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May 11, 2022 open
manina" is a grocery store by Italian restaurant "cenci" near Heian Jingu Shrine. The refreshing white-based store is lined with rare and precious ingredients that are rarely seen.
The owner of [cenci], Chef Sakamoto, is the one who selects the products. I know a lot of good producers because of my job," he said. But I can only place orders when I want to use their products in my restaurant's courses. He generously introduces the handiwork of various people, including the high-quality ingredients and original products that Sakamoto actually uses in his restaurant, such as Wazuka tea made by natural farming, raw honey from Hokkaido, and salt from Kikaijima Island made by the multi-step flat kiln method. He introduces us to these products.
Amazon cacao mochi (price TBD). The strong elasticity of the mochi, the mellow sour and sweet sauce, the bitterness of Amazon cacao cocoa, and the gentle sweetness of raw sugar unite in the mouth. *Release date undecided, take-out only.
Also to be introduced soon are cacao tea, made by boiling the husks of Amazonian cacao, and cacao rice cakes made with lotus flour, both well-known products at Cenci. The use of lotus flour makes the cacao rice cakes more elastic than strawbutter rice cakes, and the original aroma of cacao can be enjoyed.
Normally, the restaurant is closed to eat-in customers, but when events are held, the tables are often crowded with people.
We hope to add more sweets, hold more events, and do other fun things little by little," says Sakamoto. We hope to add more sweets and hold more events in the future. For the latest information, please check their SNS such as Instagram.
(Left) Pastry chef Takao Nakatsuka
Born in Kyoto City, Japan. His family used to be a dairy farmer [Grazing Dairy Milk]. He has been working as a pastry chef at "cenci" since May 2022.
(Right) Owner Chef Ken Sakamoto
Born in Kyoto City. After graduating from university, he started his career as an Italian chef, studying at IL PAPPALARDO, IL GHIOTTONE, and other restaurants before opening CENCI in 2014.
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