Takoman’s shortcake

Tasty.

Shikuwasa (Okinawan citrus) potato chips

Pretty ordinary..

Pizza cheese chips

This one wasn’t great either..

Suntory Highball, the Kaku Highball

As ready-made highballs go, it’s drinkable.

Lemon sour

It goes down so easily you could drink your way into a problem.

Cat monaka

It just tastes like a regular monaka, the wafer-and-bean-paste kind. It’s cute, so that’s fine by me.

A flower I shot on the street

Mala peanuts, with the numbing Sichuan spice

Good as a snack.

Nogami’s moist whipped-cream anpan, a sweet red-bean bun

Nogami is that famous shokupan (milk bread) place. I gave it a try and it was pretty good.

Pocky Choco Mint

Decent enough, in its way.

Suntory’s umeshu with soda

It was just okay.

Suntory The Premium Malt’s Soyokaze Ale

I get the feeling Suntory does lager better than ale..

Sapporo Ichiban’s Premier Rich series

Buying a multipack felt like a bit much, so I just looked..

Kaki no Tane Craft Mix

It comes with truffle-salt cashews. Those turned out to be quite good, nice with a drink or on their own.

Tote bag

Picked up a new one this time. Looks like I swap it out every year or two.

Kokugikan yakitori, chicken tsukune in tare sauce

The sauce is strong enough that you don’t get the usual tinned aftertaste, though eating it as it comes felt a bit too rich.

Wasabi potato chips

Ordinary.

Honey butter chicken flavour

This one wasn’t good.

Edo miso flavour

Ordinary too. Miso and potato just don’t get along, it seems..

DARS Premium Brownie

This one was good.

DARS Premium Blueberry Pie

This was a little sweet.

Black Nikka highball

Just ordinary.

Kujira Shokudo’s cup ramen

It looked like it had some presence to it, so I picked one up.

Cup ramen

The soy sauce came through stronger than I expected, and it was good.

A view of the harbour

Craft Mix, almond and camembert

This wasn’t bad either. Though I think the truffle one was slightly better.

Sakeru Cheese, the string cheese

This series has a nice springy bite to it.

Avocado wasabi soy sauce baby cheese

So-so..

Krazy Salt nuts

A bit heavily seasoned. Not bad, but I couldn’t call it amazing either.

Fried beans

Deep-fried beans, and they make a good snack.

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