Calbee Sesame Oil & Seaweed Shrimp Chips
Shrimp chips are one of the many Asian snacks I grew up on. Not only were they commonplace in the grocery stores I used to browse, they tended to be the best bang for buck…
Category: Japan
Toppo – Bitter Dark Chocolate
I’ve had enough Toppo flavours at this point, that I’ve finally managed to catch up to the standard or “evergreen” flavours. This particular flavour seems to always be in rotation in one way, shape or…
Pure – Pikachu Tropical and Soda Gummies
I could lie to you and say that I’m not easily gotten by lame collaborations or crossovers, but truthfully I haven’t tried Pure Gummies before and the combo of packaging and Pikachu shaped gummies did…
Befco Rice Crackers – Pizza
I’ve talked at length before about creativity in food, and how eventually everything will be combined with everything else at some point. There’s only a finite number of edible things on this planet, and even…
Tirol Chocolate – Strawberry Daifuku
A large majority of you are likely familiar with the famous colloquialism, insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Perhaps I’ve a touch of the crazies. Or perhaps…
Puku Puku Tai – Zombie Blackcurrant
Zombies are a popular genre for a multitude of reasons, none of which are particularly appealing to me, but I get why people enjoy the medium so much. Something about fending off hordes of mindless…
Toppo – Vanilla Milkshake
When you think vanilla milkshake? What comes to mind? For me it’s 60s or 70s style diners and malted milkshakes. I’m sure it was a magical time, you know, apart from all the racism, impending…
Hi-Chew Mix – Snoopy Edition
When you’ve had as much Hi-Chew as I have, the word special seems to hold less meaning. A wise man once said to me if someone says sorry often, it loses it’s meaning. I feel…
Hi-Chew Doubles – Peach and Plum
I often like to make fun of companies that run out of ideas, having to resort to overdone things like re-releases and remasters. Maybe I’m just getting old but I’ve noticed a staggering number of…
Tirol Chocolate – Coffee Jelly
Why do I do this to myself? I don’t drink coffee, nor do I enjoy the flavour profile. Yet here I am with a full bag of seven coffee flavoured chocolate pieces. I can’t tell…