2 Types of Ramune: Soda Drinks and Dagashi Sugar Candy
When you hear “Ramune (ラムネ)”, what comes to your mind? I think many will probably bring to mind the classic Japanese soda pop with its root in lemonade “Ramune (ラムネ)”. As a matter of...
Category: Foods
Dagashi: Baby Star Ramen Deep-Fried Noodle Snack
When I was a kid, with some pocket money I got from my parents, I used to often go to a small candy shop in my neighborhood that specialized in Dagashi snacks called Dagashiya...
Nure Senbei: A Type of Wet Rice Cracker
As with Okaki and Arare, Senbei is one of the traditional rice crackers most familiar to us Japanese. The rice snack comes in four major types, one of which is called Nure Senbei (ぬれせんべい). Nure...
Nobel Super Lemon Candy Famous for its Extreme Sourness
When I was a kid, a lemon flavor candy amazed me because the hard candy had a super sour taste that I had never experienced. Nonetheless, after the first try, I became addicted to...
New Touch Sugomen: Local Ramen Instant Noodles
As you know, ramen is a quintessential Japanese noodle dish. It is available in various types and numerous flavors in Japan where many regions have their own specialty ramen. Examples of such local ramen...
3 Japanese Foods that Exceptionally Go Well on Toast
Several Japanese foods go well on a slice of toast. If you know what they are, you might be surprised. 3 Japanese Toast Recipes to Try Today, let me introduce 3 Japanese foods that...
Kanro Ame: Kanro’s Classic Sweet Soy Sauce Flavor Candy
With a long history, some Japanese hard candies have a taste reminiscent of Japan’s good old days, and as I wrote before, Sakuma Drops is a sweet treat of just that kind. Additionally, in Japan,...
Yuzu Miso: Sweet Citrus-Flavored Miso Seasoning Paste
Japanese home cooks sometimes use “Yuzu (柚子)“, a small citrus fruit similar to grapefruit, in cooking. In fact, several seasonings made with Yuzu are popular in Japan, among which Yuzu Miso is highly recommended...
