Taiyaki-ya Oyoge — Restaurant in Tokyo

I stumbled on this gem of a shop, and since I love taiyaki I decided to give this a try. It was absolutely delicious!

It is a bit different from the usual taiyaki; instead of just red bean paste there is a mix of red bean and light cream cheese, which gives it a much lighter filling. The shape of the fish is thinner than the sea bream, so there are more crunchy bits. The batter is absolutely top-notch.

The clams are so cute so I couldn’t resist buying a couple to try. They’d re filled with sweet potato spiked with rum so if you like your desserts boozy you should try it!

Cute little shop - I’d most...

*Cream cheese Iwashi-yaki Iwashi(anchovy)-shaped bread. It looks like typical traditional taiyaki sold in somewhere like Asakusa but it actually rather taste like modern dessert. Paste got crispy texture outside abd chewy texture inside, which is very outstanding as taiyaki. There are cream cheese and sweet red bean paste inside. Everything is mixed up well by overall. There are bread with various shape aside from anchovy.: scallop, for example.

*trivia Placed close to Tokyo-mid town. The shop is in the small alley so that it might be a bit hard to find, but worth finding it. It really deserves...

Discovered these two days before leaving Japan. Liked them so much I went back twice to try the mascarpone+red bean and sweet potato+rum combos (had the red bean and butter one originally). The batter is a bit different than tradicional taiyaki but I personally really liked it, still crispy on the outside and so so soft and delicious inside. Fillings were great too, not too sweet or overwhelming, honestly can’t pick a favorite (probably red bean and mascarpone). There was never a line when I went either, so as someone who dislikes queuing, that’s a bonus....