Meaning of yokan | Babel Free

Definitions

A thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar, usually sold in block form and eaten in slices.

countable, uncountable

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Examples

“Looking into the cake bowl which she had brought I saw that it contained some green ‘yokan’ made from bean jelly. I think that if^([sic – meaning of]) all cakes, yokan are my favourite. […] These yokan were particularly pleasant to look at, for their green-tinged lustre made them look as though they were precious stones, or as though they had been fashioned from alabaster.”

“There are hundreds of distinct variations within the main types of wagashi: namagashi, monaka, yokan, manju, and higashi. […] Yokan gets its firm texture from kanten, a seaweed-derived gelatin, and is likely to have fruit and azuki within.”

““Homemade yokan. You must be quite special to this girl,” he teased. “She's just one of many,” I laughed. Matsu picked up one of the rectangular red bean cakes and put it entirely into his mouth.”

“Bill Yosses, the pastry chef, is now making yokan “pops” ($5) in several flavors at his Palais restaurant on the Upper East Side; Dylan Lauren also sells them at Dylan’s Candy Bar near Union Square. She said she liked the way the pops made yokan fun.”

“It was a gift box of yōkan candy pressed into the shape of chrysanthemums.”

“I sat in the castle’s courtyard, enjoying a plate of yōkan. […] As I bit into the yōkan, I remembered some trivia from my past life. No one knew when exactly it was first invented, but by the Edo period, it had become quite a popular dessert. Famous yōkan brands had even made a name for themselves. […] Apparently, even important shogunate officials served yōkan at their tables.”

“When I press the fork into it, it bows ever so slightly. “It’s just a hair too soft for this type of yōkan,” I conclude. “However, it looks pretty good, and the flavors are well balanced.” Mom nods in agreement, and we move on to the second jelly. Rather than a pert, bouncy dessert, the yōkan has spread across the plate like Jabba the Hutt.”

“This sweet bean gelée, called yōkan, is studded with candied chestnuts colored yellow by gardenia petals. […] Arrange the sliced chestnuts, spaced evenly, on top of the layer of yōkan.”

“Right now, in this bag I’m holding, there are three red bean dorayaki, three cream dorayaki, three red bean yōkan, three mung bean yōkan, three red bean dango, and three red bean mochi. […] Six yōkan is six for sixty sen.”

“He opened it, revealing little wrapped bars of yōkan, sweet red bean–flavored jellies Hana loved having with her tea.”

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