Japanese Snack Reviews
Nothing reminds me more of summer than soda pop. It speaks to me more than pools or sunburns or even picnics. Why? Because I was always drinking cola while I was swimming, burning, or eating at a picnic. Cola is the common unifier during the summer months that was the one [...]
One of my favorite aspects of anime culture so far, has been the snacks. And if you scratch the surface of the Pocky/Pretz/Hi-chew genre, a whole world of Japanese goodies outside of these mainstream snacks is revealed.
There are sooo many yogashi (Western style snacks) and wagashi (traditional Japanese snacks) to try that [...]
This was another find at the Mitsuwa Market in Chicago. This ao nori karinto is a much, much prettier version of the original karinto I first reviewed. I honestly didn’t know that there were more than one varieties of this deep fried snack. There is apparently a goma (sesame) version of karintou as well.
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Recently I had the opportunity to go up north to visit a friend in Chicago. She just so happens to live five minutes away from the Japanese market chain “Mitsuwaâ€. Armed with a lengthy list of snack items, we spent hours looking for the perfect Japanese munchie. I was disappointed, however. [...]
I believe in second chances. I believe that if someone makes an honest mistake, with no malice behind it, they deserve another shot to prove themselves. I also believe the same goes for food, as far as I’m concerned.
Keeping that in mind and walking through East East the other day, I [...]
This past Christmas was fantastic, what with the people, the gifts and the CANDY! Dave treated me like a princess this year, which he does everyday BTW, and he went online to J-Box to get me something special candy-wise. Knowing my affinity for the unusual and the sweet, he bought me bara momo koakuma [...]
"I’m scared" was all I could think of before eating this snack. I don’t know what possessed me to buy this but I think it had something to do with "adventure" and "thinking outside the box", ectera. I was looking for something out of the "norm" which is usually a snack type treat or straight [...]
“Looks can be deceiving†is an old axiom that should never, ever be ignored, especially when dealing with food. If we all judged food by appearance, we’d never eat okonomiyaki, sushi, sashimi, lychees, ect., and we’d be poorer for the loss. It does help, however, that the food actually look like food in [...]
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