Regional food and famous sweets of Iwate

Bakke miso yaki-mochi combines chopped fuki-no-to butterbur shoots, walnut, miso, wheat flour and sugar into small patties cooked on a griddle. Bakke...

Hittsumi is an Iwate flour dish made by resting a wheat-and-water dough, stretching it thin by hand, pinching off irregular pieces and simmering them...

Ganzuki is a thick steamed wheat cake associated especially with southern Iwate and the Kesen area, and also found in Miyagi. Dark ganzuki uses brown...

Gomasuri Dango is Shoeido's small white dumpling enclosing a fluid black-sesame suri-mitsu filling. Bite through the soft, springy exterior and the...

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Wanko soba serves bite-size portions of noodles into a guest's small bowl again and again, with an attendant counting the servings. The tradition...

Iwate-machi nuppei-jiru is a hot clear soup of finely cut firm tofu and seasonal mushrooms topped just before serving with grated nagaimo whipped with...

Kamome no Tamago is Saito Seika's egg-shaped confection from Ofunato on Iwate's Sanriku coast. A yellow bean-paste center is wrapped in a thin cake...

Morioka jajamen tops chewy flat noodles with meat miso, cucumber, scallion and ginger, then lets each diner mix in vinegar, chili oil and garlic. It...

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