Matsuyama Local Food

Matsuyama, a castle town, is a place of confectionary from tea cakes loved by the lord to refreshments born in kitchens of ordinary people.

Eating Out - Bocchan Dumplings

Bocchan Dumplings

Bocchan ate dumplings which were said to be very delicious, when coming home from Dogo spas. A small Gyuhi is wrapped with three-color bean jam. Hot dumplings on splits are sold. Three-color bean jam is colored with tea, beans, and eggs and contains no additive. After taking a bath, how about biting Bocchan dumplings with a towel on your shoulder to indulge into the age of Bocchan?

Eating Out - Taruto

Tart

In the middle of the seventeenth century, Sadayuki Matsudaira, the load of the Matsuyama clan, brought back the Holland-origin cake from Nagasaki. Citron, a Shikoku product, is kneaded into bean jam and wrapped with wet sponge cake. Although this cake is a compromise between the Japanese and Western styles, it contains no oil and grease but tastes slightly sweet. Tart which was a tea cake secretly hidden by the Matsuyama clan because of its elegant taste.

Eating Out - Thin Indian Ink Sweet Jelly of Beans

Thin Indian Ink Sweet Jelly of Beans

At the Saihoji Temple in Matsuyama City, there are old Thin Indian Ink cherry trees. Thin Indian Ink Sweet Jelly of Beans was made in association with these cherry trees. Dark green of tea and white beans regarded as cherry blossom leaves make a beautiful combination. It looks like a cherry blossom on a leaf or cherry blossoms in darkness. Decent sweetness and slight tea flavor are getting popular favor.

Eating Out - Soy Rice Cake

Soy Rice Cake

In the age of Genroku (300 years ago), soy rice cakes were made in merchant's home and samurai houses of Matsuyama for the Feast of the Peach. Originally, there were only brown rice cakes made of rice poweder and soy sauce. Presently, there are colorfull rice cakes using tea and edible red. Soy rice cakes supported by people living around the Matsuyama castle are the country confectionary native to Matsuyama.

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