My aunt told me about these popular Kyushu Pancakes (九州パンケーキ) and sent me several packages for me and JOC readers to try!
The ingredients used in this pancake mix all came from different regions within Kyushu. Wheat flour (小麦粉) is from Oita, sugar from Okinawa and Kagoshima, red rice (赤米) from Fukuoka, germ rolled barley (胚芽押麦) from Saga, glutinous millet (もちきび) from Nagasaki, black rice (黒米) from Kumamoto, rice (うるち米) from Kagoshima, and sprouted brown rice (発芽玄米) from Miyazaki.
The texture of the pancakes is unique with slightly grainy texture from 7 kinds of grains. They are not bothering at all and the pancakes are so fluffy and moist and they were really delicious!
If you are in Japan, you can purchase this pancake mix from Amazon and Rakuten. It’s so popular that my aunt had to wait after ordering them.
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I’m sorry to say, but I live next to Düsseldorf / Germany, which has the most amount of Japanese people outside of Japan and thanks to that I’m able to go to their supermarkets and restaurants.
I guess it’s a little expensive, but once in a while I love to cook japanese dishes and I don’t want to substitute my Ingredients.
But I would be happy to win, nevertheless.
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Aki
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Well, basically most of them 😀 you can find here just some basic ingredients but if you look for something specefic you’ll probably be disappointed
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Hello. The only thing I don’t seem to find in Belgium (I know, I’m lucky to have a Japanese supermarket) is a kind of rice that is halfway between white (polished) and brown (unpolished). I used to buy this kind of rice when I lived in Japan. It looks white, but it has a small portion unpolished. You can trick anyone who doesn’t like brown rice (my family!) with this one.
Um, sorry! In my previous I meant mochi flour!
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And Michigan flour is probably the hardest for me to find where I live in the US
I’m actually very lucky, in that there’s a Japanese market called Mitsuwa near me (Chicago suburbs). As such, many ingredients are readily available. However, since they’re imported, they can be costly. Add to that, I’m not always sure what ingredients are what, I need to know exactly what to look for. This is something you have helped greatly with, so, thank you!
Hi Nami, it is hard to find shosi leaves.
The Kyushu Pancake Mix that is featured in your giveaway and high quality Matcha is not available in Hawaii.
While we have access to many Japanese ingredients in Taiwan, I find Shio koji and Japanese taro are more difficult to find. I haven’t e’en Japanese taro yet and shio Koji is usually limited to one selection.
In Singapore, good quality Dashi Packet is hard to find.