Enjoy 5 Selected Spring Limited Sweets!!!
03/23/2017
Japan four season is very clear, because of that reason there are limited seasonal products and sweets in Japan. This time, what I want to pay attention to is Spring limited sweets.
In order to have everyone taste the Japanese seasonal sweets, I want to introduce some of the cherry blossom motif limited sweets you can have it here in Tokyo!
Nenrinya -Straight Baum “Sakura Zarame”-
”Sakura Zarame” appears from the baumkuchen shop,”Nenrinya” representative of Tokyo! It become the sweet pursuing plump, soft and juicy taste everywhere when you put into your mouth.
It is a baumkuchen has a beautiful spring color, and can imagined the full bloom of cherry blossoms, and can enjoy a cherry blossoms faint scent. The plump soft taste with the granulated sugar crispness is also attractive!
How they made . . .
They melt in cherry blossom leaf extract extracting the elegant fragrance and baked it softly.
The granulated sugar is also has a cherry blossom flavor, and it is slightly has a color of cherry blossoms.
One more I want to introduce is “Cherry Blossom Country Mount Baum.” You can have a different taste than “Straight Baum Sakura Zarame.”
Outside is crispy but inside is moist, it is slightly has a cherry blossoms fragrance, and this is also beautiful spring color baumkuchen like a cherry blossom. It is one of the attractive sweet that you can have a extraordinary texture.
How they made. . .
As same as “Sakura Zarame”, they melt in cherry blossom leaf extract extracting the elegant fragrance, they layer it and baked it even more thicker, it takes double the time of usual baumkuchen.
They also provide this one with a cute cherry blossom motif package. The springish package representing Japan four seasons, and this 2 sweets there is no doubt that you will be pleased with a small souvenirs!
Information
Price:
■Straight Baum “Sakura Zarame”
1,080yen(tax included)
■Cherry Blossom Country Mount Baum
756yen(tax included)with package
Sales period: Till mid Apirl
Where to buy:
[Shop Data]
Nenrinya Ginza Main Outlet
・Address: 1F The Stone, 5-6-15 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo
・Operation Hours: 10:30~20:00 (Sun・PH: 10:30~19:00)
・Access: Tokyo Metro ”Ginza Station" Immediately from B3 Exit
Lindt -Cherry Blossom Drink-
Lindt is one of the Chocolate brand in Zurich, Switzerland established in 1845. The popular”Lindor” are very elegant and melts when you put into your mouth, and this is my one of the recommendation chocolate for you to try it out. What I always do is when I go there, I picked up and buy the favorite chocolate what I want, and I always have it when I am tired or need a sweet things while thinking what I should have it for today.
From that famous Switzerland chocolate shop,”Lindt”, on every year in this season they release,”White Chocolate Sakura Ice Drink!”
This drink is a white base chocolate drink blended with sweet Amarena cherry syrup and sour Griotte cherry puree, You can enjoy the beautiful cherry blossom color and the scent of cherry blossoms! Even they offer luxury topping, the almond and framboise creme shanti with a shaved framboise white chocolate, and cherry blossoms sauce to the customers! In Eat-in Ginza store, the cherry blossom petal compote will be added on the topping! .
If you are chocolate lovers, I want you to have this drink once! If you find the Lindt stores, please try it!
Information
Price:
■Ginza shop:with eat-in glass: 1,388yen(tax included)No take out
■Except Ginza shop: Take out 772yen(tax included)
(Jiyugaoka provides with eat-in glass)
Sales Period: Feb 16, 2017~Apirl 17, 2017
(The sales will be end when all the stocks has been sold)
Where To Buy:
All in Lidnt Chocolat Cafe
[Shop Data]
■Ginza Outlet
Address: 7-6-12 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan (Zip)104-0061
Operation Hours : 11-22pm (Weekend:11-20pm)
■Shibuya Outlet
Address: 1-25-6, Shibuya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Japan(Zip)150-0002
Operation Hours:9-22pm
■Omotesando Outlet
Address: 3-5-22 Kita Aoyama Minato-ku, Tokyo Japan (Zip)107-0061
Operation Hours:9-22pm (Sat: 10-22pm / Sun: 10-21pm)
Lotteria -Sakura Mochi Mochi An Pie-
From the fast food chain stores,”Lotteria”, they released the original sweet,”Sakura Mochi Mochi An Pie.” They used the red bean jam from Hokkaido, and the dough is very chewy and has a scent of cherry blossoms. the “Sakura Mochi” is the image of this pie, so they made the dough chewy and not crispy.
Besides this, there are seasonal limited drinks using strawberries, such as “Milk Pudding Strawberry Shake”, Cafe Latte using Tochiotome strawberry from Tochigi prefecture, and “Strawberry Soda.” How about having it along with this pie?
Information
Price:
■Sakura Mochi Mochi An Pie: 180yen (tax included)
■Milk Pudding Strawberry Shake: 360yen (tax included)
■Tochiotome Cafe Latte 280yen (tax included)
■Strawberry Sode 280yen (tax included)
Sales Period:Feb. 15, 2017 ~To be decided
Where To Buy:
[Shop Data]
All in Lotteria
Patisserie Kihachi -New Sakura Sweets-
Patisserie Kihachi is a pastry shop operated by “Sazaby League Co., Ltd.” founded in 1987 and it deploying in the center of Tokyo (Tokyo・Chiba). They always carefully select the ingredients and deliver delicious items one by one to their customers.
Let me introduced 2 seasonal limited sweets from Patisserie Kihachi, which used plenty of Japanese ingredients, “Mont Blanc Sakura” and “Verrine Sakura.”
Among the cherry blossoms fragrance butter cream, the white bean milk mousse with plum and strawberry jelly is used inside. They are using *streusel made by mixing cherry blossoms leaves to make the foundation dough, and decorated salty cherry blossoms on the top.
*Streusel :Crumble of flour, butter, and sugar
The other sweet is this! This is also the product you can not missed.
It is a colorful product that imaged a cherry blossom tree. It is a layered verrine, on beneath there is a pistachio mousse, on the top of that, the cherry mousse with salted cherry blossoms petal and leaves paste and honey scent white wine jelly.
The Pistachio mousse shows as an image of the field, the jelly and cherry blossoms color mousse shows the full bloom of cherry blossom and can you see it as a art? I think these are the sweet you can enjoy by just looking at it!
You can have “Mont Blanc Sakura” and “Verrine Sakura” with your friends and families in all kind of occasion such as home parties and Ohanami. Please try this Patisserie Kihachi sweets which combined with Japanese traditional style and western pastries.
Information
Price:
■“Mont Blanc SAKURA”: 584yen (tax included)
■”Verrine SAKURA”: 562yen (tax included)
Sales Period:March 1~ Apirl 25, 2017
Where To Buy:
[Shop Data]
Patisserie Kihachi ※some shops are excluded
URL:http://www.kihachi.jp/patisserie/
Spring Cherry Blossoms Sweets -In Sky Tree Town-
In Tokyo Skytree Solamachi, “Sakura Gourmet Fair” is held in this moment! You can enjoy Tokyo Skytree limited ice cream and the sweets using cherry blossoms bean jam. From those several sweets, I want to introduced 2 Solamachi limited sweets!
Clover Leaf -Sakura Waffle Ice-
”Bubble Waffle Ice" has a unique form and it looks like a small baby castella is connected. The dough baked with its own powder is slightly sweet and damp texture!
“Sakura Waffle” is a new sensation sweetness that can be eaten with crepe sensation. The cherry blossom jam and ice cream is wrapped in waffle. They changed ice cone to waffle and make the cherry blossom bean paste a cute cherry blossoms.
Besides this, there is "Hokusai Waffle.” It is a waffle of Hokusai Katsushika, a representative Ukiyo-e painter in Japan. The waffle baked his one of the art, “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” in three-dimensionally. There are 3 flavors to choose from It will be pleased for small souvenir!
Information
Price:
■Sakura Waffle Ice: 590yen (tax included)
Sales Period: March 1~Apirl 9, 2017
(The sales will be end when all the stocks has been sold)
■Hokusai Waffle:
・Strawberry milk 340yen
・Cholate chip milk 360 yen
・Choco chip nuts 390yen (All tax included)
(Sales all year)
Where To Buy:
[Shop Data]
Clover Leaf -Tokyo Solamachi-
・Address:4F Tokyo Solamachi, 1-1-2 Oshiage Sumida-ku, Tokyo (Zip code: 131-0045)
・Operation Hours:10:00~21:00(Open Throughout the year)
・Access:5 min walk from Toei Subway Asakusa Line: Oshiage Station
Immediately from Tobu Skytree Line: Tokyo Skytree Station
FUJIYA Sweetoven
”FUJIYA" is the western pastries shop also popular with Milky and Country Ma`am. In Tokyo Solamachi, they opened the cream puff shop sales a wide varieties of taste,”FUJIYA Sweetoven.”
In this shop, you can also enjoy a fresh baked “Country Ma`am”,”Tokyo Downtown Cream Puff Rusk” and limited Tokyo Tree Cream Puff.”
The seasonal limited,”Cherry Blossom Cream Puff”, they squeezed cherry blossoms and green tea cream into crisp cream puff made it with high scented gold sesame and scatter cherry blossoms petal made it with strawberry. It is like a art!
If you just have a one bite, you can enjoy the cherry blossoms flavor and savory taste of sesame seeds spread in to your mouth along with slightly scent of the cherry blossoms. Absolutely, the children will love it and I assume that you can bring it to all kind of occasions such as parties and for souvenirs!
Information
Price:
■Sakura Cream Puff : 350yen (tax included)
Sales Period: March 1~ Apirl 9, 2017
Where To Buy:
[Shop Data]
FUJIYA Sweetoven
・Address:4F Tokyo Solamachi, 1-1-2 Oshiage Sumida-ku, Tokyo (Zip code: 131-0045)
・Operation Hours:10:00~21:00(Open Throughout the year)
・Access:5 minwalk from Toei Subway Asakusa Line: oshiage Station
Immediately from Tobu Skytree Line: Tokyo Skytree Station