Japanese Snack Reviews

The next step down the path of reviewing food from my ZenPop box (the " Peach Festa ") is paved with things for children. Bot...

Last week, I talked about the Dagashi box that I purchased from Oyatsu Cafe and this week I'm going to start reviewing the contents. I...

I've been on a big mochi snack kick as of late. It could be that my affinity for the stretchy, chewy textural delights of pounded ric...

If you live in a linguistically odd environment long enough, you stop seeing strange things as strange. This is a fact that I was reminde...

There used to be a game show in America called " To Tell the Truth " in which three people claimed to be a particular person and ...

Samba Kisses Better has to be one of the worst names I've ever come across for a product. It's too long, not the least bit descript...

There are a lot of ways to add variety to a small pool of mundane elements. One way is to start pairing traditionally savory elements with ...

If you don't pay attention to what you're buying in Japan, you can often end up buying the wrong thing. When my husband and I ca...

  I'll be honest. These days the chocolate sections of most stores leave me a bit cold. A lot of it is a reissue of things I've alr...

Mochi, or pounded rice cake, is a fairly common component in many traditional-style Japanese treats. It doesn't tend to show up that of...

Angel pies are something that I've seen around Japan for a long time. In fact, I think I may have purchased a box of them a very long ...

One thing Japan is renowned for is the freshness of its food and the fussiness of its populace when it comes to buying the freshest food. Th...

This is actually the third or fourth one of these marshmallow treats that I've purchased. Every time I get one, I eat it before I can ge...

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...