Japanese Snack Reviews

One of the things people mentioned to me again and again when I said I was heading back to the U.S. after 23 years in Japan was that I w...

I can get my hands on no small amount of Japanese snack food. In fact, I could fill this blog with daily reviews if I wanted to and neve...

Among the many free magazine subscriptions that I acquired when I started poking around for what people will give me for nothing in Amer...

As children, we are often admonished for our limited palates and our squeamishness about trying new foods. The old "eat your vegeta...

"Yamitsuki" means "addictive". That means that this $1 (82 yen) bag of corn snacks has a lot to live up to. I'm ...

When I was given wasabi KitKats, I remember having a discussion about chocolate with one of my students in which I mentioned that putti...

Have you ever kept a pepper in the refrigerator for far too long? They get all soft and shriveled up. In the end, you've got a flac...

My husband and I made a repeat visit to the "Korea town" area of Shinjuku in Tokyo last week and dropped in on a supermarket this...

I'm coming up on two years of this sort of Japanese snack food reviewing and you'd think there would be some lessons I would have l...

If someone did as that little guy did and really downed a bottle of sauce, I think he really would die. Recently one of my students and I w...

In Japan, you don't have to settle for a "hot Carl". You can get a "red hot Carl". One of these days, I need to hav...

Sometimes I try something and I like it, but there are negative points to it such that I'm not likely to have it again despite actually ...

I studied psychology with a fairly strong emphasis on biology and behavior. One of the things I learned about was how and what stimulates th...

Any time I get in the mood for some new and interesting sembei, I head down to the local Family Mart. If you're in Japan and want to hav...

Kamaboko is various types of white fish processed and formed into loaves. It's sold in plastic tubes in convenience stores as a snack a...

The " Tyrant Habanero " brand of spicy rings (by Tohato ) has been around for quite a few years and I'm a big fan of them. In ...