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Jumbo Mini

"We provide a firstclass taste brought directly from the earth" claims my pastry. It makes me wonder if one of the ingredients might be, oh, dirt.The characters "ミニ" mean "mini" in English. If you look at the picture of an apple custard ring pa... ...full story at So-Called Japanese Life

from So-Called Japanese Life on Tue, Feb 05 2008

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