Today’s snack.
What do you think of Tokyo souvenirs?
The first thing that comes to mind! Isn’t that “Tokyo Banana”?
A soft dough sponge cake filled with a generous amount of banana custard cream.
Tokyo Banana,” created in 1991, celebrated its 30th anniversary last year in 2021.
I have received many of them in the past.
The taste is always stable.
Such “Tokyo Banana” had released a cute package!
It was purchased at the “Grand Kiosk Shin-Yokohama” souvenir shop in front of the east ticket gate of the Shinkansen at Shin-Yokohama Station.
It is the most popular pattern right now!
There are two types: a 4-pack for 615 yen (tax included) and an 8-pack for 1188 yen (tax included).
When I opened the box, there were four adorable otters lined up in a row, getting along well with each other~!
So cute!
Your faces all look a little different.
I thought it was kind of funny and funny to see a girly and gorgeous red ribbon on a healing otter like a yuru-kyara character.
The otter is holding “coffee milk” in his hand.
The fluffy texture of the fabric is like a plush toy.
It is so pretty that I hesitate to eat it, but I will take it!
Inside is banana custard cream flavored with coffee milk.
It does not taste like coffee milk as I had imagined. I guess it’s just a “flavor”.
The banana flavor seems stronger.
I haven’t had Tokyo Banana in a while, but it is still delicious.
Each piece had 94 kcal and a shelf life of 7 days from the date of purchase.
There was also this cute cat version in the store!
This one has cocoa flavored dough with chocolate banana custard cream.
They are available in 4-packs of 615 yen (tax included), 8-packs of 1188 yen (tax included), and 12-packs of 1782 yen (tax included).
This “Bunyanko” is a seasonal product and will be on sale at Grand Kiosk Shin-Yokohama until December 26.
While browsing the Tokyo Banana World website, I also found these new products!
Tokyo Banana is a “gluten-free” product that does not contain wheat flour!
It is a gluten-free Tokyo Banana baked fluffy with Japanese rice flour and marked by a rabbit!
This is great.
Like Tokyo Banana, these famous sweets often use wheat flour.
I think there are things that people with allergies want to try but are holding back.
It’s a shame that I got it as a gift but can’t eat it.
I am not allergic to wheat flour, but if there is a “gluten-free” version of the same product, I will choose it without hesitation.
I am very happy to see large companies making such efforts, not only with flour, but also with egg- and dairy-free products.
This rice-flour Tokyo Banana is currently available only at Tokyo Banana’s in Tokyo Station, but I would be even happier if it were available at many other places.
The dough made from rice flour looks sticky and I would like to try it!
Thank you for the food… ♪
Umi.
