Japanese Snack Reviews

Awhile back, in a salt-craving induced buying frenzy, I picked up several sleeves of salty snack bits from Bourbon. This karinto sembei (r...

First of all, I must apologize for the fact that my picture shows a largely empty bag. I have developed a problem with keeping track of ...

This is one of the regional KitKat varieties that I picked up at the airport on the way out the door when I left Japan. It's importa...

I once said that I was on a quest to sample all of the "All (Fruit)" line of cookies and then I promptly forgot that this was...

I often read blogs about cooking and one of the things that works a bit like a fingernail on a blackboard for me is people who talk about r...

Most of my snack shopping takes place in relatively predictable places like convenience stores, supermarkets or snack shops. Very occasional...

You never see molasses for sale in Japan. In fact, it's actually rather difficult to explain the concept of molasses to students. Ginger...

After a very satisfying experience with a Tirol Kinako Premium chocolate , I was in the market for all things kinako (toasted soy flour). ...

The packaging on a lot of Japanese sweets is pretty clear cut and designed to give you a good idea of what is inside. Most of it is also mod...

When you first arrive in Japan, there is a cornucopia of food items which look pretty strange. Some of them you will be brave enough to samp...