What do you buy for your friends, your family and yourself when you visit other countries? Some local food what you’ve had in the country? Some fancy goods?
Why don’t you try a typical souvenir what local people often buy. When Japanese people visit near Tokyo from other area of Japan, they often buy the Japanese steamed dumplings by Kiyoken 崎陽軒.
Yokohama
One of the famous city of Japan is Yokohama. Yokohama is a beautiful port town and is near Tokyo. There are many sightseeing spots and delicious foods. Incidentally Yokohama is located of a famous anime “Bungo stray dogs”. Also Yokohama is well known for a Chinatown.
Kiyoken 崎陽軒
Kiyoken is a Chinese restaurant and store was started in 1908 in Yokohama. It has many stores around Tokyo area and Taiwan.
The most famous product by Kiyoken is the Chinese steamed dumplings called “Siumai しうまい”. A small dough mixed with minced pork and scallop broth, and half covered by skin which is made from flour. And then it’s steamed.
Today I share the steamed dumplings for souvenir.
They are vacuumed pack in the box and you can carry it at room temperature.
Usually you can enjoy a steamed dumplings after steamed in the streamer or heating up in the microwave. When you heat them up in the microwave, add just a little bit water on them so they will be soft and juicy.
At this time, I fried them up with plenty oil. They were crunchy and juicy!!
There is a handy and delicious seasoning called Karashi in Japanese. It’s a kind of mastered but it’s much spicier than other country’s mustered. It’s made from Japanese mustered seeds.
Be careful not to put it too much, otherwise you will not eat it because it will be so much spicy!!
Summary
Kiyoken is famous for the steamed dumplings but the boxed lunch called Bento of the steamed dumplings are very delicious. They are sold at the train stations. Japanese people often bring the packed lunch into the train or the bullet train called Shinkansen and then they eat it in the train!! It’s so much fun!!
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