Castella
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Castella is a type of Japanese sponge cake and is known for its sweet, moist brioche-style flavour and texture. It is based on cakes introduced to Japan by Portuguese merchants in the 16th century. It
Castella,made in nagasaki city,japan
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Pão-de-ló is castella's Portuguese ancestor
Regular and chocolate castella
Wagashi
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Wagashi is traditional Japanese confectionery, typically made using plant-based ingredients and with an emphasis on seasonality. Wagashi generally makes use of cooking methods that pre-date Western in
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…century. It was then popularized in the city of Nagasaki, where it is considered a specialty. Despite its foreign origins, it is considered a kind of wagashi, or traditional Japanese confectionery. To suit the tastes of Japanese people, mizuame syrup was added to the sponge cake to make it more moist, and…
Nerikiri (練り切り) in various shapes and colors: Asian skunk cabbage, Hibiscus syriacus, hortensia, and rose
A bowl of matcha tea on a lacquered tray with wagashi
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In the Kamakura period, yōkan (羊羹) was a mutton soup, and today's mainstream yōkan was born in the 1800s after the Japanese invented kanten (寒天, agar) in the 1600s. This thick Japanese jellied dessert is now made of adzuki bean paste, agar, and sugar.