Coal is quickly piled up. Ogai Mori, the author of "The Dancing Girl," begins with the brilliant sunshine of the hot lanterns on the banks of the table in the middle room. He has produced many other masterpieces such as "Goose" and "Sansho Daio", but did you know that he was actually quite a sweet tooth?

In the essay "Poverty Savaran" by Mari Mori, the eldest daughter of Ogai Mori, it is stated that the funeral bun that Ogai received was eaten in chazuke. Manju for chazuke ... I can't predict the taste ... I was curious, so I actually made it.

■ Manju Chazuke

All you need to prepare is steamed buns, rice, sencha, and more.


Put the buns on hot rice and pour hot tea. Lightly mix the center, loosen the bun skin, and soak the bean paste in the tea.


A terrifying bite. …that? good? Yeah, good! This is surprisingly good! To be honest, before I ate it, I thought "wet buns look bad", but it's surprisingly good.


The skin of the bun that sucked in the tea is like a plump fu, and the sweetness of the bean paste exudes and you can enjoy the atmosphere like soup stock. When swallowed, the fragrance of tea is fluffy.


However, it is certain that the gap from "It looks unpleasant ..." to "It's surprisingly cool !?" is very impressive. It's not "insanely tasty" or "insanely good". It's just like "it's better than expected". If you want to eat every day ... it's subtle.

■ I tried other than buns

Since it's a big deal, I ran to a convenience store in the neighborhood and bought sweets other than buns. I put it on the remaining rice and made it chazuke. It was purchased "Chestnut Cake", "moon cake", "sweet potato", "Mitarashi", all five of the "Fuwakoro".

■ Kuri Manju Chazuke

First of all, Kuri Manju . Place the cracked kuri manju and pour tea.



In a nutshell, sweet chestnut rice that failed to cook. The white bean paste does not easily fit into Ochazuke, and the skin that has absorbed the water becomes heavy and heavy, but it is not particularly fresh. I tried to mix it well, but the impression was the same. It's a pity that we can't feel the energy to bring out the goodness of each other. It doesn't seem to be very compatible.

■ Mooncake Chazuke

Next is the shiny moon cake . It's too sweet for me to eat alone, but it might be easier to eat if it's chazuke ...?


The aroma of tea helps to make the sweetness a little modest. The crunchy texture of the nuts is a nice accent. However, it is a pity that the skin has become a sweet, heavy and damp object. Apparently the important thing is the skin .

■ Sweet potato chazuke

Sweet potatoes that are perfect for the coming season. Make a notch and pour the tea.



It looks like potato porridge and is quite delicious! I thought that the skin would be sticky, but I enjoyed the taste like cut potatoes by melting it properly with bean paste.

■ Mitarashi Chazuke

Rice, tea and mitarashi dumplings . Isn't this a good feeling?


Well, contrary to expectations, it's not that delicious, or there's no point in putting it together ... "Mitarashi dumplings and Ochazuke are both attractive and nice guys, but it can't be said that they have a relationship that enhances each other by being close to each other ." It's not bad at all.

■ Fluffy chazuke

7-ELEVEN's "Fuwakoro" has become a hot topic as "Generic Hagi no Tsuki". It's a steamed bun with custard cream.



The smooth sweetness of the custard cream that slowly melted. It's like Western-style bun chazuke , but the taste is somewhat blurred. The dough is fluffy and absorbs water well, so it goes through the fluffy texture and becomes a mere sticky texture. This seems to have been impossible.

■ Conclusion

・ The steamed bun chazuke is surprisingly good. ・ The compatibility with white bean paste is subtle. ・ If sweet potatoes are chazuke, it becomes potato porridge.

Although it seems that people have different tastes, some of them are "manju chazuke". Why don't you try Ogai Mori's paperback with one hand?