A Taste of Japanese Cherry

Eating cherry blossoms may sound funny, but those SAKURA (Japanese cherry) SWEETS are the seasonal delights!

I had a cheese cake with a pickled cherry blossom on top.  

The taste of cheery blossoms is like between strawberry and cherry.

"Oukazuke (pickled cherry blossoms)" 

price:  410yen

[How to make pickled cherry blossoms]

   YAE Sakura (double-flowered cherry blossoms)

     - should be half bloom

   Salt

   Plum vinegar

1) Wash flowers.

2) Add salt and plum vinegar.  Rub them well.

    (The amount of those seasonings are 20% of the flowers.)

3) Leave it for one week.  

    If that is not enough, add more salt and leave it for another week.