Japanese Snack Reviews

I'm headed close to the finish line in my race to review all of my ZenPop box treats before I loose my free time to jury duty (whic...

There was often a confusion in Japan about the difference between "ma'am" and "mom". In terms of how they get tr...

I have reached an important conclusion about the Fujiya brand's versions of chocolate. Well, it's not important in a global sen...

Friends, Romans, countrymen, and anyone from any country other than Italy or America who reads my blog, I am here today to talk about co...

"Nama" in Japanese means "raw". I'm guessing that the reference in this case relates to the enormous dollop of w...

When I was a very young child, I had a puzzle which was a map of the United States. Each piece was a state and the point was to teach ch...

I've been crazy for pancakes since coming back to the U.S. I did have them occasionally in Japan, but I tended to not eat them too m...

This box of chocolates came to me courtesy of Skoshbox (gratis). Fujiya would like to have tea with you. No, really. They're talki...

One of the things which has become clear to me since returning to the U.S. is that the market here for snack foods is dramatically differ...

Occasionally, I like to get off my lazy behind and act like I'm a journalist rather than a slacktacular blogger. To that end, I tried...

Donkey's years ago... actually, I don't know what a donkey's year is, but it was actually three years ago, I reviewed Fujiy...

My New Year's fukubukuro continues to be a snack review albatross around my neck. Yes, it's past the middle of the year and I...

As someone who reviews food in an ersatz "professional" way, I've found out a thing or two about tasting food. One thing is t...

When I was a child, I used to anthropomorphize everything. To those who didn't study General Psychology, or washed it all out of their ...

Back when I was working in an office, my boss used to buy packets of 100 yen ($1.20) "peanuts choco". For foreign folks who want ...

There's a new blog which I started following a few months ago called " Food in Real Life ". It takes pictures of the box ill...