FRANK – Grilled Cheese & Ketchup Kettle Chips
In the past few years, many companies have made a push to crank out their own house brands. I get why – the margins are better with owned brands, and you can slowly build up…
Category: Food
Tirol Chocolate – Tart Cake Mix
With the weather getting hot and sticky, I’ve tried to minimize the number of international orders I do for chocolate. Sadly, this perfectly rational, logical approach to purchasing goes out the window whenever I see…
Paqui – Cool Salsa Verde
I’ve long wondered why I gravitate towards the things that I do. I like to think that I’m merely a human, who as irrational as humans are apt to be, still follows a grand pattern.…
Tirol Chocolate – Panda Black Cheesecake
You know when you have enough positive experiences with a brand or company that when they release something new you just kind of mindlessly go with it and assume it will be great? No? Just…
Lifeguard Chewing Gum
When I first started this thing, I didn’t really intend on having it morph into a snack review blog. It just kind of happened. I like to occasionally throw in my random thoughts into their…
Mitsuya Cider Soda Hard Candy with Hyuganatsu
One of the things I remember from my childhood was a candy called Lotsa Fizz. It came in strips of 5, and was sold fairly cheap by the convenience store near my house. Every once…
Hi-Chew – Heisei Fruits Mix
If there’s anything I’ve learned about Japan and all their crazy varieties and flavours, it’s that they love to do regional specific flavours. This variety isn’t exactly regional specific, but it feels like it’s along…
Tirol Chocolate – Strawberry Trio Mix
It’s all probably in my head, but I’ve always felt like Japanese candies and chocolates have a very distinct style for strawberry flavoured items. I’d wager that anyone who grew up in an Asian household…
Calpis – Yogurt Fruit Chews
In my previous review of the Caplis hard candies, I was pretty happy with how each of the flavours turned out, and how well they captured the flavours of the actual drinks in a hard…
Tirol Chocolate – French Bakery Mix
Oh boy am I excited about this one! Tirol is one of those snacks that I will pay a premium to get my hands on, especially the unique, limited time flavours from Japan. It doesn’t…