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Authentic Sesame Balls Recipe: Red Bean Paste Filling
You can use hulled or unhulled sesame seeds. Oil: for deep frying Sweet red bean paste: The filling inside the sesame balls ...
Sydney Fukuoka prefecture association's annual mochi event
SBS Japanese visited Sydney's Fukuoka prefecture association's annual mochi event. Freshly pounded mochi was served with ...
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Where have all the 'bungeoppang' vendors gone?
"Bungeoppang" is disappearing in Korea. The fish-shaped pastry filled with sweet red bean paste has become a rare sight as a street food. This decline is striking, given its immense popularity in ...
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‘Wagashi’ sweets artists infuse modern twists to gain new fans
This year, the shop collaborated with a local Belgian beer specialty store to introduce a beer-infused “yokan” (sweet jellied red bean paste). “I would like to expand the neo wagashi ...
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VOX POPULI: Celebrating the delightful and profound world of ‘wagashi’
On the Autumnal Equinox 122 years ago, Haiku poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) ate “ohagi” sticky rice balls coated with sweet red bean paste while sick in bed with spinal caries. He penned ...