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Taiyaki

Course	Snack
Place of origin	Japan
Region or state	Japanese-speaking areas
Main ingredients	Batter, sweetened azuki beans
Media: Taiyaki

Taiyaki (鯛焼き, lit. 'baked sea bream') is a Japanese fish-shaped cake. It imitates the shape of the 鯛 (Tai) (Japanese red seabream), which it is named after. The most common filling is red bean paste that is made from sweetened azuki beans. Other common fillings may be custard, chocolate, cheese, or sweet potato. Some shops even sell taiyaki with okonomiyaki, gyoza filling, or a sausage inside. Smaller, differently shaped versions called kingyoyaki (金魚焼き, lit. 'baked goldfish') are also available and often sold in bags of 5,10, or more.

In South Korea, Taiyaki are known as bungeo-ppang. Taiyaki are similar to imagawayaki, which are thick round cakes also filled with sweet azuki bean paste or custard.

Ingredients

Taiyaki is made using regular pancake or waffle batter. The batter is poured into a fish-shaped mold for each side. The filling is then put on one side and the mold is closed. It is then cooked on both sides until golden brown.

History

TAIYAKI began to be sold in Japan in 1909. At that time, sweets such as Imagawayaki, which were made by wrapping bean paste in flour skin, were already popular among ordinary people in Japan. Seijiro Kobe, the founder of a store called 浪花家総本店 (Naniwaya Souhonten) that sold Imagawayaki in Tokyo. Unfortunately, he had a trouble that Imagawayaki 's sales had been sluggish. So he devised to sell Imagawayaki in the shape of the 鯛 (Tai) (Japanese red seabream) which used to be a very expensive high-class fish for Japanese ordinary people... Seijiro said "Let's wrap the bean paste in the shape of the 鯛 (Tai) with flour skin!" Thus, Taiyaki made in this way spread all over Japan. Mr. Masamori Kobe, the 4th owner of 浪花家総本店 says "At that time, 鯛 (Tai) was a high-class food that Japanese ordinary people couldn't usually eat. 鯛 (Tai) was/is usually offered on special occasions like weddings, etc in Japan. It was the wisdom of the founder ; Seijiro Kobe who wanted to give Japanese ordinary people the feeling of being able to buy the expensive fish at a low price. It has been about 100 years since birth of Taiyki. Taiyaki has undergone various evolutions in Japan. The skin becomes a croissant, and the bean paste becomes a cream with various flavors ...

However, the shape of 鯛 (Tai) , which is a lucky charm for Japanese people, is still maintained.

See also

• Wagashi, tea confections
• Bungeo-ppang, similar korean dish
• "Oyoge! Taiyaki-kun", a song

References

1. "Sweets in Japan - which are your favourite ones? ^^". February 9, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2017.

• Cakes
• Wagashi
• Japanese desserts and sweets