Melon Bread・メロンパン

Melon Pan・メロンパン is normally sold in bakeries in Japan as well as in cafeterias at schools. They resemble the appearance of a rock melon, sort of, and so therefore they are intelligently named ‘melon’ bread.

Here’s a gimungo melon pan that I bought from 85 degrees, a Taiwanese bakery shop. One of these is enough to fill you up for lunch or dinner. And as you can see in the picture, I had two.

Now…introducting Cooking with Dog! No, not literally. Francis, the host of the show will show you how to make melon pan.

Dorayaki・どら焼き

This is a typical Japanese dessert/street food that consists of two small pancake patties with a filling of red bean. For all those who have watched Doraemon・ドラえもん, a popular Japanese cartoon, good on you, a pat on a back. Dorayaki is Doraemon’s favourite food and unfortunately he gets bribed with it all the time. I understand his sentiments because I am also a major fan of dorayaki, especially the red bean. We can be dorayaki buddies.

Here’s our favourite Doraemon nom nom noming away at his pile of dorayaki. As you can see, it is so sought after that the other characters have carved a hole in the ground just to steal some.

For all those who have not watched Doraemon, your homework for this week is to watch it.