Japanese Snack Reviews

Meiji's kinoko and takenoko no sato (mushroom and bamboo shoot) lines of cookie snacks is one of the most venerable in Japan. While...

Image from Kanro. One of my friends recently remarked on Facebook that part of the process of making gummi candy involves boiling anim...

For my husband, there were two great problems living in Japan. No, it was not the language or the cultural differences. There were but t...

The Simpsons once did an episode about Springfield's lemon tree being stolen by some of the residents of Shelbyville. Jebediah Spri...

Before I get too far in this review, I should state that this is not Japanese, but Korean. One of my students visited Korea for 5 days of ...

When I was a kid, I hated honey. My mother used to love to slather it on bread or toast, but I was so fussy about texture that I hated the ...

Have you ever wondered why one particular variety of donut (or doughnut) is called "old-fashioned"? No, I hadn't really wonder...

As I recently remarked to Ebidebby on her blog, I've been a bit off of the Tirol chocolates as of late. The variety packs in particular...

Brown sugar is supposed to be better for you than white sugar. In fact, the company that makes these cookies, Kurobo , devotes a page on its...

Hi-Chew is one of the most reviewed snack foods among those who talk about such things. Prior to this post, I was a Hi-Chew virgin. Yes, I...