On April 2nd, "Cafe Yamazaki" in Hirosaki (Oyakatamachi, Hirosaki City, TEL 0172-36-0082 ) began offering Ukrainian cooking courses to support Ukraine.

"Cafe Yamazaki" is a sister restaurant of the French restaurant "Restaurant Yamazaki" (Oyakatamachi). Owner chef Takashi Yamazaki said, "I felt that I shouldn't be on the sidelines of Ukrainian problems. I thought about what I could do as a cook and thought about serving Ukrainian food."

The menu offered is homemade pampushka (Ukrainian bread), borscht, potatoes and chicken Kyiv (Ukrainian chicken dishes). A set of dessert with Ukrainian apple pie and drink. The price is 1,980 yen. Twenty-five percent of sales will be donated to meals for Ukrainian refugees.

Mr. Yamazaki says, "Borscht had learned in the cooking class held at our shop before, and it was easy to make, but it took time to secure the ingredients." I couldn't find the beet to use for borscht, and I happened to find a pesticide-free beet from Hokkaido. "It was a beet that was exactly in line with our idea of pesticide-free and farm reduction," says Yamazaki.

I decided to offer apple pie for dessert because Ukraine has the highest production of apples in the world. As Hirosaki, the largest producer of apples in Japan, it is said that it has provided apple pie to support Ukraine with desserts using apples. Mr. Yamazaki has never eaten Ukrainian apple pie, and developed it based on the photos that were image searches on the net. Since the movie "Sunflower" is set in Ukraine, we used sunflower oil for the pie crust.

Mr. Yamazaki smiled, "The puff pastry became crispy by using sunflower oil. When I used Orin, which had turned yellow like the flag of Ukraine, the apple was a confident product with a good flavor and a good reputation." Show.

"Ukraine is a neighboring country across Russia, and I don't think it's someone else's affairs, and I feel like going to a soup kitchen. There may be few things I can do, but if the circle of support expands as much as I can. "friend.

Business hours are from 11:30 to 14:00 and from 17:30 to 20:30. Closed on Mondays.