Tesco テスコジャパン

So yes its true there is a Tesco in Japan, I just discovered in by accident but interesting it was!

Check out the website here - in English
in Japanese

They dont have a huge range of UK products but a few essentials are welcome! Picked up some Indian cooking sauces as well as a few old favorites........


Probably the beans are the most important product they carry but also Tesco biscuits and wine is not bad.

Tesco (coming soon)

A Tesco in Japan? Yes its true..... more details coming soon.

The perfect gentleman

So you aspire to be the perfect gent. sophisticated, suave and debonair.


Now you have the beer to match, the perfect combination! ermmm.....

Premium canned coffee

Canned coffee in Japan is common-place, in winter you have a choice of hot or cold, in summer just cold. There are endless varieties of coffee and new ones are released all the time promising "enjoyment", "joy", and with this particular example "radiance". I am sure you never thought you could get so much from a can of coffee...


Between you and me I think they all taste the same..... still this one has the nicest design for the can itself although it reminds me of a beer can.

Nothing compared to Nespresso though

Sausage Rolls

A staple food item in many countries there are sausage rolls in Japan of course....

Here is a standard sausage roll

A little bigger

And then there is the monster sausage roll (which was very good actually, having mustard and cheese inside always helps)


Finally, you can get sausage rolls in Pizza very strange....









The traditional sausage roll is made with puff pastry with sausage meat in the centre, a little different from the one above... If you want to try making them there is a recipe here

Lunch

Fancy a bit of lunch?

I'm sure you are thinking, 'what is it?'... well a pasta bake of course :-)

Cornish Pasty

Made this today, it was a little too big but other than that pretty good...






Will have to experiment with different recipes and sizes/shapes in coming weeks..


Cornish Pasties originate from Cornwall (obviously), they were a food kind of like a sandwich that miners could take to work with them down into the mines. The thick crust that is supposed to be on the edge is where the miners could hold the pasty with their dirty fingers.. they then eat the filling and throw away the crust.
There are a huge number of recipes available for pasties, today's variety was the original one with potato, onion, carrot and beef as a filling..... :-)

Polar Bear Juice

Just what you have always wanted, a Polar Bear drink made from 100% juice...



Well no not really its just another strange energy drink from Japan, Hokkaido to be precise.




What does it taste like? Hmmmm has a cold, strong taste with a hint of fur...

Paella

Paella is a great dish, possibly my favorite... had this one a couple of days ago at a small Spanish place. They had a couple of options, the traditional seafood paella (which can be seen here) or the Valencia paella which has chicken instead of seafood and is served in the inland areas of Spain.



The restaurant also had some interesting tableware (its a jug for Sangria)... after a few glasses however it seems to make increasingly more sense :-)