Japanese Snack Reviews

My husband and I found these chips at an Indian market. I wasn't there for potato chips. In fact, I was there to buy loose leaf tea ...

Have you ever thought about the shapes of the food you eat? I thought of it while pondering these round salted snacks. I've noticed ...

One thing I have learned is that it takes a special set of taste buds to appreciate certain flavor combinations. While people in general...

Picture courtesy of Frito-Lay Japan. This product was actually brought to my attention by way of The Impulsive Bu y, which I'm sur...

 The name of this snack sounds like someone is spelling out the product a little too clearly. Back home, I think these might be called ...

I've mentioned before that I have never tried actual takoyaki (octopus dumpling), though I think this year will finally be the year tha...

If someone did as that little guy did and really downed a bottle of sauce, I think he really would die. Recently one of my students and I w...

Cross-cultural differences are usually recognized mainly when they are broad and obvious like the fact that Japanese people bow and American...

I can't speak for everywhere else in the world, but German potatoes are not a standard dish in any eating establishment I ever visited i...

This is the second of two Majimori corn snacks based on ramen flavors. The first variety was " brown oil, garlic, and pork bone ...

When you think of big mayonnaise eaters, my guess is that the majority of people are not thinking of all the trim Japanese people walking ar...

Yahoo is regarded as second to Google when it comes to home pages and search engines among most folks in the West. In Japan, Yahoo is the be...

When I saw the illustration on the front of this package, I thought there was no way the corn puffs inside were going to actually be coated ...

One thing you notice if you live in Japan long enough is that food manufacturers are big fans of short-term variations on their core product...