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britt
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 Posted: Oct 28, 2007 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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| admin wrote: | | Be sure to keep in mind one thing - Japanese sweets are no where near as sweet as American sweets are. |
Japanese sweets are less sweet than their American counterparts, but they are quite a bit sweeter than snack items from other Asian countries such as Taiwan.
Compared to the US, not only are Japanese snacks less sweet, for the most part you can recognize the ingredients in the majority of food imported from Japan. The label looks like a food label, not one for kitchen cleaner like the labels on most US food. They also use much higher levels of cocoa mass in their products, compared to US companies that are lobbying FDA to allow them to label fake chocalate as real!
Although I prefer Japanese food items, I have typically found the purest ingredients in food products from Taiwan. Steamed buns that contain wheat flour, black sesame paste, sugar and yeast, with only an emulsifier as an additive. Japanese products typically add an item or two, and American products require most of the box or bag to list the chemicals they add.
Japanese sencha and mochi or Taiwanese steamed sesame buns and high mountain oolong? I have time for both! Dunkin Doughnuts coffee and jelly doughnuts? No thanks! |
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Ryan
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| Posted: Oct 29, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: |
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Very interesting Britt... Actually, I really enjoy desserts that are less sweet such as a well made scone...
I must admit, however, that a chocolate frosted doughnut with a cup of black coffee every once in a very while is hella good! |
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britt
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| Posted: Nov 04, 2007 4:11 am Post subject: |
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| Ryan wrote: | Actually, I really enjoy desserts that are less sweet such as a well made scone...
I must admit, however, that a chocolate frosted doughnut with a cup of black coffee every once in a very while is hella good! |
I actually found some Japanese soft cakes with red bean and sweet potato that weren't very sweet at all. They must be intended to go with matcha like the Uji Matcha Manten, as that is a very sweet and mellow matcha. I think the extremely sweet stuff is probably meant to go with cheaper tea or matcha to subdue the bitterness.
Black coffee will certainly help balance out the chocolate frosted doughnut! I used to do the doughnut thing every once in a while as well as regularly visiting the vending machines at work. After finding a market with a great supply of Japanese food items and snacks, I can't bring myself to do either any more. The Japanese items are quite expensive over here, though, but I think they're worth it. |
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