Japanese Snack Reviews

The red bean bread on display. (Click any picture in this post to load a larger version.) One of my late pleasures during my time in J...

Assuming you cannot read Japanese or haven't taken a moment to scrutize the picture from a vending machine shown above, I'd lik...

I subscribe to a web site which shows retro ads for various products as well as one that takes old recipes and tries them out to see if ...

One of the things which I liked about Japanese bakeries was the tendency to fashion their bread products in the shapes of animals or cha...

Recently, I tried protein powder as a standalone product for the first time. I'm sure that I've consumed food which has had the ...

"D-Plus" is not a grade, though by the end of this review, we'll see if there is a double-meaning to this product's mak...

It may surprise no one that I have been taking pictures of food all over Japan like a mad woman since I know that I'll not have the...

Many moons ago when I was in my early years in Japan and working at Nova, I used to go out for yakitori a lot with coworkers. We bonde...

When you think movie snacks, you're probably thinking popcorn, M & M's, chocolate-covered raisins, or some sort of candy th...

I've written before about portion sizes in Japan, and how they often package things to make it easier for people to eat less. This do...

Sorry that there is no cutaway shot. I took one, but lost it in the huge number of photos I've taken lately. If I find it, I'll a...

When I was a kid, I remember visiting my maternal grandmother and having sandwiches with her "weird bread". That is, bread that wa...

" Copan " brand toasted bread snacks have been around for ages, but they haven't really lured me in. Part of the reason for th...

There's an excellent blog called " Heat Eat Review " which features frozen and ready to eat food reviews. I've often thoug...

Sometimes I try something which is abysmally bad and I figure that someone somewhere has a very different sense of taste than I. I figure th...

Melon pan is one of the most superficially misunderstood pastries in Japan. For starters, people assume it's melon flavored. While it m...

One of the first things you notice when you enter a convenience store in Japan is that there are many different and highly interesting looki...