LDK: gokatteya

gokatteya

31.01.07

Posted by Jun
[ Food ]

北海道江差町の五勝手屋羊羹。昔から知ってる羊羹なのだけど、口にした事はなかった。久しぶりに店で見かけたら、懐かしいデザインが新鮮で思わず購入。パッケージ買いだったのに、味もナイス。甘いのにサラッとしつこくない。わざわざ札幌で買わなくても、どうやら東急フードショーでも扱ってる様子。ワタシが食べた、この8センチのミニサイズ（160円）の販売はしてないのかも。デザインを大きな写真で見たい場合はflickrで。

I've known this Hokkaido Gokatteya Yokan (pronounced 'yoh-kan') since I was a kid, but I've never had a chance to taste it. A few weeks ago, I was shopping at a department store in Hokkaido, and this nice old style package design caught my eye. Yokan can be too sweet to eat for me, but this one was kind of light and delicate (but still very sweet) and nice. I've just found out that I don't need to travel to Hokkaido to buy this, it is available from Shibuya Tokyu Food Show (in Japanese) too. The one I had was a small version. 8cm long and ¥160. If you want to see the bigger picture, go to my flickr.

まず、筒の外側（紙の下）に隠れている糸を引き出して、プラスチックのふたを取る。羊羹を食べたい分だけ底から指で押し出して、糸で切る。これが結構楽し～。食べ過ぎ注意。

Pull out the string which is attached to the outside of the tube (hiding under the paper), and take the plastic top off. Push up the Yokan from the bottom with your finger, and cut it with the string. I have to say it is quite fun. Be careful not to eat too much!

baroccogiapponese wrote:

おいしいそ～！Actually I'm not into sweet stuff, but this packaging is very very nice! Tomorrow I have to go to Shibuya: for sure I will stop by the department store to buy one tube of yocan . Thanks for the information!

jun wrote:

If you are not into sweet, this might be toooo sugary for you... Maybe it tastes better with some green tea? The shop is called Shokoku Meisan (諸国名産). It's on the B1 floor in the Tokyu Toyoko department store, kind of locates in the South area. The shop is small, but there are full of some local sweets from all over Japan. Enjoy :-9

KEIKO LONDON wrote:

なんか中国っぽいデザイン？糸を引き出して切って食べるなんてナイスなアイデアやね。

stu wrote:

that string feature is nice! I eat youkan for cycling, especially on winter club runs. It reminds me of Scottish tablet it's so sweet. I'll look out for gokatteya in osaka too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_tablet

jun wrote:

そういえば、羊羹の原型は中国から伝わったって聞いた事あるよ。だから中国っぽいのかもね。じつは糸で切って食べる羊羹はココだけではなく、他の地方にもイロイロあるみたい。

jun wrote:

Wow, Scottish tablet seems very sweet too! I need espresso :-)
I hope you can find Gokatteya Yokan at a major department store in Osaka.

kakako wrote:

モヒャ～、長らくご無沙汰しておりました～　五勝手屋、そして腰昆布の記事から見ると、1、２月、札幌にいらしていたのですね！無反応をキメ込んでいて、大変失礼いたしました… 最近18年ぶりに再会した知人が、LDKサンのファンだったことが発覚して、嬉しかったので、本文中リンク張るらせて頂きました。どうぞご了承下さいませ。

jun wrote:

kakakoさん、どうもどうも！お久しぶりです。こちらこそ、kakakoさんの敷地内に足を踏み入れておきながら、挨拶なしとは失礼しやしたっ！それにしても、なんて奇遇な出来事。ビックリしすぎで笑っちゃいました。