Japan Centre London quick shopping

Since the coach will depart at 17:10/17:15, I had got to be quick.

There was a queue for the soft white bun with sweet red bean paste.
OK, I skipped that this time then.

I  went to the freezer/fridge to get natto.
There are products of 3 brandnames.
 I chose the orangy coloured one.
The ingredients seem slightly better.
A pack of 4.

Then I quickly walked to the back and
grabbed a few items including
Shichi-mi tōgarashi powder.

An avocado sushi pack from the food court area.

I didn't even have time to look for the Japanese free paper/magazine for local Japanese.

Queued &  paid.
Wrapped the natto well as I had  a long way to go.

Forgotten to take photograph of the natto.

But same as the one I bought last time.

There are the Santander bikes for rent outside Japan House.
But I am not sure there is dock for them near Tottenham Court Road or not.
So I skipped that.

Found my way with Google map back to Tottenham Court Road on foot. 
Walked through part of China Town.

No time to shop for the other stuff I need.
(This time I just very quickly grabbed
1 soft sweet flat sphere form of snack 
with peanut, desicated coconut  花生糯米糍from a bakery.)

Walked passed famous Foyle Book Shop.
(see the map in previous blog entry)

Arrived in time.
Enjoyed my sushi on coach.

The coach started the return journey at 17:25. Traffic jam.

Sun set photo taken during the loo stop.

I got off the coach at 20:34.

Thanks for the day, dear God.

  : ) 


 Part 1
http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-house-london-visit-part1.html
 Part 2
http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-house-london-visit-part-2.html
 Part 3

http://sn-uk.blogspot.com/2018/09/japan-house-london-visit-part-3.html

protein snack cocoa chia nut seeds vegetarian

Neat adaptation of cocoa protein balls.
No baking required.

I built upon a pack by Sarah Wilson.
Faster & easier.

I replaced the dessicated coconut coating with something else ...and not in ball form.

Instead of rice malt syrup,
I used unrefined cane sugar.
 I added other ingredients.

  

 

A few were not in the photo though.
What did I used?

A pack of no sugar no oil protein ball mix pack.

1, Instead of coconut oil,
I used coconut butter, 2/5 of a 200g pack.
Melt over very gentle heat.

2, Adding in light unrefined muscavado cane sugar.

3. Adding in 75% of the pack.

4. Adding in boiling water.
    Upto 1/2 pint ( 235ml).

5. Mixed well.  Off fire. Let it cool.

6. Mixed these nuts & seeds:
Almonds & peanuts(crushed)
roasted sesame seeds,
poppy seeds,
cocoa nibs.
😄Sprinkle on cupcake cases.

Optional: use cocoa powder .
(& then on top of mixture later)

7. Using spoon to place the mixture onto cupcake cases. 😉
( I do not want to form balls with my fingers or hands.
 You might opt for auto-release ice-cream scoop)

8. Dusting the outside with a mix of
organic cocoa powder &
light muscovado unrefined cane sugar.

9. Pressed/shaped with the back of tea-spoons.

😄

It is vegetarian.
 Wheat-free.
The pack said gluten-free.

 The pack I bought contained :
Oats,
coconut flour,
whey protein concentrate (powder) from milk,
Chia seeds,
raw cocoa powder.
The pack was 270g but I used 75%.

♥Light♥Chocolate♥Muffin♥steamed♥EggFree♥ButterFree

Egg-free butter-free chocolate muffins.

No milk added.

Slightly different ingredients.

The 2nd one is better. Almost like a sponge cake?!

♦ The 1st batch

♦ Belgium chocolate muffin mix:  100g

(Paul Holywood*; it has no butter & no egg:
only very little dairy in the chocolate part of the muffin mix.)
♦ yeast ................ . 10g
♦ demerara sugar.. 5g
   mixed those two in warm water.

♦ chia seeds.......... 5g soaked with water.
Total water added: a bit more than flour.
(reason: chia seeds like water)
I used a glass cover saucepan to do a bigger one in a bowl.
Due to the size of container, it came out like pudding more.


I decided to added more yeasts:
Reason:
 after reading online reviews of the product.
 And it is Winter.

♥The 2nd batch

I improved the recipe.
And put into 3 glass "ramekins"
♥ muffin mix.... 100g

♥ yeast ............... 10g
♥ damarere sugar.. 5g
♥ warm water.
♥ 1/5 of a banana.

(same muffin mix: Paul Holywood Begium muffin mix)

Total water added similar to flour.
Steamed over a saucepan in a bamboo steamer with cover/lid.

2nd batch:

1st batch:

The good thing about the 1st batch was :
 glass lid allows observation/monitoring of the rising.

In these two attempts, I

♠ did not use any cup cake cases.
Reason:
during previous use, the colour run off and migrated to the steamer.

♠ did not buy milk.

♠ do not like rice products which might present in some vegan egg replacement.

♣ I am avoiding man-made resin / plastic / silicon / PVC, etc.

💜💗 Being environmental conscious & health conscious, 
I am willing to eat with a spoon.

🛈 The muffin mix product description has this:

No added colours. No preservatives. Suitable for vegetarians. 

[ Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin),
Sugar,
Chocolate Powder made with Belgian Chocolate (13%)
(Cocoa Mass, Skimmed Milk Powder, Sugar, Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Emulsifier (Soya Lecithin), Flavouring), Fat Reduced Cocoa Powder, Raising Agents (Disodium Diphosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate) ]

Disclaimer:
* At the time of making, eating & writing,
I  am not related to and not receiving any benefit from the manufacturers or retailers or wholesalers.

fusion Japanese natto English ginger oat biscuit

On the 1st day of the Lunar New Year,
 I went to London
with my pre-teenage niece.
We walked through China Town,
visited National Gallery,
shopping & had our meal
at Japan Centre.

I love 納豆 Japanese natto.
 Especially
non-GMO organic mini version original
with たれ & からし
the special soy sauce
& yellow mustard.

But I rarely have rice.

Solution:
ginger oat biscuit!

First
 whisk the natto
 till there is lots of fine-thread-like thingie,
Then,
add the 2 packs of seasoning.
Mix well.
 Straight on top of a piece of ginger oat biscuit.
Voila!

Actually
I can just enjoy the natto on its own.
This version
 is for
people who
try it for the first time,
or
fancy a snack
with something crunchy.😋

Will try upload photo again later.

Who is behind who & doing what

Names of Brands, companies, corporations are hiding who is behind who.

For example, a biscuit product marketed as a healthy nice little snack under the brand of BelVita, bear the company name  of Mondelez International. I use an app to scan the bar code, and it turned out it belongs to Kraft.

I have previously  select / joined some principles. So the app searched the database. It should me this corporation, company and product are actually against my principles and believes.

That corporation has sided with Monsanto and genetically engineered organism and block our rights to
know, our rights to select and our ability to protect ourselves & loved ones.

I should avoid Belvita and Kraft....
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