Konbini food, part two. Gathering them all up like this, it looks like a lot.

kuroge wagyu sukiyaki potato chips

They were just okay.

paitan gyoza soup

The standard of konbini food is really high.

potato salad

Well… pretty standard. With a snack like this you could drink anywhere.

Comté cheese

Aged 18 months, apparently. It’s a wine snack, but honestly, imported cheese is poor value for money. It’s a little luxury, I suppose.

Lucky Mayonnaise

They’re okaki rice crackers, and they were just okay.

Neo brown sugar rolls

I don’t know what to say. It’s a bread made with margarine rather than butter, and it’s incredibly good. A bestseller in Japanese supermarkets.

okoge senbei

Not bad as a drinking snack.

a fun bag of potato chips

They’re nori-shio flavour, but there’s no nori to be seen. That shocked expression…

the contents

Open the bag and it really is true. But then… they taste exactly like ordinary nori potato chips, so I’m not sure what the point is.

Roquefort crackers

I bought them because they looked good, but they were just okay. Natural Lawson has been stocking a lot of these curious products lately.

dried mandarin orange

Also just okay. I’m working hard at finding a tasty drinking snack, and it isn’t easy.

truffle potato chips

These were good. Truffle oil and potato chips go together pretty well.

potato chips with jamón

They really do taste of jamón. But it’s a seriously steep price for potato chips, so given what it costs it’s a bit of a letdown.

Seven Premium Gold’s Kin no Umeboshi

The umeboshi are big, the quality is good and they’re slightly sweet. A crowd-pleasing flavour. I think this series has nailed its concept.

Kin no Wiener

These are decent too, but given the price they don’t offer much over the premium wieners in the same range.

Ippudo ramen sold at Seven-Eleven

I’ve tried all sorts of ramen from Seven, and Ippudo is far and away the best quality. The cup noodles were good, and the heat-it-up ramen is impressive too.

the noodles

Good stuff.

nori-shio butter peanuts

A simple drinking snack.

Kami Nori Shio

Well… the name is outrageous, but the taste is just so-so.

nabe broth

Japanese hot pot really isn’t a big deal. Buy a few vegetables and other ingredients, prep them, put them in the nabe broth and simmer, and you’re done. Making the broth from scratch would be hard work, but these days the ready-made ones are so good.

Nikudashi Tofu

Niku-dofu is one of my favourite drinking snacks. The soup tastes fine, but freeze-dried tofu just doesn’t give you that flavour. It’d be better to drop in fresh tofu and simmer it.

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