Dessert and Cake

Various types of dessert is available
at restaurants in Japan.

Type of restaurant	Typical available dessert
Japanese	Fruit, Ice cream
French	Mousse
Chinese	Almond jelly
Japanese Noodle	NA
Sushi	NA
Steak house	Sundae
Pizza	Ice cream
Ramen	NA
Italian	Tiramisu
Family restaurant	Fruit parfait
Eel restaurant	NA

Following cakes can be purchased from confectionary stores.
You can eat similar cake at western restaurants, cake shops and coffee shops.
Of course, restaurants serve you ice cream, sherbet and apple pie etc,.

Short cake	Chocolate Cake	Mont Blanc
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Strawberry Tart	Raspberry Tart

Japanese Dessert

These dessert are not available at restaurants except Kammiten,specialized restaurant for only sweet.

Japanese dessert is based on red bean jam. We call it as An or Anko.

Mitsumame series
Mitsumame	Cream Anmitsu
Japanese gelatin and fruit with syrup	Vanilla Ice cream, Tsubu-an and Japanese gelatin
Manjyu / Dango series
Anko	Sakuramochi	Kusamochi
Anko is made from Red bean. Boil red beans add sugar into them and mash them. There are two types of Anko . Tsubushi-an just mashed Koshi-an well mashed and strained This an tastes more smooth texture.
Kashiwamochi	Ohagi Azuki	Ohagi Goma
Dango
dumpling cake made of rice or wheat flour Then top one is coated with an. Bottom one is coated sweetened soy sauce

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