I bought a bit of everything.
Pai no Mi
I bought it because it said it had La France pear in it, but it is not great..
Tokujo Rich Chili Tomato Cup Noodle
It is tasty enough, but chili tomato is already tasty to begin with, so adding something on top of that does not make it dramatically better.
Tokujo Spice Cup Noodle Curry
I think it is a bit better than the chili tomato.
Tokujo Truffle-Flavor Cup Noodle
I could not really taste much truffle, but I enjoyed it all the same.
The phantom potato: Imakane Danshaku potato chips
These chips only come out in winter, but they must sell well, because these days they line the konbini shelves once the season comes around. Fine by me.
Chocolate Kouka 86%
This one is really good. The balance of sweetness is just right. Go any higher in percentage than this and it starts to feel like soap. If you like chocolate but want to avoid the sweetness, it is well worth eating.
Hokkaido Tokachi Popcorn
I bought it because the bear drawing was cute, but it is also easy to make in the microwave and it tastes decent too.
Grand Marnier
Grand Marnier is an orange liqueur, and if you put orange liqueur into chocolate and add orange peel on top of that, there is no way it can taste bad. I do not know how Lotte is doing in Korea, but in Japan they are working hard.
Mikkabi Mikan Potato Chips
So, mandarin-flavored potato chips.. I do not think you need to go out of your way to buy these.
Yotsuba’s Otona no Camembert & Blue
Searching my own blog, I found a record of having eaten this before. There is blue cheese inside the camembert, and it tastes excellent. Perfect with a drink..
Hakata Amaou strawberry juice
Not great. A pretty package usually means a low chance of a miss, but this one was a bit..
Cheese Dessert Pistachio Chocolat
Tasty.
Cheese Dessert Chestnut
This one is good too.
Cheese Dessert Fuji Apple
Nice and crisp, and tasty.
Chocolate Kouka 95%
If you are after polyphenols for your health this might be the better one, but it does not taste all that good.
Usukawa Rare Cheese Cream Bun
The Usukawa line does not miss very often.
Usukawa Sweet Potato Cream Bun
This one was satisfying too.
Pocky Cacao 60%
The chocolate flavor is rich, so it is good.
Takachiho Farm’s burnt caramel milk
I like Takachiho, but this one was a bit of a letdown.
Nadai Fuji Soba’s beni shoga ten soba
Beni shoga is the red pickled ginger that comes out when you eat gyudon, and this is soba topped with that ginger fried up as tempura. Fuji Soba is a famous 24-hour soba chain in Tokyo that operates in front of stations, and I have never particularly felt like going, but this was better than I expected. The tempura was ordinary, without much of the beni shoga character coming through, but the soba itself was good quality. It is good enough that I would buy it again, though with limited editions like this there is no telling when you will see one next.
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