Eating the Jelly Bowl

Inside the jelly bowl is a large clear bag filled with jelly, fruits, and 2 beans in some kind of water syrup. The small square is filled with red bean and the rectangle is filled with black sugar syrup also known as black honey or in Japanese Kuromitsu.  The package also includes a little spoon so you can eat it anywhere how awesome is that?!

It took me a bit to figure out the instructions but what I got out of it is;

1. drain the liquid from the clear jelly bag or everything will be diluted
2. dump the remaining content in the clear bag into the bowl
3. add in the red bean
4. drizzle black sugar syrup over everything
5. mix it all up and enjoy

Now I could have done this whole thing all wrong but it was still delicious! I love red bean desserts and since I left it in the fridge for a couple of days it was nice and cold very refreshing.

Mitsuwa Food Haul

I went to Mitsuwa with my brother to get some food and Mitsuwa already has prepared bento boxes ready to eat.  This is what we got.

An eel bowl that includes; tamagoyaki which is a sweet rolled egg omelette, mushroom, carrot, pickled ginger, and some type of green vegetable over rice.

Next is a beef bowl that includes, thinly sliced beef that is marinated in sukiyaki sauce, pickled ginger, caramelized onions, and green onions over rice

This is a fried chicken bento; there is fried chicken, dumplings, tamagoyaki, potato salad, a carrot, broccoli, mushroom, and brown riced mixed with other vegetables and picked ginger.

Next is a pork cutlet bento its pretty much the same thing as the fried chicken bento box except it has macaroni salad instead of potato salad and white rice.

The last thing we got is a pork cutlet sandwich, inside is fried pork with cabbage, ton-katsu sauce, and I think Japanese mayo (kewpie mayo)

We also got a couple of different chips to try

First one is a pizza potato chip. There is a hint of sweetness kind of taste like lays cheddar and sour cream chips and pringles pizza chip mixed together

This next one is our favorite we usually get some whenever we see it.  It is Honey butter chip, the taste is a sweet and salty buttery goodness.

Next is Kara Mucho, it taste like a spicy barbecue chip, but not that spicy.  I looked up the brand and there is a spicier version

The last chip is Yaokin Kado Cabbage Taro Flavored chips with “sauce.”  Taste like a salty popcorn with a hint of sweetness. I have no idea what the “sauce” flavor is.  It could be an okonomi sauce that is used for okonomiyaki which is a cabbage pancake.

This fruit cup is so good! The clear jello taste like a mix fruit juice and there are oranges, peaches, and pineapples in the cup.  It kind of taste like those dole fruit cup in juice.

The last thing we got is a jelly fruit cup that comes with red bean and brown sugar syrup (Kuromitsu)  I have not tried it yet but when I do I will post it.

So that is it for food and snacks,  the other things we bought were a bottle of sukiyaki sauce to make beef bowls at home, Chinese Mabo Tofu sauce, and ready to eat curry sauce

Japanese Gourmet Fair at Mitsuwa Marketplace

I went to Mitsuwa marketplace which is a Japanese supermarket the other day with my boyfriend and brother because they were having a Japanese gourmet fair!  I love coming to these and trying all the different Japanese food they offer.  We tried a couple different things, some of my favorite has to be the crab croquettes it was creamy on the inside and crunchy on the outside so yummie melts in your mouth awesomeness!  My other favorite had to be skewered fish cakes there were a lot of different kinds and I really have no idea what I got besides shrimp and octopus.  It was from the same vendor as the crab croquettes unfortunately I did not get the name of the vendors.  My other favorite was waffles with custard cream filling from Kobe Fugetsudo, it was delicious wasn’t too sweet just perfect!  The last thing we got that was ok I wasn’t a big fan the texture just wasn't what I expected, but it was still good it was Takoyaki with octopus from Takoya Kukuru.  Everything at the fair is made right on spot you can even watch them make it fresh and ready to serve.

I love going to Mitsuwa they have a food court with different Japanese food and other Asian food.  Their grocery section is also filled with all things Japanese and Asian.  They also have already prepared food that you can buy for lunch or picnics they make it on site and you can also watch them make it too.  Everything seems so fresh and you know that it hasn’t been sitting there for a couple of days or weeks even.  There is also a small bakery that has some good things but I usually don’t buy anything from there.  I used to go to this other bakery that was in the food court unfortunately it closed down womp womp.  But they had one of the most AMAZING cream puffs I’ve ever had so addicting too bad they had to close. :(

Didn't get to take pictures before everyone munched on all the food!