. Your food reports always make me hungry and miss home!
ReplyDeleteone more item to add to your "to eat" list Nami :)
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
Yum, looks tasty! Are these like ningyo-yaki?
ReplyDeleteI think ningyo-yaki have sweet bean paste inside K, these weren't filled.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
I like how you can get portuguese stuff and you don't even need to go to Portugal! Never heard of these, so if some sharp person Italy starts making some....instead of cupcakes (so american :-P), I'm there!
ReplyDeleteman, I wish they would bring the sweet bread Rowena, like King's...actually tempura is a portuguese word, unreal yeah? Anyway, think taiyaki dough in nugget form, that was how these were.
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
I would love to pop one of these right now!!
ReplyDeleteI'll get you some PB :)
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat
I love the sound of mini sponge cakes! Not seen these in London but perhaps I should look out for the Portuguese version!
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll get to try castella Su-Lin, even if this version isn't in your area :)
ReplyDeleteTake care.
Kat