Sweets from Hokkaido

Throughout the year, Tenmaya and Takashimaya hold events for food and goods from Hokkaido and Okinawa. Recently the Hokkaido event was held at Tenmaya. I often go in the hope of finding some nice snacks. To be honest, I am not much of an expert on foods from the area. I have only been to Hokkaido once, about fifteen years ago. At that time, I did not know much about the cuisine there.

Recently, most of my exposure to Hokkaido foods has been at these department store events. When I go, I usually end up buying snacks or sweets. This time I bought some chocolate and muffins. I like black thunder, and the white flavour from Hokkaido is delicious. I also wanted to try some Royce chocolate as I had heard about the brand many times. The muffins I bought I forgot to take a picture of, but they were around five hundred yen each and were quite large. They had an interesting selection of flavours. I bought two; one was apple cinnamon, and the other strawberry and white chocolate. Some other flavours I remember were earl grey and even curry! The snack area had its own surprises too. I saw expresso-flavoured jam which did not seem tasty at all.

If you are interested in foods from either Okinawa or Hokkaido, these events are worth checking out. They have all kinds of foods such as fried foods, seafood, sweets, snacks, soups and so on. But maybe it is best to try and go on a weekday if you can.