tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101980281470446262.post696369783906276967..comments2024-02-12T08:13:45.750+09:00Comments on Hiroyuki's Blog on Japanese Cooking: 長岡、川西屋本店の酒饅頭/Saka Manju at Kawanishi Ya Honten, NagaokaHiroyukihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07075672590298671343noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101980281470446262.post-1927783294956465372016-01-19T07:18:12.275+09:002016-01-19T07:18:12.275+09:00Anonymous: Thanks for the information about semla....Anonymous: Thanks for the information about semla. I didn't know anything about it, and it sounds very tasty! I'd like to have it some day.<br /><br />Anyone would love to have saka manju nice and hot, and I have no idea why Yamamoto liked to have it in such a special way, except that he had a sweet tooth.Hiroyukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075672590298671343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101980281470446262.post-54552710217253963642016-01-19T07:06:13.825+09:002016-01-19T07:06:13.825+09:00Looks very fluffy! It would be a shame to make it ...Looks very fluffy! It would be a shame to make it cold and soggy in water, right? I would love to understand his reasons for liking that particular way of eating it. This reminds me of the Swedish semla bun and how some people eat it in a bowl of milk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semla. By the way, I am not Swedish, but I really like the semla bun because of the combination of whipped cream and almond paste and cardamom spice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101980281470446262.post-58029453545586459032016-01-19T06:19:08.357+09:002016-01-19T06:19:08.357+09:00ErinBear: Well, my wife and daughter said they'...ErinBear: Well, my wife and daughter said they'd prefer regular saka manju with sweeetened filling. As for me, I was more interested in the dough, because I want to make bread by using koji.Hiroyukihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07075672590298671343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3101980281470446262.post-45277524506204876252016-01-19T01:23:59.137+09:002016-01-19T01:23:59.137+09:00The saka manju looks delicious! Thank you for sho...The saka manju looks delicious! Thank you for showing the photo and telling us about it.<br /><br />Erin from CaliforniaErinBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799435961212113451noreply@blogger.com