This year's Day of the Ox is July 29th. It's been a custom to eat eels on this day, but it would be a considerable expense to prepare for the whole family.

However, the other day, I discovered a shocking (and reasonable) "Unaju" in Shinjuku. I passed by once, but I couldn't wipe out the discomfort and turned back and saw it twice. The reason is that Unaju was lined up in the showcase of the cake shop !

Let's eat "Unaju" on the day of the Ox!
Let's eat "Unaju" on the day of the Ox!

The cake shop "May Please Shinjuku" where Unaju is sold is located in "Shinjuku Metro Shokudo-gai" (B2F) on the way from the West Gate of JR Shinjuku Station toward the Marunouchi Line.

In the showcase, next to ordinary cakes, there are a lot of gutsuri meal menus such as unaju, ramen, and dumplings. It's all made of sweets! People on the road glanced at it twice, or stopped and stared at it.

Even though it's an ordinary cake shop
Even though it's an ordinary cake shop

"Unaju" next to the shortcake?
"Unaju" next to the shortcake?

Katsudon and ramen ...?
Katsudon and ramen ...?

I'm saying something good
I'm saying something good

I think I didn't have enough stamina on that day. I bought a really appetizing grilled unadon cake without hesitation. The price was 1,020 yen (tax included).

I returned to the office with a heavy box of happy weight and had a real meal.

It's a cake box
It's a cake box

Hmmm, it's Unaju
Hmmm, it's Unaju

Reproduces delicious shine, roasted color, and even Japanese pepper
Reproduces delicious shine, roasted color, and even Japanese pepper

Quickly
Quickly

... it's a cake
... it's a cake

Plenty of sauce, brown color that looks delicious, and unaju that is carefully spiced with condiments ... The more you look at it, the finer the art. After thoroughly enjoying it, when I dared to insert a sword, the cross section was not rice but sponge cake. Even if I know it, my head gets confused at once here.

How about the last hope, eel ...?
How about the last hope, eel ...?

The thick eel is a moist choux pastry. The fragrant caramel sauce is entwined. And a fluffy sponge, plenty of custard cream, and an apple filling. Sansho is flavored with matcha. Yeah, it's a sweet and delicious cake that looks like a combination of cream puff and cake!

Why do you bother to make a delicious cake into a heavy visual? I do not understand. The only thing I can say is that it's fun in a world where some people make cute decoration cakes and others make such funny cakes. Actually, I was also excited in a different sense from just eating Unaju.

So this year, how about a unadon cake that is more reasonable than the real unadon but is sure to get excited? Now, we are accepting daily reservations for the day of the Ox at the store.