Dorayaki [どら焼き] is a Japanese dessert that resembles a pancake, but filled with some kind of bean paste inside. The dough is actually sponge cake, so it has a light and fluffy consistency! Very delicious. This one is a little different from what I usually buy. As part of the kanji reads, "Sakura" and "an"...so I was guessing it had some kind of a Sakura filling! Sakura is a cherry blossom, very beautiful and an experience in itself to see a tree up close! Especially during flower viewing or Hanami (花見). Sakura is also used in Japanese cuisine. The taste is...indescribable really. I don't know how to formulate a description. It's sweet but there's also a salty component...particularly when eating Sakura mochi. It's a very interesting flavor. When I opened the package I immediately get a waft of really strong sakura aroma! (Which is great)
Now that's the inside and the filling is a lot more translucent than how red bean looks. It also has some kind of seeds in the paste.
I really do enjoy the taste of it...maybe even more than the usual azuki red bean paste. I often find myself being overwhelmed by how sweet it is, but the sakura filling has a nice balanced flavor, very clean. It was delicious and fresh despite the dorayaki being in a plastic bag. Yum!
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