こどもの日パン。Children's Day bread.

Today is こどもの日 (Children's day) in Japan, so I made these fish shaped buns for Lana (I've explained the reason for the fish shape here a few years ago.)

These buns are what I call 'super soft' white rolls made with my banana yeast starter. By adding a whole ripe banana and two egg yolks, the buns become really soft and lovely which I like and is very different from the hard crusty sourdough breads (Oh, don't get me wrong, I love them too!)

They are so simple, nice as is or go very well with cheese, jam, and also great as BBQ sausage or burgers... They very versatile;)

Anyway, Happy Children's Day to all the little kids and big kids out there!

こどもの日 (Children's day)

Today is こどもの日 (Kodomo no hi, Children's day) in Japan, and the last day of three days national holiday.
Around this day, we see lots of 鯉のぼり (Koinobori), colourful carp-shaped flags raised across Japan. Especially, by the river side you'll see a lots of them lined up and beautifully flying in the sky. That's one of my favourite spring view in Japan.

Unfortunately, I can't easily see the Koinobori in England (in fact, I've never seen one;(...) so..., I made it happen with colourful pancakes! Maybe they aren't as elegant as those flags but at least, they're edible... and cute, and of course, I can feel a bit of Japan...:D