Tirol Chocolate – 7-11 Cafe Latte
Some people may not truly understand the depths of how entrenched 7-11 is over in Japan. They have their own TV programming that is just various ways to advertise and sell their own brand product.…
Category: Asia
Big Bro – Crayfish Flavour Glutinous Rice Crusts
As I work my way through the Big Bro catalog of goods, I find myself wondering about regional varieties, and given that it’s largely a Chinese brand, if they have more crazy and wider assortments…
Hi-Chew – Strawberry Daifuku
It’s not too often that Hi-Chew does non-fruit based flavours, but they do tend to do some fruit adjacent flavoured ones like sodas, and today’s flavour which is technically fruit adjacent. Maybe it’s a cultural…
Big Bro – Pepper Flavour Glutinous Rice Crusts
I’ve waxed poetic before about how I love rice in all it’s forms, and how Big Bro in particular makes some really good rice crusts that I have found myself craving every once in a…
Bourbon – Mochi Truffe Hojicha Latte
Bourbon has cemented itself has one of the brands where if I see their label, I have my attention caught. The Mochi Truffe line in particular is just all sorts of delicious from what I’ve…
Pepero – Crunchy
Pepero is an alternative to the more popular Pocky. I wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s a bitter rivalry, because that would downplay the dominance that Glico has with Pocky, but Pepero (by…
Meiji – Takenoko No Sato – Strawberry & Chocolate
Meiji is known for many of it’s chocolate products, one of which is a mushroom cookie where the top is a chocolate cap and the stem is cookie. This is a variation of that mushroom…
Pepero – White Cookie
I won’t pretend to have a true preference between Pocky and Pepero. That’s an age old debate that doesn’t need to be stoked and I find room in my heart, pantry and stomach for both.…
Glico Bitte – Matcha Chocolate
From the maker of Pocky and Pretz, is a product called Bitte. I won’t speculate on the correct pronunciation (is it bite? or bi-tay?) but what I will say is that it’s definitely caught my…
Shoei Delicy – Winter Crunch Chocolate
I have no clue what this brand is, or what they are known for. All I really know is they released a really tasty strawberry chocolate bar that had equal parts crunch and chocolate that…