Monchi-Zunda

Hiroshima's unique arrangement of Zunda-an.

“Yamadaya” a long-established manju store established in Miyajima in 1932, is famous for its “Momiji manju“, but I bought a manju called “Mochi-Zunda” because it was on sale.

“Zunda” is famous in Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures, but the fact that Hiroshima sweets shops also use “zunda-an” suggests that it has become widely popular in Japan.

This manju is made with “seaweed salt” from the Seto Inland Sea, a unique invention of Yamadaya, a confectioner in Hiroshima Prefecture. The sponge cake dough has a very moist texture.

It contains Zunda-an. The dough is chewy.

The pancake-like batter is moist and chewy. It is not too sweet and has a very nice zunda aroma. It was a simple and gentle tasting manju.