Gu-Zoni

Zoni is a dashi soup with rice cakes and a few ingredients. Gu-Zoni, a Shimabara dish, has many more ingredients (Gu) added. These ingredients include chicken, conger eel, lotus root, burdock, dried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, fried egg, and others. According to legend, the rebellion leader Amakusa Shiro ordered this dish to be made to nurture the rebels under severe siege. Any ingredients they could gather from the sea and mountains were cooked in one pot.

Kanzarashi

Kanzarashi is a sweet made of small dumplings with special syrup. The dumplings are made of rice flour and are iced in cold water from the spring (this icing procedure is called ‘kanzarashi’). The syrup is made of sugar and honey. When you eat this, you can enjoy its delicate sweetness and the smooth texture of the dumplings as they go down your throat.