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Anmitsu · Tokyo
Tokyo's classic kanmidokoro dessert: a glass bowl of kanten (agar) jelly cubes, azuki bean paste, mochi balls and seasonal fruit, drizzled with kuromitsu and topped with matcha ice cream.
Anmitsu was invented in 1930 at Funawa, a tea-and-sweets shop in Asakusa, as an evolution of the older mitsumame (kanten cubes with sweet syrup) by adding anko (sweetened azuki bean paste). The dish became the standard Tokyo summer dessert through the postwar boom, sold at kanmidokoro (sweet shops) and senbei (rice-cracker) stores. The classic preparation never adds dairy beyond the optional scoop of ice cream; the agar-agar jelly is the structural backbone. Tokyo old-shop kanmidokoro like Funawa Asakusa Honten and Asakusa Umezono still serve the dish in unchanged glass coupes.
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