Fun trip & My far away bread pan :(

I completely missed out on writing and reading blogs for a little while now. I have been *busy* being a tourist for a week. Busy meaning going to places and playing around. I haven't had this kind of trips for a while so it was awesome.

Sorry for the sudden change of topic, but I've wanted to get a bread loaf pan from Japan. I've asked my dad to bring it when he came back from Japan last week, but he came back with no bread pan. However, he did bring back some Manneken waffles instead.

There was two kinds of waffles inside, the original and chocolate. The original waffles are definitely the best. I love Manneken waffles, I wish they sold them in U.S. :(

Forgot to add, they are the best when toasted in a toaster !


I had a second attempt of asking for a bread pan last month, when our family friend had come to visit. Their visit is the reason why I had been a tourist for few days. This attempt of getting the bread pan also failed, because of timing, location, and etc.

Instead, I got some nice souvenirs. One of it was some kasutera (カステラ). We got both original and strawberry one. It was my first time to try the strawberry kasutera.

I didn't really like the strawberry kasutera. I guess often times anything "original" turns out to be the best.

Ah I feel really hungry now from writing about food.

Try again

I'm going to try again with using this app again to update this blog. Hopefully it won't have any trouble with uploading the photos.


The picture is one from today. The bread is from 進進堂 (Shinshindou). I heard this bakery is only in Kyoto. There is couple of stores within Kyoto.

I had the cream bread. I've noticed that they use real vanilla beans in the cream. Bread itself taste just ok, but the cream was excellent.


http://www.shinshindo.jp/index2.html
クリームパン (cream bread) about 160 yen

If no baking, go to a bakery

Today, I finally got to go to a place that has "bakery" in its name. Bakery is pretty rare around here. The place I went to is actually a little breakfast/lunch eatery place located in Cocoa Beach. It seems that all the bread they serve are home made! They have received many good reviews online, I think many locals and tourists both love this place.

What was surprising is the lady who served us were Japanese! She was a very nice and friendly person. I think that she part owns the restaurant. We even received box full of mini pastries and a loaf of bread at the end :D. I tasted few of these cute pastries when I got home, and they were tasty. I haven't tried the bread yet, but I am excited to try it!