Kikuya Usa Store

Each sweet potato from Oita Prefecture, 'Beniharuka', is carefully washed, steamed with the skin on in a steam kettle, then further baked in a pot to bring out the sweetness. A special sweet bean paste made with butter and egg yolks is wrapped in a separate dough, placed in a mold, and baked slowly to create a 'realistic and more delicious sweet potato dessert'.

A rich pudding made with Jersey milk from Aso Koguni, accented with a slightly bitter caramel sauce. Sandwiched together with custard cream in a fluffy pancake-like dorayaki skin.

A dorayaki made with carefully cooked Hokkaido red beans 'Ogura' and homemade sweet red bean paste that has been protected since the founding, sandwiched between a fluffy dorayaki skin with added honey. It is a specialty dorayaki of Kikuya.

A baked confectionery wrapped in pie crust with red bean paste kneaded with crushed walnuts. The distinctive features of 'Bondia' are the buttery aroma, the texture of walnuts, and a rich flavor that is not too sweet. It was created in 1978 to commemorate the sister city relationship between the city of Aviero in Portugal and Oita. 'Bondia' means 'good morning' or 'have a good day' in Portuguese.