Japanese sweet potato jelly cakes from Isetan
Got a box of them from one of the Japanese fairs over at Isetan during the weekends. I'm not sure why these things are called sweet potato jelly cakes since they don't resemble jellies in taste nor in appearances in anyway. What I can say about the textures of these things are that they taste like reconstructed steamed sweet potatoes that are chilled. It's as if the cooked potatoes are mashed, mixed with something sweet (just sugar maybe) and then packed back into these brick like shapes that you see. Despite finding them a tad too sweet, they were quite addictive for me as well with the fragrance rather noticeable. I guess there wasn't much other ingredients used to make them.


I've never seen this in Isetan before, but for sure gonna buy them if I spot them. Thanks for introducing. I just love Japanese stuff. :)
Sugar Bean said... Friday, June 19, 2009 8:54:00 PM
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