About a week ago, we wrote about “もいきや” in Kotoen, the place with the upside-down sign. Shachomi from Nishitsu went to check it out!
“もいきや” is located very close to this sign.We’ll have to ask why, too
Here it is on the map↓
The address is Kotoen Heights, 1-2-3 Kotoen, Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
It’s about 2 minutes from the station.About 1 minute from the sign
All these lined-up pots, pots, and pots. They’re not just decorations or ornaments.
When we asked the shop staff, they told us these are “Shigaraki ware pots”, and they use them to roast sweet potatoes.
They come out roasted with a real ta-daーー! kind of feeling.
They showed us inside↓
Whoa! There’s charcoal briquettes in the middle. You can see black stains in the back. What are those?
Apparently, the black stains are caramelized syrup that drips from the roasting sweet potatoes and burns onto the pot.
They had two kinds of sweet potatoes: “Beniharuka” and “Silk Sweet.”By the time this article goes up, there might be one more variety. A rare one
The inside of “もいきや” is stylish, too. You can eat in!
The three kinds of sweet potato we ate at もいきや
Sweet potato and ice cream 600 yen
For when you want sweet potato even in summer, but also kind of want ice cream with it.
The sweet potato is nicely warm. So the ice cream starts melting～～.Hurry, take the photo!
The sweet potato is soooooooo soft, the spoon slides right in.Kind of like scooping mango?
The potato isn’t even in focus～～～～
The softness is on another level. Together with the cold ice cream, the sweetness is just right.I became a fan the moment I tried it. Ate every bit, skin and all
That perfect softness comes from the delicate roasting control of the pot-roasting method, and apparently they can tell how cooked it is just by touching it with their hands. Truly professional skill.
Next, this caught our eye.
Look, lookー, it just looks like a regular ice cream bar
Chilled pot-roasted sweet potato from 200 yen
This item is made by cutting pot-roasted sweet potatoes and freezing them. It might be Japan’s first pot-roasted sweet potato ice cream.
Time to taste!
The tiny ice crystals are beautiful! This one is Silk Sweet, and it’s completely like ice cream, but it’s still sweet potato.It’s also nice that freezing sweet potatoes makes them less likely to spike blood sugar
This one is Beniharuka ice cream. After about 10 minutes at room temperature, it’s not rock hard and has a nice firmness. When you bite into it, it has a crisp, icy texture.
You can easily eat the skin, too. The slight bitterness is a nice accent to the super-sweet potato.When you want sweet potato but also want ice cream, this is absolutely the one (mysterious)
Daigaku imo 100g 300 yen（Photo shows a takeout pack）
The ace of the sweet potato world.By the way, the name “daigaku imo” apparently comes from the fact that it was cheap, delicious, and popular among university students in student districts in the Kanto area
The sugar coating on the outside isn’t nearly as hard as I’d imagined. That makes it really easy to eat.
This is the kind of thing you can’t stop eating once you start.I took some home and ate it, but it disappeared instantly
From the perfectly controlled pot-roasting to new items like the ice cream bars, they’re seriously committed to all kinds of things.
