Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Celebrate Valentine's Day with Kurosengoku muffins! Kurosengoku muffins made with sunflower oil. Made with rice flour, Kurosengoku soybean flour, cocoa, freeze-dried Kurosengoku, and sunflower oil, these muffins are topped with nuts.
February 5, 2024 (Monday) February 4 (Sunday) marks the beginning of spring in the 24 solar terms and the beginning of the year! On Setsubun, the day before the beginning of spring, I had a "Ehomaki" (sushi roll) from Himawari Restaurant. That […]
Friday, February 2, 2024: We combined Kurosengoku kinako (roasted soybean flour) with melon honey from Watanabe Yasunori Farm to create our first ever "Kurosengoku Kinako Stick"! Kurosengoku Kinako Stick: A collaboration between Kurosengoku kinako (roasted soybean flour) and melon honey (harvested in-house at Watanabe Farm) […]
On Thursday, February 1, 2024, beehives (purchased) for pollination were installed in the melon greenhouse at Watanabe Farm (represented by Yasunori Watanabe), and raw, unheated honey is harvested from the beehives that have completed their role. Yasunori Watanabe Farm […]
Friday, January 12, 2024 Today's tea time is "Matcha & Kurosengoku Kinako Soy Milk Latte" and "Kurosengoku Kinako Anko Ball"! Equal parts matcha and Kurosengoku Kinako are mixed and stirred with hot water. The foamed soy milk and Kurosengoku […]
January 10, 2024 (Wednesday) New Year's "Zenzai" with Mochi! This year's zenzai is made with boiled Kurosengoku soybeans instead of boiled azuki beans. The unique gentle sweetness and rich flavor of Kurosengoku soybeans are paired with a heart-warming, blissful tea […]
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 January 7 (Sunday) is the first festival of the new year, "Jinjitsu Festival (a festival to cherish people)." It is also known as the "Seven Herbs Festival" because people eat the seven herbs to ward off evil spirits and pray for good health throughout the year. […]
February 4th (Saturday), 2023 February 3rd (Friday) was Setsubun, marking the change of seasons, and today, February 4th, is Risshun, the beginning of a new season. This year's Setsubun Ehomaki is from the restaurant Himawari! "Ehomaki, Seafood Roll, Sushi Roll, [...]"