Japan's regional bread
Japan’s regional bread
1. Toyama-no-Kombu Pan
An unexpected combination of kelp and bread, but delicious enough to feel like a classic.
"Toyama-no-Kombu Pan” made by Sawaya Foods in Imizu City, Toyama Prefecture, is an unique local bread which dough kneaded with chopped kelp. Each package contains four loaves of bread cut and baked in elongated triangles. A fluttering sticker printed kelp is applied on the package. The package design looks novelty. Many chopped kelp is kneaded throughout the dough. Rice flour, produced locally is used and the texture is chewy. 昆布のほんのりとした塩気がちょうど良く素朴なあじわい。もっと個性的な味なのかと思っていましたが、安定感のある素朴な美味しさだと感じました。米粉が入ったパン生地に昆布の出汁を感じるようで、昆布おにぎり的な雰囲気もありつつ、むしろ定番な美味しさなのかも。 It has...
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2. Cream Box
"Cream Box" a local bread representing Koriyama City
"Cream Box" made by Otomo Bakery in Koriyama city, Fukushima Prefecture, is a bread which is popular in local. The original bakery was made by a bakery shop Romeo and many bakeries there now make same type of the Cream Box. This "Cream Box" is so familiar to locals and it is called "soul food" there. It is a sweet bread cut thicker and a bit smaller than normal size of bread, ...
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3. Choco Melon
Big size sweet bakery, only Okikopan can make.
"Choco Melon" is a big-sized sweet bread made by bakery Okiko-pan in Okinawa Prefecture. They are also famous for the another bekery of "Zebra-pan" and the large size of each loaf seems to be a characteristic of the company. It seems to be a sweet bread with chocolate-flavored melon bread, which has cookie dough. It has been a popular sweet bread for many years there. The size is amazing, almost 1.5 times...
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4. Neo Toast
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This is the local bread in Iwate that everyone knows!
Shiraishi Bakery is a famous bakery in the Tohoku area, headquartered in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture. We surely find their products while we go to supermarkets and convenience stores in the Tohoku area. The “Neo Toast” made by them is probably a familiar bread locally in Iwate Prefecture. It is a sweet bread, a loaf shaping like maountain, sandwiching margarine and coating with sugar margarine on the surface. It is said that...
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