Do You Know the Muffin Man?
"Oh! Do you know the muffin man? The muffin man. The muffin man. Oh do you know the muffin man who lives in Drury Lane?"
Maybe you do, or maybe you don't, but don't worry as we have these freshly baked Mixed Berry Muffins ready to brighten up a cold February day in Tokyo.
250 yen, eat in or take out.
Are Gingerbread Men only for Christmas?
This was the reaction form one of our gingerbread men, after we told him that we would only be making gingerbread men in the weeks leading up to Christmas. As you can see he was not happy!
So we've decided to do a bit of market research and ask you for your opinion on whether gingerbread men are strictly a seasonal item? Please let us know 'yes' or 'no' by checking the appropriate box below.
Thank you for your time.
Biscuit Selection Box
Just before Christmas we were asked if we could produce a selection box of biscuits, as the customer wanted to say thank you to her son's school teachers as they were relocating.
Naturally we said 'yes', and this is picture of the completed box ready for delivery to the school.
Hope the teachers enjoyed them!
Remember if you'd like something similar, please feel free to ask us!
Latte Art?
Nearly there!
After 2 years of watching YouTube videos and the odd intense practice session this is the closest I've come to producing latte art!
What am I doing wrong????
Christmas Flowers
A big thank you to Andy's Flowers of Wakamatsu-cho and Y-san for putting together this wonderful bunch of Christmas flowers.
They look so great that I cleared all the other clutter out of the window and just set these in the centre.
Gift Bags
We were asked by our friends at Shinjuku Kodomo Gekijo to provide some gift bags to the preformers at a recent event. This led to a further order of twenty such bags by a lady who saw the bags and thought they would make great presents for her circle of friends.
So, we're now in the business of biscuit making.
Available to order. Contents can be selected. The bag above contained a Gingerbread Man, oatmeal biscuits, three little pigs chocolate biscuits and a flapjack.
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Today is Pie day!
Today's pie is Cottage Pie. Limited availability, first come, first served!
Invasion of the Gingerbread Men
We were busy last week fulfilling an order for gift packs of biscuits. I'd previously only made these gingerbread men as a kind of amusement when making our ever popular Ormskirk Gingerbread biscuits, and then only as one, or two, at a time. This time round we needed 25 of them!!!
As mentioned they are made using the same dough as used in our Ormskirk (style) Gingerbread biscuits but I wouldn't call them Ormskirk Gingerbread Men as there's a Community Partnership Group with that name, doing great things for the people of Ormskirk back in the UK.
Apple Cake
Something for the autumn season?
Perfect for this time of year, Apple Cake. With chunks of caramelized apple and each cut topped with a slice of apple.
Thank you to our friends who bring us apples from their home towns in Nagano and Gunma prefectures.
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Crispy Chicken Skins
Fed up of buying chicken with the skin on only to throw it away? Well with the minimum of effort you can turn that wasted skin into a tasty snack:
Ingredients
Chicken skins, oil for frying, salt.
Method
Set a pan of water to boil
Spread the chicken skins flat on a chopping board and using a sharp knife cut into 5cm squares (or thereabouts)
Throw the cut skins into the now boiling water and boil for 10 minutes.
Drain well (as any excess moisture while frying will cause the oil to spit)
In a shallow fry pan add a little oil (I used olive oil) and heat up.
When the pan is hot throw in the drained chicken skins and cook until they have turned colour and become crispy (about 5 minutes)
Remove from the oil and place on a square of kitchen paper.
Sprinkle with a little salt...and enjoy!
Normally I don't like sharing our recipes, as they are our closely guarded trade secrets! But here's one recipe I'll gladly share as it's not on the menu but is something I often make in the kitchen for the staff and myself to enjoy.
Cheese Scones
We've been busy in the Three Little Pigs kitchen baking these delicious cheese scones. So if your sweet tooth needs a rest, why not relax with a warm cheese scone and your favourite drink.
Cheese scones: 250 yen each, eat in or take out.
Happy Halloween
Our flower lady (Y-san) delivered this bouquet of autumnal colours, very Halloween. A big thank you to Y -san and Andy's Flowers of Wakamatsu-cho for keeping our window display fresh.
Just need to sort out englishpool's Halloween window tonight.
Sandwich Box
We were asked by a group of mums to provide a boxed sandwich lunch. So after a bit of thinking about the presentation we came up with this.
If you'd like us to provide a take out lunch please contact us.
