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unbibiumActually, the most common name for the pastry in question is "ningyoyaki". (I get google hits on "ningyouyaki" also.)
The ones I got in Asakusa are apparently quite famous, and there's one train station where you can get ones that look like Pikachu.
No luck finding a place that sells them on the Web just yet, but I did find a place that will custom-build a ningyoyaki machine.
I can't believe that this stuff hasn't become popular in the West, and yet there are zillions of candy bars with that vile "toffee" in them.
Update: At the THEM Halloween Party, I was told they were called "daifuku", but my first googling turned up many corporate webpages. But I googled for "daifuku cake" and found a recipe. It seems simple enough to make (if I can rig any of my existing kitchen gear into a steamer), but it might not be the same thing. I'll try anyway, next chance I get to go to an Asian market.
The ones I got in Asakusa are apparently quite famous, and there's one train station where you can get ones that look like Pikachu.
No luck finding a place that sells them on the Web just yet, but I did find a place that will custom-build a ningyoyaki machine.
I can't believe that this stuff hasn't become popular in the West, and yet there are zillions of candy bars with that vile "toffee" in them.
Update: At the THEM Halloween Party, I was told they were called "daifuku", but my first googling turned up many corporate webpages. But I googled for "daifuku cake" and found a recipe. It seems simple enough to make (if I can rig any of my existing kitchen gear into a steamer), but it might not be the same thing. I'll try anyway, next chance I get to go to an Asian market.
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Date: 2003-11-05 07:26 am (UTC)I bet Alton Brown could improvise a steamer out of a hotplate, a coffee cup, and some newspaper.
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Date: 2003-11-05 10:52 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-11-05 12:15 pm (UTC)Since you live near me now, maybe you can let me know next time you're making a trip to an Asian market.