Japanese Snack Reviews

Recently, I read an article on a food news site in which someone was extolling the virtues of monaka . The notion of the ice cream encas...

I had a few friends over for lunch yesterday and they mentioned that they had tiramisu for dessert over the weekend. I don't know how...

Shortly before I returned to the United States, the Oreo cookie, perhaps the world's most famous sandwich cookie, turned 100 years ...

Some products come across as the "poor man's" version of a better-known brand name item. Drinks like RC Cola or Shasta cola ...

While Nestle is grinding out new KitKat flavors as if the bar's consumers had the gustatory attention span of a 2-year-old, Furuta rele...

Sequoia wafer bars (made by Furuta ) have a lot to offer which is attractive to me. For one thing, I like the size and the bars look great ...

There's something about a multi-pack that makes food more attractive. I'd normally refuse to buy a strawberry Sequoia bar, but seein...

My husband and I were meandering around a Family Mart convenience store when he spied this "salty vanilla" Sequoia bar. For those ...

Sequoia is one of those candy bars that has been around since I first arrived in Japan 20 years ago. In fact, I vaguely recall sampling it w...