About 90 percent of the things I eat while I’m travelling are either based on research or popularity (i.e. if I see a line for food, I’m probably going to stand in that line regardless of what it’s for).
Occasionally, however, I’ll see something like the dorayaki ice cream sundae at Sazae x Ishiya. I hadn’t heard anything about it, and there were no crowds. But come on: look at that thing. That’s way too delightful to pass up. I had to try it.
Dorayaki is a Japanese dessert that’s essentially a pancake sandwich with a sweet red bean filling. Here, it’s served with soft serve ice cream and topped with a sweet syrup (pancake syrup, basically).
There are some things that you don’t even need to eat to know they’ll be delicious. This was one of those things.
It’s quite good — the pancake tasted nice and fresh, and the red bean was sweet and creamy. The ice cream, however, was just okay. It’s hard not to compare it to the mind-blowing soft serve I just had at White Cosy, and there’s absolutely no contest. This stuff was smooth and rich, but the flavour just wasn’t there.
Still, it was a tasty sundae; it was pretty much exactly what I was hoping it would be.
Location: 2 Chome Kita 5 Jonishi, Chuo Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0005
How to find it: It’s surrounded by amazing looking Japanese dessert shops in the Sapporo Esta.